2020-11-01: News Headlines

Robert Hunziker (2020-11-01). Dumping Fukushima's Water into the Ocean. counterpunch.org For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. As it happens, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) struggles to control it. Yet, the bulk of the radioactive water is stored in more than 1,000 water tanks. Assuredly, Japan's government has made an informal decision

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). US strategy on Iran not to change with changing its president. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Head of Passive Defense Organization said that strategy of the United States against Islamic Republic of Iran will not undergo any change with the replacement of president in this country.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Three Iranian animations go to Italy's Corti a Ponte festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Three Iranian animations have been accepted into the 13th edition of Corti a Ponte in Italy.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Find the (best) Iranian Dentists in Los Angeles. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Teeth are one of the most vital organs in the body. For this reason, their maintenance has a high priority.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Air Force to conduct war game in C Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force will start the final phase of a military drill on Monday in Isfahan province.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Audacity towards sanctities is violation of human dignity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — In a reaction to the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron, First Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament said that rudeness towards sanctities is clear violation of dignity of all human beings.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Bolivian new Gov. keen on reviving relations with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Bolivian President-elect said that the new government will reactivate the bilateral relations and cooperation with Iran that were stagnant during the Bolivian interim government.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). VIDEO: Leader's letter to French youth over double standards. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Issuing a letter to the young people in France, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on them to question the double standards of their president Emanuel Macron over freedom of expression.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Leader to deliver speech on Prophet Muhammad birth anniv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a speech on Tuesday, November 3.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Best medical tour operator in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — At the beginning of the new millennium, and in the light of advanced technologies in the field of transportation, geographical boundaries and long distances have become virtually meaningless.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Iran registers 7,719 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 7,719 COVID-19 infections and 434 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-01). Close to 1 ton of illicit drugs busted in Kerman province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The police forces of Kerman province in central Iran seized 950 kilograms of illicit drugs in a single operation on Saturday.

Robert Hunziker (2020-10-31). Dumping Fukushima's Water into the Ocean… Seriously? dissidentvoice.org (Reuters) For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. As it happens, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) struggles to control it. Yet, the bulk of the radioactive water is stored in more than 1,000 water tanks. Assuredly, Japan's government has made an informal …

Binoy Kampmark (2020-10-31). Cultivated Lunacy, Nuclear Deterrence and Banning the Nuke. zcomm.org In looking at the debates on nuclear weapons, one tension remains ineradicable. Those who do not possess such weapons, nor put their stake in their murderously reassuring properties, have little interest in seeing them kept…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). '180 Degree Rule' wins at Valladolid Intl. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iranian film '180 Degree Rule' by Farnoosh Samadi has won an ward at the 65th Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Autumn attracting skydivers to Yazd. en.mehrnews.com YAZD, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The number of skydivers and aficionados coming to the central Iranian province of Yazd has been growing in the past weeks after the onset of autumn and its suitable wind conditions.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Iranian feature film 'Badger' wins at Austin Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iranian feature 'Badger' won an award at the 27th edition of Austin Film Festival in US.

Robert Koehler (2020-10-31). The parallel universe of peace. zcomm.org The guy who could start a nuclear war has, in his own mind, already dehumanized a huge percentage of the world's population. Doing so makes it so much easier to kill them when necessary…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). TPOI pursuing launch of bartering deal with 10 countries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Deputy Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) is pursuing the operationalization of bartering deal with 10 countries.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Bosnia & Herzegovina eyes bolstering economic coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Speaker of House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina said that his country keens to strengthen and bolster economic cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). No one should insult Holy Prophet in name of democracy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President said that no one should insult Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) under the pretext of freedom of expression and democracy, stating that the West should stop committing violence and insult.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Rahbari urges artists to return Order of Arts & Letters. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The former conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra Ali Rahbari called on the Iranian artists to return their Chevalier of Arts & Letters due to the French president's support for insulting the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH).

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). FM spox commiserates with quake-hit people of Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed commiserations with the Turkish people following a strong and deadly earthquake which hit the country on Friday.

H. Patricia Hynes (2020-10-31). The David and Goliath in Our Time. commondreams.org We have never been so close to nuclear annihilation, in the opinion of many nuclear weapons experts, as today. | www.flickr.com/photos/30835738@N03/34921916204/in/album-72157683139988823/

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Iran COVID-19 update: 386 deaths, 7,820 cases in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 7,820 COVID-19 infections and 386 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Foreign powers, main cause of regional crises: Army cmdr. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iran's Army Chief Commander said that foreign powers are the main cause of crises in the region.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). 'Gabriel' wins two awards at Berkeley film festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Iranian short film, 'Gabriel' has snatched to awards at the at the 2020 Berkeley Video & Film Festival in the US.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Washington resorting to target Iran vital infrastructures. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Hailing Iran's defense equipment and deterrent power, the Head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization noted that Americans have resorted to targeting Iran's infrastructures after failing in the field of military options.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Asian American Intl. Filmfest to host Iranian "Haunt" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The Seattle Asian American Film Festival will be hosting the Iranian short film "Haunt" which is directed by Siamak Kashef-Azar.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). Meeting of COVID-19 combat headquarters held on Saturday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — National Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters held a meeting in the presence of Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-31). "Sailors do not go to the sea alone" wins at Kenya FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iranian documentary "Sailors do not go to the sea alone" received the Diploma of Honor for Best Feature Documentary at the Kenya International Sports Film Festival.

