Anonymous669 (2023-06-18). U.S. Says Iran Tested Suicide Drone In Gulf Of Oman. southfront.org An Iranian Shahed-136 drone is launched during a military exercise in Iran, December 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter) | Iran had tested a suicide drone against a practice vessel in the Gulf of Oman without warning ships in the area, The official told the news agency that the drone was l…

Alastair Crooke (2023-06-17). The machinations behind an imminent Iran 'deal'. thealtworld.com What a paradoxical finale, were Netanyahu's devious machinations on Iran to contribute to Trump's conviction and theoretically, even to his imprisonment! | What's going on? On the one hand, "Israel" is blaring out the news that major progress has been made in JCPOA talks between the US and Iran — and that a new agreement is in prospect within weeks — including the release of some $20 billion of frozen Iranian assets. Goodness me! "Israel" is totally unprepared to stop it — all hands to action stations, the headlines scream! | Veteran Israeli correspondent, Ben Caspit, raised Western blood pressur…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-17). Military Situation In Iraq On June 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 17, Iraqi security forces arrested two ISIS commanders in Kirkuk; | On June 16, an Iranian border guard was killed by PEJAK terrorist group near Mariwan border; | On May 11, two Turkish servicemen were killed during the Operation Claw Lock in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish MOD. | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Xavier Villar, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims To Build Solidarity. popularresistance.org Several experts have emphasized that this visit aims to highlight similarities between the Islamic Republic and the three Latin American countries, particularly in their political stance towards the West. | It's important here to explain the political similarities between them from a historical perspective with a focus on the connection between Western ideology and colonialism. | To understand the critique of the colonial project from an external perspective to the Western discourse, it is essential to grasp this ontological relationship between the West and colonialism..

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims to Build Solidarity with Non-Islamic Nations. orinocotribune.com

F.M. Shakil, The Cradle. (2023-06-16). Fixing An American Mess: China, Iran, Pakistan Link Up To Secure Afghanistan. popularresistance.org Last week, Beijing hosted the first-ever tripartite security dialogue between Iran, Pakistan, and China. The gathering took place against the backdrop of recent border skirmishes between Iran and Afghanistan, and the Taliban government's reluctance to crack down on militant groups operating within its borders. | While Pakistani officials insist that the dialogue is intended to address local security issues and not act as an "an Afghan affairs watchdog" to fill the void left by the 2021 US troop withdrawal, geopolitical analysts say the talks will shape a new regional security and trade paradigm involving China, I…

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-16). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches Three Years. popularresistance.org This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Concludes Visit with Renewed Focus on South-South Cooperation. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi (standing-L) and Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel watch as senior officials from the two countries sign cooperation deals in the Palace of the Revolution in the Cuban capital Havana on June 15, 2023. (Photo: Press TV) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-16). The West is a Dictatorship in Decline: Interview with Venezuela's Foreign Minister. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Al Mayadeen interviewed Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, asking him about various topics from the recent visit may by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to the country to the US sanctions stifling the Venezuelan economy. The interview aired Friday and saw the top Venezuelan diplomat talk about his country's people and its development despite the Western draconian…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes visit to three Latin American countries with renewed focus on South-South cooperation. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua — was aimed at fostering multipolarity and strengthening the anti-hegemonic and anti-imperialist struggle in world politics…

Xavier Villar, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims To Build Solidarity. popularresistance.org Several experts have emphasized that this visit aims to highlight similarities between the Islamic Republic and the three Latin American countries, particularly in their political stance towards the West. | It's important here to explain the political similarities between them from a historical perspective with a focus on the connection between Western ideology and colonialism. | To understand the critique of the colonial project from an external perspective to the Western discourse, it is essential to grasp this ontological relationship between the West and colonialism..

Jake Johnson (2023-06-16). House GOP panel releases budget that would 'destroy Social Security as we know i'. nationofchange.org "The largest group of House Republicans just released a budget that calls for massive tax cuts for the super-rich and raising the Social Security retirement age, a benefit cut for millions of Americans."