(2021-10-04). Turkey, Azerbaijan hold war games as Iran masses military assets near Azeri border for first time since demise of USSR. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Story and photograph from Panorama.am Turkey, Azerbaijan plan to hold military drills after Iran moved forces Turkey plans to hold joint military exercises with Azerbaijan this week in a region bordering Iran after the government in Baku criticized Tehran for staging army drills near its border, Bloomberg reports. "The Steadfast Brotherhood-2021 drill will take place …
(2021-10-04). Iran on alert over threats posed by Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Why is Iran angry with the trilateral alliance of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan?By Aditi Bhaduri The Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkey axis, it seems, has not roiled India alone. Iran too seems to be infuriated by the trilateral alliance. Recent tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan point to Tehran's disquiet about the alliance, especially its military angle. A war of …
(2021-10-04). Azerbaijan-Turkey-Pakistan threat to Iran: combined population of 320 million, nuclear weapons, NATO involvement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Explainer: What's Behind Fresh Tensions On The Iran-Azerbaijan Border? Excerpts from a recent Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty feature. "Turkey has the second-largest NATO army, and Pakistan is a nuclear power in the region. When these two countries join Azerbaijan in military maneuvers, it worries Russia and Iran — and the Islamic republic's military maneuver [reflects] …
(2021-10-04). Guerra y economía de fraude. globalizacion.ca Mi madre falleció meses antes de cumplir 90 años. Ella no vivió la guerra, se impresionó de niña mirando en fotos las tragedias y sufrimientos de millones de personas con su padre, fotos de una revista que ella llamaba "el…
(2021-10-04). Iran FM: US Needs to Unfreeze $10 Billion for Negotiations. news.antiwar.com Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is calling on the US to unfreeze some $10 billion in Iranian assets as a sign of good faith, conditioning this on Iran's return to nuclear negotiations. | Amirabdollahian said this was an opportunity to say just once that the US " The odds don't look great, however. The Biden Administration has been criticizing Iran's new gover…
(2021-10-04). Tehran And Riyadh Continue Negotiations, No Preconditions. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 4th, Iran hailed negotiations with Saudi Arabia and said that no preconditions had been set by either side."There are no preconditions from either side, and we are trying to start a sustainable relationship within the mutually beneficial framework," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said during a press conference. | ccording to Khatibzadeh, the negotiations hosted by Baghdad since April, are being pursued in the best possible shape over bilateral and regiona…
(2021-10-04). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on October 4. en.mehrnews.com
(2021-10-04). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on October 4. en.mehrnews.com Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Monday, October 4.
(2021-10-04). Russia Test-Launched Zircon Hypersonic Missile From A Nuclear Submarine. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Russian Navy tested the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said. | At a conditional sea target in the Barents Sea, they fired from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine."The flight of the missile <...> corresponded to the specified parameters <...>. Test firing <...> was recognized as successful," the release said. | The Zircon is the world's first hypersonic cruise missile capable of carrying out prolonged aerodynamic fl…
(2021-10-03). Iranian-Backed Forces Are Training On Drones In Eastern Syria — Report. southfront.org 
illustrative image. | The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is training pro-government fighters in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor on the use of drones, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 3. | According to the London-based monitoring group, 25 fighters are taking part in the training course which is being held at a farm located in the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin in southern Deir Ezzor. | Iranian officers are reportedly training pro-government fighters on fiv…
(2021-10-03). 'Distant Future': Head of Israeli Military Intel Notes Iran Won't Have Nuclear Bomb Anytime Soon. sputniknews.com Iran has consistently underscored that it has no intention of building a nuclear weapon or an arsenal of such magnitude. At one point, the country's top leadership emphasised that nuclear arms are contrary to the tenets of Islam.
(2021-10-03). Iranian FM: Tehran Asked US to Unfreeze $10 Billion Ahead of Nuclear Talks. sputniknews.com A senior US State Department official last month said that the US and its allies are awaiting Iran's return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – an Obama-era nuclear agreement that the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. Although Tehran halted JCPOA compliance in 2019, Iran has expressed conditional interest in a nuclear deal.
(2021-10-03). Afghanistan: Where's the Cash? strategic-culture.org By Eric MARGOLIS | Afghanistan's US-run government was the world's largest producer and exporter of opium, morphine, and the end-product, heroin. | As it did after first seizing power in the mid-1990's, Taliban, the Islamic anti-drug and anti-communist movement, is shutting down the Afghan drug trade. Billions worth of heroin, opium and morphine that had been flowing into Central Asia, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and Southeast Asia will be sharply reduced. Afghanistan's drug-based economy is now in dire jeopardy. | But you would not know this if you follow the biased western press, notably the big US TV networ…
(2021-10-03). EXCLUSIVE: Tehran to Boost Uranium Enrichment, Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Says. sputniknews.com Iranian authorities have repeatedly stressed that the country has never pursued nuclear weapons and never will, despite its decision to boost uranium enrichment. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium up to 3.67 percent, but Tehran rolled back its commitment due to the unilateral US withdrawal from the accord in May 2018.