Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-14: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-14). Conviasa Announces Direct Flights from Tehran to Caracas. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's national airline is ready to start direct flights between Caracas and Tehran in March 2022. The flights will benefit tourists, commerce, and industry. | Ramón Velázquez, Venezuelan vice minister for air transport and president of the Venezuelan national airline, Conviasa, announced direct flights between Tehran, Iran, and Venezuela's capital. The announcement occurs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains relatively controlled in both countries, due to the approach of each country's government. | In an exclusive interview for HispanTV, Velázquez said that "joining Tehran with Caracas is a…

Staff (2022-02-14). Iran shares progress on nuclear negotiations. rt.com Tehran says Vienna talks have not reached a dead end | The success of the nuclear talks in Vienna depends on the willingness of the Western parties to come to an agreement, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the press on Monday. | "Our distance from the agreement is inversely proportional to the will of the Western and American sides. The higher the will of the Americans, the lower our distance from reaching an agreement," Saeed Khatibzadeh stated. | Read more | | He…

TASS (2022-02-14). UK foreign secretary, Israeli top diplomat discuss Ukrainian issue. tass.com The sides also discussed Iranian nuclear deal…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-14). Putin Outlines Conditions For Dropping Nuclear Bombs On Europe Over Ukraine Dispute. moguldom.com Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined conditions for dropping nuclear bombs on Eastern Europe if Ukraine joins NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and seeks to regain control of Crimea — land Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Putin demanded that NATO retreat from Eastern Europe and ban Ukraine from ever entering the alliance while he …

sputniknews (2022-02-14). Russian Food Exports to Persian Gulf Countries in 2021 Reaches $838 Million. sputniknews.com The export of Russian food to nations in the Persian Gulf amounted to more than $838 million in 2021, Veronika Nikishina, CEO of the Russian Export Centre, said at the opening of the Gulfood 2022 exhibition in Dubai. These are the preliminary calculations by the REC's analytical centre.

Staff (2022-02-13). Record-breaking oil exports sign of maximum pressure failure. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that record-breaking Iranian oil exports is a sign of the failure of the US maximum pressure.

Nauman Sadiq (2022-02-13). Will Iran Strike at Global Oil Supply if Russia Invades Ukraine? dissidentvoice.org Following Russia's troop build-up along Ukraine's borders portending imminent invasion, Houthi rebels in Yemen backed by Iran, which is Russia's most dependable regional ally in the decade-long Syrian conflict, have significantly escalated missile strikes on the oil-rich Gulf States with a nod of approval from the Kremlin in order to take pressure off Russia in …

Yves Engler (2022-02-13). Canadian Interference in Ukrainian Affairs. dissidentvoice.org If there was an award for the world's most hypocritical political party, the Liberal Party of Canada would be frontrunners to take the prize. In their bid to ramp up tensions between nuclear armed NATO and Russia, this country's top two politicians flagrantly intervened in Ukrainian affairs while maintaining other nations must stay out of …

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2022-02-13: News Headlines

Nauman Sadiq (2022-02-13). Will Iran Strike at Global Oil Supply if Russia Invades Ukraine? dissidentvoice.org Following Russia's troop build-up along Ukraine's borders portending imminent invasion, Houthi rebels in Yemen backed by Iran, which is Russia's most dependable regional ally in the decade-long Syrian conflict, have significantly escalated missile strikes on the oil-rich Gulf States with a nod of approval from the Kremlin in order to take pressure off Russia in …

Staff (2022-02-13). Record-breaking oil exports sign of maximum pressure failure. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that record-breaking Iranian oil exports is a sign of the failure of the US maximum pressure.

Yves Engler (2022-02-13). Canadian Interference in Ukrainian Affairs. dissidentvoice.org If there was an award for the world's most hypocritical political party, the Liberal Party of Canada would be frontrunners to take the prize. In their bid to ramp up tensions between nuclear armed NATO and Russia, this country's top two politicians flagrantly intervened in Ukrainian affairs while maintaining other nations must stay out of …

ecns.cn (2022-02-12). Japanese Ayumu Hirano wins men's snowboard halfpipe at Beijing 2022. ecns.cn Ayumu Hirano of Japan claimed the men's snowboard halfpipe title by notching a high score of 96.00 points at Beijing 2022 here on Friday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-02-12). US claims of Russian 'invasion' not backed by evidence. en.mehrnews.com US officials' claims that Russia is allegedly planning to attack Ukraine during or after the Beijing Olympics are absolutely groundless, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-12). Iranian, Chinese negotiating delegations hold talk in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com The negotiating delegation of Iran and China headed by China's envoy in Vienna talk Wang Qun and Iran's top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani held talks in Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday evening.

TASS (2022-02-12). "Appropriate means" used against US submarine in Russian waters – defense ministry. tass.com A nuclear-powered submarine belonging to the US Navy defied the warnings to leave Russia's territorial waters, the Russian Defense Ministry said…

Staff (2022-02-12). US nuclear reactors contain 'fake' parts, watchdog finds. rt.com The investigation followed whistleblower allegations about the use of counterfeit items in 'most, if not all' plants | An unspecified number of US nuclear power plants contain counterfeit parts that could potentially lead to "serious" safety risks, an investigation by the federal nuclear industry watchdog has found. The new report revealed that the Energy Department (DOE) had flagged over 100 "incidents" of fake parts in reactors last year. | The

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-12). Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sounds warning over threat of nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsFebruary 11, 2022 Putin reminds everyone that Ukraine joining NATO could lead to nuclear war Excerpts "[T]here will be no winners," [Russian President Vladimir Putin] said, describing a hypothetical future in which Ukraine had joined NATO and then attempted to invade Russian-occupied Crimea, "and you will find yourself drawn into this …

TASS (2022-02-12). US military attache summoned to Russian Defense Ministry over submarine incident. tass.com Virginia-class US nuclear-powered submarine was detected on Saturday morning near the Pacific Fleet's drills near Iturup Island of the Kuril Chain…

teleSUR (2022-02-12). US Sends B-52 Nuclear Bombers to UK Amid Ukraine Tensions. telesurenglish.net As reported on Friday by the British newspaper The Telegraph, citing military sources, four U.S. B-52 long-range bombers landed Thursday at RAF Fairford (Royal Air Force Fairford, for short) in Gloucestershir, in the southwest of the United Kingdom. | RELATED: | This comes while the deployment of U.S. personnel had occurred two days earlier at the same base. | At the same time, U.S. officials stated that this Bomb…

Staff (2022-02-12). US nuclear submarine violates Russian waters — Defense Ministry. rt.com The Russian Navy has detected a US nuclear submarine in the country's territorial waters, chasing the vessel away, the country's military has said | A US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been detected and chased away in Russian territorial waters off the Kuril Islands, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday. | The vessel was found submerged off the small uninhabited island of Urup while Russia's Pacific Fleet was holding exercises in the area. Russian vessels contacted the submarine, warning it was in the country's territorial waters and ordering it to surface immediately, the military s…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-12). Top U.S. European/NATO commander sends F-15s to Poland, F-16s to Romania, nuclear-capable B-52s to Britain. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com These are the five most recent stories on the website of U.S. European Command, which shares its top commander, General Tod Wolters, with NATO as the latter's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. On Memorial Day last year the U.S. deployed B-52s with NATO escorts to fly over NATO's thirty members states in one day: Memorial Day: …

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