(2021-08-06). Iran Embraces Its Eurasian Future. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-06). Iran and Venezuela: Common Interests and Enemies. orinocotribune.com 
The new president of Iran, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati [Raisi], reaffirmed his support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela amid common threats and challenges. The president of the Islamic Republic denounced the failed attempts of US power groups to destroy the peace of nations such as Iran. | The Iranian president expressed this in a meeting with the Venezuelan Minister of Planning, Ricardo Menéndez. Menéndez attended the inauguration ceremony of Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati. These countries have had diplomatic relations for 70 years, however these relations were strengthened when Hugo Chávez was elected. | Cu…
(2021-08-06). Iran's New Hardline President Sworn In, Vows 'Resistance' To "Arrogant" West. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published by ZeroHedge. | Hardline cleric and former head of the judiciary Ebrahim Raisi was officially sworn in as the new President of Iran in the country's parliament in Tehran on Thursday. The heads of all major branches of government were in attendance, as well as top military officials during the televised ceremony, including representatives from over 80 countries, according to regional media. Hezbollah and Hamas representatives were also seen in attendance, ironicall…
(2021-08-06). Mapping Faultlines: 76 years after Hiroshima, nuclear threat still looms large. peoplesdispatch.org 76 years after Hiroshima, humanity still faces the threat of nuclear annihilation. Treaties which reduced the threat have expired mainly due to the the intransigence of the US. Prabir Purkayastha looks at these issues…
(2021-08-06). August 6, 9, 1945: Who Ordered the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-06). US Peace Groups Call for Biden and Congress to Adopt 'No First Use of Nuclear Weapons' Policy. globalresearch.ca The U.S. "has …
(2021-08-06). Monday 8/9: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: The Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Online rally…
(2021-08-06). Friday 8/6: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Virtual rally…
(2021-08-06). 76 years since Hiroshima bombing: sign the nuclear weapons prohibition treaty. greenleft.org.au Peace groups have used the 76 year anniversary of the United States' bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan to demand the federal government sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Kerry Smith reports.
(2021-08-05). "They Killed Us from the Inside": U.N. Inquiry Demanded into Officials' Culpability in Beirut Blast. democracynow.org 
One year after the Beirut port explosion, a new Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster that killed 218 people, wounded 7,000 others and destroyed vast swaths of the city. The blast on August 4, 2020, was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. It resulted from the detonation of hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, which had been sitting in a hangar at the port for years while multiple government officials who knew about the highly explosive chemicals did nothing. "We didn't find any Lebanese official who took any responsibility for securing the port and remov…
(2021-08-05). Washington's Terrorist Friends: Prominent Americans Continue to Support a Murderous Cult. strategic-culture.org MEK is a curious hybrid creature that pretends to be an alternative government option for Iran even though it is despised by nearly all Iranians. | One might ask if Washington's obsession with terrorism includes supporting radical armed groups as long as they are politically useful in attacking countries that the US regards as enemies? It is widely known that the American CIA worked with Saudi Arabia to create al-Qaeda to attack the Russians in Afghanistan and the same my-enemy's-enemy thinking appears to drive the current relationships with radical groups in Syria. | Given the fact that Iran continues to be the…
(2021-08-05). Iran lodges protest to IMO over rising rhetoric. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Ambassador to the UK Mohsen Baharvand has penned a letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to protest the rhetoric recently raised against Tehran after suspicious incidents with tankers in Persian Gulf.
(2021-08-05). Embassy urges caution against false flag operations in region. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Embassy in London reviewed the recent days' propaganda against Iran, urging vigilance against false flag operations in the Persian Gulf region.
(2021-08-05). As the U.S. Withdraws From Afghanistan, China Forges Ties With the Taliban. towardfreedom.org Peace is not on the horizon for Afghanistan. The country remains caught in the ambitions of regional and global powers, wedged in the new "great game" that involves a contest between India and Pakistan, as well as the United States versus China, Russia, and Iran.
