(2020-01-22). Muddle-Eastern diplomacy: White House confuses Iran and Iraq in YouTube blunder. rt.com 
As President Donald Trump sat down with the world's movers and shakers at Davos, White House staff clearly weren't paying much attention, mistaking Iraqi President Barham Salih for his Iranian counterpart. | "President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Iran," the title of a YouTube video published by the White House on Wednesday proclaimed. | Hell had not frozen over, however, and Trump had not secretly met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unbeknownst to the world's media. Instead, the video clearly showed Trump meeting with Iraqi President Barham Salih. | Ira…
(2020-01-22). Can cryptocurrencies protect countries from US sanctions? RT's Boom Bust finds out. rt.com 
RT's Boom Bust has sat in with the CEO of cryptocurrency aggregator Bitsian to discuss how nations facing tough US sanctions have been exploring cryptocurrencies in attempt to shield their economies from damage. | "These countries are looking at this as a way to avoid sanctions, but also these are countries, where their own sovereign currencies are facing huge amount of devaluation and lack of trust by their own people," Raakhee Miller told Boom Bust. | The CEO said that countries such as Venezuela and Iran face a "flight-to-quality" so bitcoin becomes more trustworthy for people to keep their assets. Howev…
(2020-01-22). A highschooler's analysis: "The U.S. working class says hands off Iran" liberationnews.org 
A version of this article was originally published January 15, 2020 at the Daily Olivian, the student newspaper of Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts. Liberation News is republishing this piece by Max Herschman to highlight the organizing work of young people and students in this revived anti-war movement. On January 3, Donald Trump …
(2020-01-22). 'Many May Not Return': An interview with two actors. peoplesworld.org 
LONG BEACH, Calif.—The anti-war play Many May Not Return, by David Trujillo, touches on current political issues and global events, such as this being an election year, the recent assassination in Iraq of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by U.S. troops, which created the black cloud of war hanging over the future. These are signs of …
(2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Santa Cruz). indybay.org Santa Cruz Town Clock, tri-intersection of Water Street, Front Street, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
(2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Sacramento). indybay.org Intersection of 9th street & K street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
(2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (San Mateo). indybay.org Intersection of 3rd Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94401…
(2020-01-22). Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! (Davis). indybay.org Intersection of 5th Street and B Street, Downtown Davis 95616…
(2020-01-22). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests. globalresearch.ca After major protests hit multiple cities across Iran in November following a drastic government slash in gasoline subsidies which quickly turned anti-regime, broad internet outages were reported — some lasting as long as a week or more nationwide — following …
(2020-01-22). How Are Iran and the "Axis of the Resistance" Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani? globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump assassinated the commander of the "Axis of the Resistance", the (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) IRGC — Quds Brigade Major General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport with little consideration of the consequences of this targeted killing. …
(2020-01-22). The Members of Congress Who Profit from War. globalresearch.ca It was shortly after midnight in Baghdad on Friday, Jan. 3, when a missile strike ordered by President Trump killed Iranian General Qassem …
(2020-01-22). Trump Downplays US Casualties from Iranian Attack. telesurenglish.net Dozens of U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq this week after 11 soldiers were wounded during the Iranian attack on two bases, a U.S. official told Reuters on the condition of anonymity. | RELATED: | According to the official that spoke to Reuters on Wednesday, the soldiers were transported from Iraq to the U.S. military bases in Germany. | Meanwhile, earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters during t…
(2020-01-22). Europe dispatches naval flotilla to threaten Iran, Syria. wsws.org A French aircraft carrier and European naval flotillas will patrol strategic Middle East waters that are critical to the global oil trade.