Manlio Dinucci (2020-10-31). Manlio Dinucci: "Il pericolo per l'umanità viene dalle armi nucleari non dal covid" globalresearch.ca Manlio Dinucci, giornalista del comitato "no guerra no Nato", spiega i reali pericoli che incombono oggi sul pianeta. …

RT (2020-10-30). Instagram 'blocked French account of Iran's Khamenei' after he sent message to youths on Prophet Mohammed cartoons. rt.com A French-language Instagram account of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was temporarily blocked after posting a critical message to young people about controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Iran's FARS news agency reported. | The page became inaccessible on Friday, two days after Khamenei's missive to "young French people" was posted on social media. In his address, the Ayatollah blasted French President Emmanuel Macron as "stupid" for insisting that caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were in line with that country's values of freedom of speech. He also questioned why it was "OK" in France to insult the Prophe…

Virginia Rodino (2020-10-30). Why I'm Voting Green in 2020. globalresearch.ca Author's note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …

Sarah Aziza (2020-10-30). For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination. thenation.com For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination…

Dave Lindorff (2020-10-30). Effective January 1, 2021 Nuclear Weapons Will Be Illegal. zcomm.org The task, going forward, is to use the new UN treaty banning these weapons to pressure the nations of the world to eliminate them for good…

sputniknews (2020-10-30). US Intelligence Alleges Iranian Hackers Behind Intimidation Emails Accessed Voter Data. sputniknews.com Iranian hackers who reportedly sent threatening emails to thousands of Americans earlier this month also allegedly accessed US voter data, US intelligence officials revealed late Friday.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). Armed Forces ready to respond to any adventurism on borders. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) — The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) said that Armed Forces of the country are ready to give a crushing response to any adventurism of enemies in all borders of the country.

_____ (2020-10-30). America's Still Strangelovian Schemes To 'Win' Nuclear Wars. popularresistance.org A full 56 years after Peter Sellers roasted America's nuclear absurdity in Stanley Kubrick's dark comedy classic Dr. Strangelove, Pentagon planners remain dedicated to delusions. That old Pete's three-role — in three nationalities — performative evisceration of the fantasy that nuclear wars can be won didn't stick raises serious questions about human nature, and our species's survival prospects. Don't take my word for it: just six years ago Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, penned a piece in the New Yorker titled…

WSWS (2020-10-30). Casualties mount in Armenian-Azeri war as US-brokered ceasefire collapses. wsws.org The danger is growing that the war between the two former Soviet republics in the Caucasus could escalate into a war involving Russia, Iran, and the NATO powers.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). Iran planning to boost constructional exports to Africa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran is eyeing to increase export of construction and building materials to African states.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). Iran eyes boosting non-oil exports by 15% in H2: TPOI. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said that the country eyes surging export of non-oil commodities by 15 percent in the second half of the current Iranian calendar year .

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). FM Zarif sympathizes with Turkish counterpart on deadly quake. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) —Iranian Foreign Minister in a message to his Turkish counterpart sympathized with him over the occurrence of devastating earthquake in Turkey's Izmir city on Friday.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). 1,000 Iranian academics pen letter to French counterparts. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) — A number of 1,000 Iranian university professors in a letter penned to French counterparts on Fri. criticized French President Macron's support for publishing an insulting cartoon about Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad.

John Krzyzaniak (2020-10-30). The Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Set to Enter Force. Experts Explain What Comes Next. globalresearch.ca Seventy-five years after their destructive power was first unleashed, nuclear weapons are about to be officially and explicitly prohibited by international law. For the average person, it may come as a surprise to know that nuclear weapons, dreadful as they …

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). Iran's special envoy Araghchi meets with Armenian PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) — Iranian President's Special Envoy met and held talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashniyan in Yerevan on Fri.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-30). Iranian FM reacts to statement of US Justice Department. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) —Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh showed reaction to the statement issued by the US Department of Justice.

MEE staff (2020-10-29). US warns of possible Houthi missile strikes on Saudi capital. middleeasteye.net US warns of possible Houthi missile strikes on Saudi capital | Saudi coalition spokesman said bomb-laden Houthi drones were launched toward the capital 'deliberately and systematically to target civilians' | Thu, 10/29/2020 – 15: 25 | Brian Hook, then-US special representative on Iran, on 21 June 2019 checks what Saudi officials said were Iran-made Houthi missiles and drones intercepted over Saudi territory (A…

MEE correspondent (2020-10-29). Iranian press review: Tehran's Baghdad ambassador 'happy' to be on US sanctions list. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Tehran's Baghdad ambassador 'happy' to be on US sanctions list | Meanwhile, Iran deploys ground forces to its borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Tehran and Washington accuse each other of destabilising Afghanistan | Thu, 10/29/2020 – 14: 34 | Iran's ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi has been blacklisted in the latest round of US sanctions (AFP) | Iran's Bag…

Dave Lindorff (2020-10-29). Nuclear Weapons Will Soon Be Illegal Under International Law. counterpunch.org Flash! Nuclear bombs and warheads have just joined landmines, germ and chemical bombs and fragmentation bombs as illegal weapons under international law, as on Oct. 24 a 50th nation, the Central American country of Honduras, ratified and signed a UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Of course, the reality is that despite this outlawing of