4 killed after car bomb explodes near police HQ in southeast Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has blamed “foreign-backed terrorists” for the blast that has killed 4 and injured more than forty
Reuters Caught Deliberately Misrepresenting Iranian Missile Development Program
Reuter’s makes a crucial omission, implying that Iran poses a greater threat to the West than it does
U.S. Sends Aircraft Carrier to Persian Gulf in Show of Force Against Iran
A U.S. Carrier Strike is due in the Persian Gulf. After Iran warned that it would close the Straits of Hormuz should the U.S. block its oil exports
No oil will go through Persian Gulf if US targets Iran’s crude exports: Rouhani
Iran has warned that it would close the Straits if the US blocked its oil exports. Now it looks as if the Iranian navy is preparing to follow through on that threat
Iran missile tests may breach UN resolution, France and UK warn
In fact they DO NOT breach any resolution, as the UN did not “forbid” missile tests. However by echoing the US, France and Britain are moving alongside Trump and his increasingly hard line on Iran. Will they now also abandon the nuclear accord?
Iran says it will continue missile tests after U.S. allegation
Defiant Tehran insists its missiles are purely for defence
Pompeo condemns Iran missile test
With Iraq the pretext for military intervention was its WMD, which turned out to be non-existent. However, with Iran a new pretext is being pursued, its missiles
Iran launches most advanced indigenous destroyer
Iran has launched its biggest and most advanced warship yet
State Department floats threat of military action against Iran
U.S. State Department warns that “military force” is still an option amid suspicions that Iran had supplied Houthi rebels with missiles
Is the U.S. Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran?
Seth Harp reports from a U.S. base in Syria that houses thousands of troops and is growing. Despite ISIS being all but defeated and the U.S. never having been invited
Senior Cleric: World Knows US Supporting Terrorists
The world may know but Americans and much of the West don’t because the corporate media won’t say as much
Iraq refuses to comply with U.S. sanctions on Iran
It would be viewed as a major geopolitical defeat for the US if Baghdad were to be pulled deeper into Tehran’s orbit.