(2020-01-22). Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General. globalresearch.ca *** | To the Editor: | Now in my hundredth year, I cannot remain silent. I entered the United States in January 1921 as a poor immigrant boy, and I have felt obliged to repay the United States for the opportunities given …
(2020-01-22). US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran. globalresearch.ca Something big and unprecedented has happened in the Middle East after the assassination of one of Iran's top commanders, Qasim Suleimani. | The U.S. has long assumed that assassinations of major figures in the Iranian "resistance-axis" in the Middle East …
(2020-01-22). Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation. globalresearch.ca A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their "American Century" and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …
(2020-01-21). Iranian MP offers $3 million to 'anyone' who takes out Trump. rt.com 
A member of Iran's parliament has called for placing a bounty on US President Donald Trump's head in response to a drone strike that killed Tehran's senior military commander, Qassem Soleimani. | The statement was made by Ahmad Hamzeh, a lawmaker from the southern Kerman Province, whose namesake capital is Soleimani's hometown. | "On behalf of the people of Kerman Province, we will pay a 3 million dollar award in cash to whoever kills Trump," Hamzeh said in a speech to fellow lawmakers on Tuesday, as quoted by Iranian news outlets. | Hamzeh also said that Iran would be protected from attacks and threats by the…
(2020-01-21). Iran Will be Changed Forever by Admitting Its Great Mistake, Unlike the West Which Ignores Its Own Misdeeds. counterpunch.org 
"In wartime," Churchill famously told Stalin, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." He said this on 30 November 1943 — by chance his 69th birthday — in an effort to impress upon the Soviet leader the importance of deception in the planning of D-Day. In fact,
(2020-01-21). The US and Iran's Perpetual Almost-War is Unsustainable — and Will End Badly. counterpunch.org 
Today Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei gave his first Friday sermon in Tehran for eight years to an audience of thousands, as he tried to calm down the furious public reaction to the Revolutionary Guards mistakenly shooting down a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers, then proceeding to lie about their responsibility for three days. Khameinei
(2020-01-21). Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon. fair.org 
Netflix's Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy | Like The Mechanism before it, Netflix's new series Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader. | "Try saying this," the director said: "'In the '80s, Rio de Janeiro was a land of the haves and the have nots. I was a have not.'" In 2016, I was working as a fixer on an episode of a Netflix documentary crime series, and the main character was not cooperating with the script. | He was Afro-Brazilian, but he was not the…
(2020-01-21). Iran's civil aviation authority confirms 2 missiles fired at Ukraine airliner. rt.com 
The civil aviation authority in Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner that was brought down earlier this month. Investigators discovered that "two Tor-M1 missiles… were fired at the aircraft," the authority said in a preliminary report posted on its website late on Monday. | An investigation is ongoing to assess the bearing their impact had on the accident. The statement confirms a report in The New York Times which included video footage appearing to show two projectiles being fired at the airliner. | The Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines plane was shot down in error sho…
(2020-01-21). 'Ridiculous': US disarmament envoy slams Iranian MP for proposing $3mn bounty on Trump's head. rt.com 
A senior US diplomat said an offer of money for the killing of US President Donald Trump, made by an Iranian lawmaker, serves as clear proof of Tehran's "terrorist underpinnings." | "It's just ridiculous, but it gives you a sense of the terrorist underpinnings of that regime, and that regime needs to change its behavior," US Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament Robert Wood told reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters. | The diplomat was commenting on a remark by Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh, who promised to pay US$3,000,000 to anyone who kills Trump. Hamzeh said it would be r…
(2020-01-21). S. Korea to send vessel, 300 troops to Strait of Hormuz after US pressure. rt.com 
South Korea will send a naval destroyer and 300 troops to the Strait of Hormuz, the Defense Ministry in Seoul said on Tuesday. The move follows pressure from the US amid tensions between Washington and Tehran, AFP said. | Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping vessels in the strait, a strategic point for the world's oil trade, where the US has deployed a naval mission. Seoul has had diplomatic relations with Tehran since the early 1960s, and until last year Iran was one of the resource-poor South's key oil suppliers. | The Defense Ministry said that Seoul had decided to "temporarily expand" t…
