Barham Salih: Iraq Doesn't Need Foreign Presence on Its Soil
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Iraqi people do not need foreign countries on their territory to preserve their sovereignty, the president of this Middle Eastern nation Barham Salih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | UN Envoy Condemns Use of Pellets Against Iraqi Protesters | "The best way for Iraq to overcome the current crisis is through national unity," the leader said Sunday during a meeting with the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamjani. | In the meeting between the two officials…
telesurenglish.net/news/barham-salih-iraq-doesnt-need-foreign-presence-on-its-soil-20200309-0008.html

Patterns of Occupied Palestine and Kashmir: Part 4 of Uncountable
Priti Gulati Cox | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O-Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E-Nazar Kehte Thay Iran-E-Sagheer (Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of the enemy, has become weak, helpless and poor/Once known among the wise as Little Iran)

Patterns of Occupied Palestine and Kashmir: Part 4 of Uncountable
Priti Gulati Cox | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O-Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E-Nazar Kehte Thay Iran-E-Sagheer (Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of the enemy, has become weak, helpless and poor/Once known among the wise as Little Iran)

Japanese PM Abe & Capitalist Governments Helped Escalate Coronavirus Epidemic
Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear | indybay.org | 2020-03-09
The Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima Action has warned that the Coronavirus outbreak is a man made disaster which is being used by the reactionary Abe government to prevent mass testing of the population. It has also stopped testing the people of Fukushima.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/08/18831360.php

On 9th Anniversary of The Nuclear Explosions At Fukushima Speak Out At Japanese Consulate
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2020-03-09
Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery/California | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/07/18831352.php

Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran
Eli Clifton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to "end their Iran business," focusing on companies with special licenses

Tehran sends home 70,000 prisoners to mitigate coronavirus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Iran's top judge said around 70,000 people across the country have been granted temporary leave from prisons. The measure is meant to curb the spread of coronavirus infections in the struggling country. | Speaking to a judicial council on Monday, Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi said Iranian courts have identified 70,000 people eligible for furlough, Tasnim News Agency reported. The number of vetted inmates announced last week was 52,000. | The furlough is meant to decrease the health risk in prisons as the country is struggling to tackle an outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. The Iranian authorities said they will…
rt.com/news/482655-iran-prisoners-leave-coronavirus/

Death toll in Iran from coronavirus reaches 237
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-09
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran rose to 237 on Monday, the country's Health Ministry announced.Authorities said 43 people died in the last 24 hours, while 595 new cases were found, pushing up the total number of confirmed cases to 7,161, spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a statement, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.At least 22,177 people are currently under medical care, while the number of discharged patients stands at 55,404, he said.Besides, a total of 2,394 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus.Turkey

Coronavirus disrupts festive season in Afghanistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-09
Panicked by an expanding novel coronavirus outbreak mainly in neighboring Iran, watchful Afghans are avoiding festive spring picnics and breaking with the deep-rooted tradition of warm greetings.With each passing day, shockwaves from the spread of the new virus known as COVID-19 are resonating even stronger in the war-ravaged country with its fragile healthcare system after confirming at least three positive cases and over 60 suspected cases

Gorgeous Female Golfer Claims Charity Turned Her Down Over Her 'Cleavage', Slams Golf as 'Elitist'
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-09
Having noted that golf is often called a gentleman's game, Paige Spiranac argued that quite often the players don't act like gentlemen at all.
sputniknews.com/society/202003091078518120-gorgeous-female-golfer-claims-charity-turned-her-down-over-her-cleavage-slams-golf-as-elitist/

Iran 'a role model for world' in fight against Coronavirus: WHO
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-03-09
Richard Brennan, the Regional Emergency Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, has said countries in the region and all over the world should use Iran's experience as a role model in fight against the novel coronavirus. "Iran benefits from one of the strongest healthcare systems in the region. Iran has made …
iranian.com/2020/03/09/iran-a-role-model-for-world-in-fight-against-coronavirus-who/

