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Iran

By Gareth Porter

They have chosen not just to criticise U.S. policy toward Iran but to analyse that policy as a problem of U.S. hegemony.

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History of Iran-US Relationship

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Sixty years ago, the CIA and the British SIS orchestrated a coup d'etat that toppled the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadegh.

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Sonntag, 10. Februar 2013

US Officials Confess to Targeting Iran s Civilian Population

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Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2013

The Iran Nuke Threat: Phantom Menace

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Montag, 28. Januar 2013

U.S. Could Strike Iran to Block Nuclear Progress: Ehud Barak

By The Daily Beast

If sanctions fail to halt Tehran s nuclear weapons development, the Pentagon has plans for a 'surgical operation' to end the threat, the Israeli defense minister said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33730.htm

Israeli Minister Claims US Preparing 'Surgical' Strikes Against Iran

By Tyler Durden

Defense minister challenges idea that military operation against Iran would develop into a ''full fledged war the size of the Iraqi war''; says surgical strikes will delay Tehran s nuclear drive ''by a significant time frame.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33737.htm

Paranoia Run Wild

By Paul Balles

Israel continues to insist on action to pre-empt Iran s capacity to develop nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33734.htm

Israeli minister welcomes report of huge blast at Iran nuclear plant

Israel s Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter on Sunday welcomed a report that Iran s Fordo nuclear facility had been rocked by a huge explosion.

http://is.gd/hoLLdC

U.S. upgrades strike capabilities against Iran in Persian Gulf

The United States significantly upgraded its strike capabilities in the Persian Gulf last week when it stationed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) six F-22 ''stealth'' fighters with advanced strike features.

http://is.gd/b89FaC

Yadlin: Israel s threat to strike Iran 'unhelpful'

Israeli threats to strike Iran s nuclear program and send shock waves throughout the world are ''unhelpful,'' and Jerusalem should lower its profile on the issue, director of the Institute for National Security Studies, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, said Monday.

http://is.gd/FeEcdx

Sanctions are an act of war

New U.S. sanctions Iran, locks up oil revenues: ''This will significantly restrict Iran s ability to make use of the oil revenue that it s earning...'' a senior U.S. official told reporters about the sanctions.

http://is.gd/yq35z1

The Counterproductive Effects of Leveling Sanctions on Iran

The U.S.-sponsored sanctions dramatically debilitated Iraq s economy. UNICEF, for example, contends that the sanctions led to the deaths of over a million Iraqis, including more than a half million children. We face the same risk today in Iran as we faced in Iraq.

http://is.gd/ww034J

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'Something is happening' as Netanyahu deploys two Iron Dome batteries in north Israel
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11370/

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Starmail - 28. Jan, 09:02

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Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2012

Doomsday for Iran?

US Tests EMP Bomb

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Video

Boeing has successfully tested an EMP missile that could be doomsday for Iran; media have largely ignored the development.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33238.htm

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

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Coverup exposes several of the most disturbing chapters in the history of U.S. covert foreign policy. It presents a tale of politics, drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, covert operations and the ultimate plan to suspend the U.S.Constitution.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19325.htm

If all else fails, US will hit Iran in 2013, say former top advisers to Obama and Bush

At Washington Institute gala, Dennis Ross, Elliott Abrams and outgoing US ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey insist the president will strike next year if diplomacy doesn t succeed.

http://is.gd/U5jtKP

The Impact of Sanctions on Iranian Society

By Mehrnaz Shahabi

Iran is headed for a humanitarian catastrophe unless steps are taken to avert it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33321.htm

Commander: Iran to Endanger Enemies' Vital Interests if Threatened

Iran has warned it would hit the US, Israel and their worldwide interests and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.

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The Real Obstacles to Successful Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

There s never any examination of what drives American politics to demonize countries like the Islamic Republic of Iran... The issue is something here; it s about domestic politics here.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33427.htm

No concrete proof that Iran has or has had nuclear programme: UN atomic watchdog

Refuting a recent media report, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today reiterated that the body has no concrete proof that Iran has or has ever had a nuclear weapons programme.

http://is.gd/lPRORS

The Gravest Threat to World Peace

By Noam Chomsky

The ''Iranian threat'' is overwhelmingly a Western obsession, shared by Arab dictators, though not Arab populations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33526.htm

Destabilizing Iran as a Nation State

Targeted Sanctions as an ''Alternative'' to War?