(2020-01-21). Jan. 25 — Global Day of Protest — No war on Iran! workers.org 
When President Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in early January, tens of thousands of people protested in over 80 cities across 38 U.S. states. While Trump has since stepped back from pushing all-out war in Iraq and Iran, he has issued executive orders increasing deadly sanctions . . . |
(2020-01-21). Washington urges China to join nuclear arms talks with Russia. rt.com 
The US urged China on Tuesday to join trilateral nuclear arms talks with Moscow. President Donald Trump said last year he had discussed a new accord on limiting nuclear arms with Russian President Vladimir Putin and hoped to extend that to China in what would be a major deal between the globe's top three atomic powers, Reuters said. | China has so far refused to take part. "We think, given the fact that China's nuclear stockpile is estimated to double over the next ten years, now is the time to have that trilateral discussion," said Robert Wood, US disarmament ambassador. He was speaking with reporters on the…
(2020-01-21). North Korea won't be bound by old commitments if US continues 'most brutal and inhuman sanctions' — senior diplomat. rt.com 
A North Korean envoy in Geneva has warned that denuclearization is impossible if the US maintains its "hostile policies," pushing Pyongyang to seek a "new path" from the stalled bilateral talks. | "We found no reason to be unilaterally bound any longer by the commitment that the other party fails to honor," Ju Yong-chol, a counsellor at Pyongyang's mission in Geneva, said at the UN-backed disarmament conference on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters. | The diplomat blasted the US for making "unilateral demands" and continuing the "most brutal and inhuman sanctions." | If the US persists in such hostile policy toward…
(2020-01-21). CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order. aclu.org Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…
(2020-01-21). Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (San Jose). indybay.org San José City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
(2020-01-21). Global Day of Protest: No War with Iran! (Monterey). indybay.org Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave at Camino El Estero, Monterey, CA 93940…
(2020-01-21). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests, MEK Attacks Iran Bases & OPCW Lies. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-01-21). The US and Iran's Perpetual Almost-War is Unsustainable. zcomm.org The US maximalist demands on Iran's nuclear facilities, ballistic missiles and regional influence effectively mean that it wants regime change or capitulation…
(2020-01-21). Iran Threatens to Quit NPT if EU Pursues Reimposition of Security Council Sanctions. globalresearch.ca On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said "(i)f the Europeans continue their improper behavior or send Iran's file to the Security Council, we will withdraw from the NPT," adding: " | "The Europeans' remarks lack legal justification…(I)f (they) keep up their actions …
(2020-01-21). US Gov Was Found Guilty In MLK's Assassination, Virginia Update & Israeli Gov "Proof" Of Iran Nukes. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-01-21). Trump's Threats to the Iranians. thenation.com Trump's Threats to the Iranians…
(2020-01-21). Iran: The EU-three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in Iran Nuclear Deal. dissidentvoice.org Why, after so many assurances to the contrary, have the three European Iran's Nuclear Deal Partner's — Germany, France, the UK — decided to go after Iran, to follow the US dictate again? The short answer is because they're cowards. They have zero backbone to stand up against the US hegemony, because they are afraid …
(2020-01-21). Civil war in Iraq? Is Dubai safe? Or World War 3: An analysis of the US-Iran Conflict from every direction. nationofchange.org Iran will never even try to indulge in a one-on-one war with the United States.
(2020-01-21). Iran Confirms Two Missiles Were Fired at Downed Ukrainian Airliner. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Iran has confirmed that two surface-to-air missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down outside of Tehran earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board. In a second preliminary report posted on its website late on Monday, Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation confirmed investigators discovered that "two Tor-M1 missiles" had been fired at the aircraft. Its …
(2020-01-21). The Long-Term Consequences of Trump's Middle East Blundering. thenation.com The Long-Term Consequences of Trump's Middle East Blundering…
(2020-01-21). Trump's 'Four Embassies' Claim is Distorted Iran Intelligence — Report. sputniknews.com Donald Trump stated that he ordered the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani because of an as-yet-unspecified "imminent" threat to the US, including four American embassies. The existence of such a threat could give Trump legal justification for the attack and avoid an international and domestic backlash.
