Sanctions against Iran

RT | January 12, 2020 Facebook has admitted to selectively censoring pro-Iranian government Instagram posts about the murdered General Soleimani, as US President Donald Trump hypocritically championed free speech and warned Tehran against censorship. Instagram has confirmed that they have been removing posts that voice support for Qassem Soleimani, with a Facebook spokesperson claiming that […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi Press TV – January 7, 2020 A senior Iranian official says the country’s decision to take the fifth and final step in reducing its commitments under a landmark nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015 does not mean an end to the accord […]

RT | January 5, 2020 Tehran has removed the last constraints it agreed to impose on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal but said it is ready to return to fulfilling its obligations under the agreement if the US lifts sanctions. Iran’s nuclear program “no longer faces any operating restrictions,” a government statement cited […]

By Philip Giraldi | Strategic Culture Foundation | January 2, 2020 The creatures that lurk through the corridors of power in Washington DC have refined corruption to the point where almost anything goes and almost no one is ever held accountable. Traditionally, Congressmen reward their various constituencies by inserting riders into larger pieces of legislation […]

Press TV – December 27, 2019 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has ruled out the possibility of renewing a UN arms embargo against Iran which is to expire in October 2020 in line with the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Speaking to the Russian news agency Interfax, Ryabkov said restrictions on […]

RT | December 27, 2019 Japan’s cabinet has approved a plan to send its warship and surveillance planes to the Middle East, framing the controversial mission as “study and research activities” totally separate from the US initiative to contain Iran. Tokyo is expected to send a destroyer with 200 crew and carrying up to two […]

By Philip Giraldi | Strategic Culture Foundation | December 26, 2019 Watching the impeachment “vote” was hard work. With only a few exceptions, each Congressman rose for roughly 90 seconds and provided a prearranged, almost completely scripted-along-party-lines explanation of how he or she was casting one’s ballot. After four grueling hours of hearing self-serving lies […]

Press TV – December 20, 2019 The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has reiterated earlier remarks by the UN General Secretary that the body cannot verify US claims blaming Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities. DiCarlo made remarks during a UN Security Council briefing on the eighth report of the Secretary […]

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | December 19, 2019 US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin seems to think that nations under the hammer of American sanctions should be thanking Washington for not attacking them militarily instead. How generous, how virtuous of Uncle Sam! Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar last week, Mnuchin made […]

Press TV – December 17, 2019 President Hassan Rouhani says the United States’ “cruel and unlawful” sanctions against Iran will not be sustainable, and that all countries are want to foster close and friendly relations with the Islamic Republic. “The conditions caused by the cruel pressure and illegal US sanctions will not be sustainable. All […]