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US poised to renew anti-Iran nuclear sanctions waivers in blow to hawks: Report

Press TV – July 31, 2019 The US is reportedly expected to extend waivers from sanctions that allow the remaining signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal to continue their nuclear cooperation with Tehran, in what would be a blow to ardent Iran hawks in the White House. Citing six unnamed officials, The Washington Post reported […]

West’s Relations with the White Helmets have gone Stale

By Jean Perier – New Eastern Outlook – 30.07.2019 At long last, Western sponsors of the so-called “humanitarian group” White Helmets have woken up to the fact that their love affair with those pseudo-humanitarianists is more damaging that beneficial, which in turn invoked a number of problems. The White Helmets which have been exposed as […]

As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen’s Houthis Turn to Russia for Support

Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow. By Ahmed Abdulkareem | Mint Press News | July 26, 2019 MOSCOW — Yemen’s Houthi movement has reacted with concern to an announcement […]

Russia presents UN with Persian Gulf collective security plan amid tensions

Press TV – July 30, 2019 Russia has submitted to the United Nations a proposal that calls for collective security in the Persian Gulf at a time of rising tensions in the strategic region. In two identical letters addressed to the UN Security Council and the General Assembly and obtained by Russia’s TASS news agency […]

Talks only possible with ‘tangible results,’ but US does not ‘seek dialogue’ – Tehran

RT | July 29, 2019 There is no point in talking when no “practical results” can be achieved, and Washington is not interested in good-faith dialogue, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said amid rising tensions with the US. “Dialogue and negotiation can be held when we have a certain agenda in place, and when we […]