(2020-01-21). The US Sanctions on Iran Are Causing a Major Humanitarian Crisis. thenation.com The US Sanctions on Iran Are Causing a Major Humanitarian Crisis…
(2020-01-21). Propaganda and Lies: Iran and Ukrainian Flight PS752. globalresearch.ca Here is the cardinal rule about government—everything it says through its spokespersons, hired guns, public relations adepts, and the mockingbird corporate media should be considered a self-serving lie, or at best a distortion hammered into shape to fit a predefined …
(2020-01-21). Iran threatens to leave nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. peoplesdispatch.org The announcement comes after the UK, France and Germany proposed the invocation of the dispute settlement mechanism in the UNSC – a move that Iran alleges is based on US diktats…
(2020-01-21). The US's Inalienable Right to Violence. commondreams.org Presenting Iran as the reason for attacks on US forces in Iraq also implies that Iraqis had little objection to the US invasion, legitimizing the US's ongoing military presence in the country. (Photo: DVIDSHUB/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/military_0.jpeg …
(2020-01-21). US Complains About Iran's Threat to Quit Nuclear Deal. telesurenglish.net "We think that Iran needs to end its malign behavior and sit down with the United States and negotiate an agreement that deals not only with the nuclear issue but also with the other issues that concern us like the ballistic missile proliferation and development and the malign activities around the world."
(2020-01-21). Oman's foreign minister in Iran for 2nd visit in Jan. yenisafak.com Oman's foreign minister on Tuesday arrived in Iran's capital Tehran in an unannounced visit for the second time in January.Iranian Fars news agency stated that Yusuf bin Alawi will meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to "discuss bilateral cooperation and the most important issues of common interests."Bin Alawi had previously met Zarif on Jan. 17 in the Omani capital Muscat.The Omani foreign minister had previously visited Iran to participate in the "Tehran Dialogue Forum" earlier this month.During the forum, Bin Alawi said his country has important relations with both the Iranian and American sides…
(2020-01-21). The US's Inalienable Right to Violence. fair.org 
This Washington Post headline ( Even when critical of US actions, media commentary on recent
(2020-01-20). Latam Expects Stable, Prosperous New Year After Turbulent 2019. telesurenglish.net Via The year of 2019 was a turbulent one for Latin America where there were protests, violent clashes and a fierce tug of war between conservative and progressive currents in countries long considered bastions of stability. | As the region staggers into 2020 with stagnant or even shrinking growth, hopes are that the first year of this new decade will be marked by greater political stability, economic prosperity and fruitful trade ties, though observers admit it may sometimes be an uphill battle. | RECOVERING STABILITY | With…
(2020-01-20). US Boosts Funding of Tech Companies to Help Anti-Tehran Protests. globalresearch.ca US government-funded technology companies have recorded an increase in the use of circumvention software in Iran in recent weeks after boosting efforts to help Iranian anti-regime protesters thwart internet censorship and use secure mobile messaging. | The outreach is part of …
(2020-01-20). The Mad Geopolitics of Israel's EastMed Gas Pipeline. globalresearch.ca At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran's leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas pipeline deal with Greece …
(2020-01-20). Trump Showed Us Who He Was Before He Became President. counterpunch.org The long record of this presidency's transgressions now includes the open dog-wagging assassination — on brazenly false pretexts — of a foreign military commander atop a state (Iran) with which the United States is not at war and without the permission of a government (Iraq) on whose soil the monumental war crime took place. In response to mild Democratic Party criticism of the timing and grounds for the assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Trump has re-tweeted a right-wing lunatic's tweet depicting Democratic Congressional leaders Charles Schumer (Senate Minority Leader) and Nancy Pelosi (Hou…