Sanctions against Iran

US Will Walk Out of Nuke Treaty Again if Iran Agrees to New Deal – Scholar

Sputnik – 17.10.2018 Six months after Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Washington is proposing to sign a new agreement with Tehran. The US is ready to give “a whole lot” to sign a new treaty with Iran that would take into account all of Washington’s concerns, including […]

Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Friend to America

By Scott Ritter | TruthDig | October 4, 2018 Benjamin Netanyahu is no stranger to the American spotlight. A career Israeli politician who attended school in the United States, he specializes in the kind of rhetoric that his American counterparts revel in—a kind of narcissism that’s more used car salesman than educator. Netanyahu specializes in […]

Trump Administration Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War With Iran

By John C. O’Day | FAIR | October 4, 2018 Three years ago, as Americans debated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran—popularly known as “the Iran deal”—I highlighted a troubling media trend on FAIR.org (8/20/15): “For nearly all commentators, regardless of their position, war is the only […]

US policy on Iran is viewed through Israeli prism: Ex-Pentagon official

Press TV – October 2, 2018 The United States is exerting pressure on Iran to implement Israeli policy, according to a former Pentagon official. “US policy toward Iran is really being looked at through an Israeli prism,” former Pentagon security analyst Michael Maloof told Press TV in a phone interview on Tuesday. He said the […]

Victory for Iran: Highest UN court orders US to suspend sanctions

Press TV – October 3, 2018 In a victory for Tehran against Washington, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the United States to halt the unilateral sanctions it recently re-imposed on “humanitarian” supplies to Iran. The Hague-based court, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, announced its ruling on Wednesday […]

US cancels 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran after UN court ruling

Press TV – October 3, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington is canceling a 1955 treaty with Tehran after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the United States to halt the unilateral sanctions it recently re-imposed on “humanitarian” supplies to Iran. “I’m announcing that the United States is terminating the 1955 […]

Volvo stops truck assembly in Iran due to US sanctions

RT | September 24, 2018 Swedish truckmaker Volvo has stopped assembling trucks in Iran because of Washington’s sanctions, spokesman for the company, Fredrik Ivarsson, told Reuters. According to him, the group could no longer get paid for parts it shipped and had therefore decided not to operate in Iran. “With all these sanctions and everything […]

Tehran Has Sovereign Right to Develop Missile Program – Moscow

Sputnik – 19.09.2018 MOSCOW – Moscow believes that the development of the Iranian missile program is Tehran’s sovereign right, and all the issues arising in this regard should be resolved without pressure, especially military, at the negotiating table, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik. “We have always supported resolving any problems that arise […]

Forget Putin, Trump is Acting in Every Way Like Netanyahu’s Manchurian Candidate

By Miko Peled | Mint Press News | September 15, 2018 In the months leading up to the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, the U.S. has colluded with Israel in a string of policies and decisions that completely undermine the legitimacy of the agreement, not to mention Palestinian claims to justice, freedom and ultimately peace. […]