By Ben Schreiner

Sanctions are an act of war. After all, what else are we to call the deliberate crippling of a nation s economy?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33560.htm

The Day After Iran s Tomorrow

By Benny Morris

A pre-emptive Iranian strike to ward off an Israeli or American attack on its nuclear project is a real threat, one that could send the region entirely off-kilter and one we must be ready for.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33557.htm

''Mr. Obama, Tear Down These Sanctions!''

By Franklin Lamb

To continue to allow the dying and suffering under the weight of these sanctions suggests that we in America have learned nothing from the results of similar sanctions imposed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33598.htm

IAEA Former Inspector: No Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Activity at Parchin

Video and transcript
http://is.gd/obKRlM

New Push in U.S. for Tougher Sanctions, War Threats Against Iran

The report, ''U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East,'' also said Washington should ''increase Iranian isolation, including through regime change in Syria'' and ''undertake...overt preparations for the use of warplanes and/or missiles to destroy Iran s nuclear capabilities with high explosives''.

http://is.gd/dvJRop

US ex-commander: We can t stop Iran's nuclear program

Admiral William Fallon, former head of U.S. Central Command, warns that an attack on Iran s nuclear facilities would take weeks, and would only set Tehran back a few years. IAEA inspectors in talks with Iran for second day over disputed nuclear program.

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US Cooks Up Nuclear Fairy Tale on Iran

By Dr. Ismail Salami

US nuclear experts have called upon the Obama administration to impose tougher economic sanctions against Iran and resort to overt operations through using warplanes and missiles on Iranian nuclear sites.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33700.htm

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Washington s Iranian Future
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/06-3

Iran (Once Again): 'We Don't Want Nuclear Weapons'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/16-5

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Iranian Bomb Graph Appears Adapted From One on Internet

Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: The graph of a nuclear explosion provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency as evidence of Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yields, appears to have been adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article from the internet.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13348-iranian-bomb-graph-appears-adapted-from-one-on-internet

Waking Up in Tehran

David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org: If we cannot learn from our own history or this kind of common sense, let us learn from Mossadegh. War is not a solution. War is not a tool of public policy. War is not the first option, the second option, or the last resort. War is out of the question.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/14027-waking-up-in-tehran

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'Tsunami Bomb' Tested Off New Zealand Coast
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/tsunami-bomb-nz.html

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Iran: Khamenei s ban on nuclear weapons binding

Juneau Empire

01/15/13

Iran sought Tuesday to spell out in its clearest terms yet that it is not seeking nuclear weapons, highlighting a religious decree issued by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that bans nuclear weapons. The latest reference to Khamenei s declaration is seen as a bid to close the door on debates that Iran may have carried out atomic bomb trigger tests as inspectors from the U.N. atomic watchdog were on their way to Tehran for a new round of discussions...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Dienstag, 27. November 2012

The US Is Sending Another Carrier To Patrol Off The Coast Of Iran

When the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis returns to the placid blue waters of the Gulf with her strike force of 70 jets in the next few days, she will be ready for action off the coast of Iran.

http://is.gd/Ecyk0C

AP s Dangerous Iran Hoax Demands an Accounting and Explanation

By Glenn Greenwald

Evidence proves that the graph trumpeted by AP as evidence of Iran s nuclear weapons program is an obvious sham.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33170.htm

U.S. gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA

The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the U.N. Security Council.

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The Mother Of All Worst-case Assumptions About Iran

By Stephen M. Walt

The U.S. national security community forgets that similarly dire warnings were uttered before many of these others states got the bomb, yet none of these fearsome forecasts took place.

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Senate Unanimously Passes New Round of Sanctions on Iran
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Freitag, 2. November 2012

Cameron on Standby to Send Warplanes to Gulf as Iranian Tensions Rise

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Dienstag, 30. Oktober 2012

The Unfolding Human Catastrophe in Iran

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Sonntag, 21. Oktober 2012

Iran Attack Risks 'All-Out Regional War' Lasting 'Several Years'

A bipartisan group of former U.S. diplomats, generals and government officials released a report today urging caution against the United States launching military strikes on Iran.

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Oil, Geo-Political Experts Say Attacking Iran Poses Huge Risks
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Samstag, 20. Oktober 2012

Are We in the Middle of a Cyber False Flag Attack Being Launched To Justify War Against Iran?

http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/cyber-false-flag-iran.html?

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