Iran's Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 194 Amid New Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-08
The novel coronavirus has claimed 194 lives in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced Sunday amid more reports of deaths related to this illness. | RELATED: | Death Toll from Coronavirus Rises to 26 in Iran | Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the ministry, said the total number of the confirmed cases now stands at 6,566, of whom 2,134 have recovered. | The virus itself has also hit several Iranian officials and ministers, with some repo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Coronavirus-Death-Toll-Rises-to-194-Amid-New-Cases-20200308-0001.html

MbS Widens Purge: Dozens Of Royals, Officers Swept Up After Powerful Princes Arrested
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-03-08
Yesterday we predicted a return to MbS' infamous Ritz-Carlton Riyadh shakedown of 2017 after a dramatic Friday morning raid on the homes of King Salman's brother, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al Saud. All eyes are on the spread of the deadly coronavirus, so what better time to initiate a broader crackdown (or at …
iranian.com/2020/03/07/mbs-widens-purge-dozens-of-royals-and-army-officers-swept-up-after-powerful-princes-arrested/

A "win-win" over Afghanistan and Syria
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-03-07
Two peace agreements within a week are a bit too much. Hot on the heels of the US-Taliban peace agreement signed in Doha on February 9, Russia and Turkey have signed a peace agreement over the Syrian conflict in Moscow on March 6. On the face of it, the two are unconnected events but they …
iranian.com/2020/03/06/a-win-win-over-afghanistan-and-syria/

Alibaba founder Jack Ma donates one million masks to Iran
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-03-07
Chinese entrepreneur, industrialist and chief executive of Alibaba Group Jack Ma has announced the donation of one million masks to Iran. Jack Ma announced his decision in his Chinese-language Vibo account. Releasing images of several children hospitalized for coronavirus infection, he referred to the thousands of miles between China and Iran but said the huge distance …
iranian.com/2020/03/06/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-donates-one-million-masks-to-iran/

Cancer in US Navy Nuclear Powered Ships
Chris Busby | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
In 2011, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was about 100km off the coast of Japan at the time of the Tsunami and the subsequent Fukushima reactor explosions. It was directed by the US government to ride to the rescue in what was later called Operation Tomodachi (friendship)–to provide assistance to the victims of the floods. What no-one on board was told was that the reactors had exploded and a plume of highly radioactive material was blowing east from the site into the path of the vessel. Of course, when this arrived, all the radiation monitors on the boat started screaming, and the planes…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/cancer-in-us-navy-nuclear-powered-ships/

Cancer in US Navy Nuclear Powered Ships
Chris Busby | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
In 2011, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was about 100km off the coast of Japan at the time of the Tsunami and the subsequent Fukushima reactor explosions. It was directed by the US government to ride to the rescue in what was later called Operation Tomodachi (friendship)–to provide assistance to the victims of the floods. What no-one on board was told was that the reactors had exploded and a plume of highly radioactive material was blowing east from the site into the path of the vessel. Of course, when this arrived, all the radiation monitors on the boat started screaming, and the planes…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/cancer-in-us-navy-nuclear-powered-ships/

Another reason to love him: Bernie Sanders at home on his Persian carpet
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-06
iranian.com/2020/03/05/another-reason-to-love-him-bernie-sanders-at-home-on-his-persian-carpet/

Iranian ingenuity & resourcefulness for dealing with the Coronavirus
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-06
Brave Iranians put on their creative caps in finding creative, low-tech ways of dealing with the Coronavirus……. …
iranian.com/2020/03/05/the-ingenuity-resourcefulness-of-iranians-for-dealing-with-the-coronavirus/

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an essential pillar for peace and security
news.un.org | 2020-03-05
Countries meeting in New York next month to review progress on nuclear non-proliferation are being urged by the UN Secretary-General to use the opportunity to strengthen global peace and security.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058801

Iran Extends Closure of All Schools, Universities due to COVID-19
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-03-05
Iran's administration on Thursday extended the closure of all schools and universities nationwide until the end of the current Iranian year (March 19) as the country is struggling with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Speaking to reporters after the 6th session of the Coronavirus Management National Headquarters on Thursday, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said …
iranian.com/2020/03/05/iran-extends-closure-of-all-schools-universities-due-to-covid-19/