(2021-08-05). As Iran swears in new president, Israel threatens war. liberationnews.org 
In a disturbing if not surprising display of hostility, Israeli "Defense" Minister Benny Gantz made a series of deeply aggressive comments regarding Iran earlier today, including saying that Israel is ready to attack Iran and engage in a "multi-front" conflict in the region. These comments were clearly timed to coincide with today's inauguration of the …
(2021-08-05). Economic-productive complementarity will be a central issue in the cooperation between Venezuela and Iran. mppre.gob.ve In order to establish a 10-year plan within the framework of bilateral cooperation between Venezuela and Iran, the Sector Vice-president, People's Power Minister for Planning, and co-president of the Venezuela-Iran High Level Mixed Commission for the South American country, Ricardo Menéndez and the Vice-minister of Foreign Relations for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Capaya […] | La entrada
(2021-08-05). Venezuela and Iran agree to promote bilateral cooperation to overcome unilateral sanctions. mppre.gob.ve The Vice-president of Planning of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ricardo Menéndez, and the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, ratified this Wednesday the need to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries to advance towards integral development and to jointly overcome the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States. […] | La entrada
(2021-08-05). 'We Need to Take Military Action': Israeli Defense Minister Threatens War With Iran. commondreams.org Sadly, the Forum was an exclusive and controlled global space—not the political space many Global South feminists needed and wanted.
(2021-08-05). Belief in America as the "Indispensible Nation" Is Bullshit—And Always Has Been. commondreams.org Denying responsibility for a deadly drone strike in the Arabian Sea, the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that "any anti-Iran adventurism will receive an immediate and decisive response."
(2021-08-05). Iraqi 'Resistance' Blew Up Two US Supply Convoys In Al-Diwaniyah, Babylon (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | On August 5, two convoys moving logistic supplies and equipment for the US-led coalition came under attack in different parts of Iraq. | The first convoy was attacked in the southern province of al-Diwaniyah, while the second came under attack in the central province of Babylon. The two convoys were reportedly targeted with explosive devices. | Pro-Iranian Saryat Qasim al-Jabbarin [The Breaker of Titans Company] claimed responsibility for both attacks. Photos of the attacks were released. | <...
(2021-08-05). Security U.S. Fears of China Nuclear Expansion… Déjà Vu of Soviet Missile Gap Hype. dissidentvoice.org China is providing the equivalent scaremongering of the Soviet "missile gap" in order to sustain America's militarist-dependent capitalist economy. Media reports from the U.S. this week — regurgitated by the European press — highlighted concerns that China is embarking on a massive scale-up of underground silos for launching nuclear weapons. Hundreds of silos are alleged …
(2021-08-05). Hiroshima at 75. The Doomsday Clock and the Ongoing Threat of "Atomic Horror" globalresearch.ca These massive mushroom clouds would go on to become a symbol of the fate of humanity encapsulated in the threat of atomic horror. For all my life, I have contemplated the prospects of nuclear incineration and the aftermath that would follow if our leaders get caught up in a tragic misstep.
(2021-08-05). Hiroshima memorial: UN chief laments slow progress on nuclear-free goal. news.un.org Underlining UN commitment to achieving a nuclear-free world, Secretary-General António Guterres has urged governments to strengthen efforts to make this goal a reality.
(2021-08-05). Chinese Investors Wage Union Busting War On Namibian MUN Mine Workers. indybay.org Chinese investors both state and private in Namibia are engaging in a massive union busting campaign against the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia breaking strikes with the use of Chinese nationals and also firing union leaders including the 9 MUN union executive members of the Rossing Mine which is owned by the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation CNNC.
(2021-08-05). Hiroshima-Nagasaki: The Story They Want Us To Forget. popularresistance.org The world's first nuclear explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the barren plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, known as the Jornada del Muerto (day of the dead). | US President Harry Truman ordered the first atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Days later (August 9) Washington dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. | Official figures of those killed by the atomic bombs is well over 150,000 from the two cities. More than 100,000 were injured with most likely dying. Then over the y…