(2021-11-25). US is Building an Anti-Iranian Alliance, Backed Up by a Propaganda Campaign. journal-neo.org 
At the end of WWII Washington began to establish its Hub-and-Spoke system of alliances between the USA — the "hub" — and its key strategic allies. The system has remained largely unchanged to this day. This alliance system was originally established in response to the Pentagon's fears that certain Asian countries might leave the US's …
(2021-11-25). IAEA Chief Grossi Says 'No Progress' Made in Iran Visit. news.antiwar.com Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "In terms of the substance … we were not able to make progress," Grossi told reporters. He said that while the talks were "constructive," they were "inconclusive." | Grossi's gripe stems from Iran's move to stop voluntarily complying with the Additional Protocol, an aspect of the JCPOA th…
(2021-11-25). CENTCOM Says Military 'Prepared' If Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), "The diplomats are in the lead on this, but Central Command always has a variety of plans that we could execute, if directed," McKenzie said. | US officials often speak of the potential for failure in negotiations with Iran and like to portray Tehran as the difficult party. But it was the US that withdrew from the JCPOA in…
(2021-11-25). Rockets Fired at US Base in Eastern Syria. news.antiwar.com A flurry of rockets were fired at the Locals said that US warplanes were very active in the skies after the rockets, though there was no word of the US forces launching any sorties yet. | Syrian media suggested the rockets were fired by "pro-Iran militias," which in this part of the country almost always means Iraqi Shi'ites. Those groups are h…
(2021-11-25). Prestigious weaponry expert censored after demonstrating that a deadly poison gas attack—blamed on the Syrian government—was really a false-flag operation by U.S.-funded terrorists. mronline.org 
Theodore Postol, a physicist with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, he is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a former top policy adviser to the chief of naval operations.
(2021-11-24). Henrique Capriles: Nobody Owns the Opposition. orinocotribune.com On Monday, November 22, the former governor of the state of Miranda, Henrique Capriles, called for unity in the opposition ranks, meanwhile attacking the Democratic Unity Roundtable's (MUD) dissidence. | Capriles expressed his opinion that the opposition badly needs to undergo a process of self-critique. "Today no one owns the opposition, a process of introspection is urgently needed," Capriles said. "I do not pretend to be the owner of the opposition." | According to Capriles, "the opposition would have achieved victory in at least eight states had it not been for vote dispersion amongst its ranks." Capriles str…
(2021-11-24). Iran: Elections in Venezuela Are a Demonstration of Democracy. orinocotribune.com Iran has congratulated the government and the people of Venezuela for their "successful and transparent" regional and municipal elections, held on November 21. | On Tuesday, November 23, the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Said Jatibzade, described Venezuela's election as a "beautiful demonstration" of democracy and unity between the people and the government, in their bid to build a better future. | Spokesperson Jatibzade declared that "the Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its support and solidarity with Venezuela." The statement was issued after Iran congratulated the "brotherly and…
(2021-11-24). Biden's summit is 'old propaganda' rhetoric, Oliver Stone tells RT. rt.com 
Filmmaker Oliver Stone has told RT that the "totally corrupt" US government has been rehashing old propaganda cliches when promoting President Joe Biden's upcoming international 'Summit for Democracy'. | On the latest episode of RT's 'Going Underground', Afshin Rattansi asked the Oscar-winning director what he thought about the so-called 'Summit for Democracy' that will be hosted by Biden next month. | "That's old propaganda: 'We're the free world, and the Russians and the Chinese are not. And the Iranians and all the bad guys are on the other side. It doesn't work that way if you go to those countries," Stone…
(2021-11-24). US issues veiled threat over Iran's nuclear program. rt.com 
Ahead of the US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, the American envoy said Washington will not "sit idly" if Tehran chooses to stall the talks and advance its atomic program to the point it's "too close" to a working weapon. | "We're prepared to get back into the deal and to lift all of the sanctions that are inconsistent with the deal. So if Iran wants to get back into the deal, it has a way to do that," the State Department's special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, told NPR on Tuesday. | If Iran doesn't wish to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), "if it continues to do what it appears to be d…
(2021-11-24). Biden Under New Pressure to Drop Trump's Iran Sanctions. strategic-culture.org The Gulf Arab states are now desperate to get the Iran deal back, fearing that Iran's overtures are left unchecked and will only get worse. | Just how "special" is the so-called special relationship between oil-rich Gulf Arab states and Washington? One could argue, since Joe Biden became President, that relations have hit an all time low with many looking to broker better relations with Russia, China and even Iran. Royal elites in the GCC club know that in the event of a new Arab Spring sweeping across the region, that they cannot rely on Biden for any support whatsoever to cling onto power and so have taken an e…
(2021-11-24). Germany's Incoming Government Agrees to Keep Hosting US Nukes. news.antiwar.com Germany's incoming government The announcement comes after some speculation that the new government might be opposed to the presence of nuclear weapons based on earlier comments by members of the political parties forming the coalition. The government is being formed by the Social Democratic Party(SDP), the Green Party, and the Free Democrats. | Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own but has betw…
(2021-11-24). Oportunidad para logar el necesario desarme nuclear mundial. globalizacion.ca En mi condición de ciudadano panameño crecí con el lema escrito en el escudo de mi país "Pro mundi beneficio" (Para beneficio del mundo). Desde pequeño aprendí y conviví la amistad, el respeto, la convivencia pacífica entre los ciudadanos y…
(2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…