Feature or Bug? Super Tuesday Plagued by Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations and Systemic Failure
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-04
Things got so bad that some voters claimed that if a similar situation occurred in states such as Iran, the US government would intervene to "restore democracy."
mintpressnews.com/super-tuesday-plagued-long-lines-closed-polling-stations-systemic-failure/265482/

Iran toll rises to 92 as global outbreak deepens (updates)
Al Jazeera | iranian.com | 2020-03-04
Iran's govt officials barred from traveling Iran banned top officials from leaving the country until further notice ramping up efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Iran marks the highest number of government officials sickened in the contagion, including the vice president, the deputy heath minister and 23 members of parliament. Iran rejects US …
iranian.com/2020/03/04/iran-toll-rises-to-92-as-global-outbreak-deepens-updates/

Boosting Morale: Iranian medical teams launched a "dancing challenge"
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-04
Iranian medical teams launched a "dancing challenge" in social media, especially on Instagram, to revive morale in combating the Corona Virus outbreak.
iranian.com/2020/03/03/boosting-morale-iranian-medical-teams-launched-a-dancing-challenge/

Iran reports increasing number of deaths
Al Jazeera | iranian.com | 2020-03-03
Ali Reza Raisi, a Health Ministry official, said 77 people have died and 2,336 have been infected by the coronavirus in Iran. Raisi spoke at a news conference in the Iranain capital, Tehran. Iran's supreme leader orders armed focrs to combat coronavirus Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Islamic Republic's armed forces to assist its …
iranian.com/2020/03/03/iran-reports-increasing-number-of-deaths/

World Health Organization accuses BBC Persian of lying about Coronavirus deaths in Iran
CNBC | iranian.com | 2020-03-03
WHO chief says no evidence of Iranian cover-up in virus crisis. The World Health Organization's fact-checking mechanisms have not found concrete proof that Iran has been covering up the severity of the coronavirus crisis, says the WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
iranian.com/2020/03/03/world-health-organization-accuses-bbc-persian-of-lying-about-coronavirus-deaths-in-iran-video/

Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54

Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54

Canadians Furious At Trudeau As Government Refuses To Stop Travelers From Iran
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-03-02
Furious Canadians slammed the government for failing to cancel flights from Iran, presently the country with the worst outbreak outside China, and other policies that suggest a dangerously blithe response from the government, perhaps as a consequence of PM Trudeau's commitment to 'woke' policies (many have slammed travel bans as racist). twitter.com/DrJacobsRad/status/1234139825722273793 One critic even accused …
iranian.com/2020/03/02/canadians-furious-at-trudeau-as-government-refuses-to-stop-travelers-from-iran/

Iran and Hezbollah warn Turkey: all your forces are in our line of fire
Al-Manar | iranian.com | 2020-03-02
The Iranian Advisory Center in Syria, which takes part in the fighting in northern Syria, issued a press release through the news agency U-News in reaction to the recent confrontation between the Syrian army and the Turkish army. It should be noted that the Iranian Advisory Center is made up of the group of Iranian …
iranian.com/2020/03/01/iran-and-hezbollah-warn-turkey-all-your-forces-are-in-our-line-of-fire/

Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Across the U.S., officials report a severe shortage of test kits for coronavirus. New York officials say they're preparing their own kits, after kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Control failed validation tests. Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to spring up worldwide, with Nigeria reporting its first case and one of Iran's vice presidents testing positive. We discuss how MSF USA, or Doctors Without Borders USA, is responding to coronavirus, with the organization's executive director, Avril BenoàÆt.
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/avril_benoit_msf_usa_coronavirus

Peace Action: Senate Reclaims War Powers to Thwart Iran War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-02-13
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US Deploys 'Mini-Nukes' in Deplorable Threat to World Peace
Strategic Culture | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-08
These so-called "mini-nukes" represent–despite the diminutive-sounding name–an increased risk of nuclear war.

US Deploys ‘Mini-Nukes’ in Deplorable Threat to World Peace