2021-06-04: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). Iranian, Iraqi Forces Are Manufacturing Rocket Launchers In Syria's Deir Ezzor — Report. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Forces affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) were manufacturing single barrel rocket launchers in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 4. | According to the London-based group, the launchers are being manufactured in a military base located in the outskirts of the government-held town of al-Mayadin in southern Deir Ezzor. Iranian military experts are prese…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). Iranian Military Advisor Among 14 Killed In New Attacks By ISIS Cells In Central Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | ISIS cells in Syria's central region have carried out three new attacks against government forces and their allies in Homs and Deir Ezzor. | On June 3, ISIS terrorists ambushed an Iranian military advisor on the Homs-Deir Ezzor highway. According to Iranian sources, the advisor, Hassan Abdullahzadeh, was killed in the ambush along with his guard Mohsen Abbasi. | 2

Larry Everest (2021-06-04). Vicious Wave of Repression Sparks Global Movement to Free Iran's Political Prisoners. counterpunch.org She should imagine thousands of people in the court room, standing next to her and demanding: #FreeNahid That's what Mariam Claren told her imprisoned mother, a 66-year-old, dual German-Iranian citizen and women's rights activist, before her first Iranian court appearance on April 28. As the world's attention concerning Iran largely focuses on the nuclear negotiations

Anonymous007 (2021-06-04). Two Iranian Ships, One Loaded With Fast Missile Craft Sailing Toward The Atlantic. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Two Iranian navy ships heading to the Americas are expected to soon enter the Atlantic Ocean, posing an alleged problem for the Biden Administration, Days earlier,

Juan Cole (2021-06-04). Israel's Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Outgoing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to form a government as the deadline ran out on Thursday, but he swung into action in an attempt to stop his rivals from forming one, either. A successful prime minister would have to be able pass a confidence vote in …

Mark Muhich (2021-06-04). The Geneva Summit: Biden and Putin Need to Pull Back From the Nuclear Brink. counterpunch.org When Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, relations between their countries will be the most fraught since the Cold War ended 30 years ago. Recent Russian provocations — the hacking of sensitive U.S. government and corporate computers, meddling in the last two U.S. presidential elections,

Gareth Porter (2021-06-04). Eisenhower rejected military chiefs' demand for nuclear war on China. zcomm.org Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has released a shocking account showing how the Joint Chiefs pressed Eisenhower to launch a nuclear war on China…

teleSUR (2021-06-03). The UN Took Away Iran's Right to Vote in the General Assembly. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Iran strongly condemned the United Nations' decision to remove its voting rights in the General Assembly due to the delay in paying membership dues worth some US$16 million. | RELATED: | "US economic terrorism prevents Iran from paying for food, let alone UN fees," Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif tweeted. | The Iranian official suggested that the United Nations collect the unpaid fees us…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-03). US Supply Convoy Targeted In Southern Iraq Few Hours After Another Attack Failed (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image | On June 3, a convoy carrying supplies and equipment for the US-led coalition came under attack near the city of Nasiriyah in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar. | The Sabereen News, a Telegram channel known to be close to Iranian-backed forces in Iraq, said that the convoy was moving 17 container filled with supplies and equipment to US troops in Ain al-Assad Air Base in the western province of al-Anbar. The convoy's trucks were all damaged as a result of the attack. | According to Sabereen News, t…

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-03). Israel's New Mossad Chief Threatens More Assassinations and Attacks Inside Iran. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, the …

WSWS (2021-06-03). Iranian ship, petrochemical plant hit by fires amid threats from Israel. wsws.org Tensions have mounted in the context of an imminent change of government in Israel and continuing talks in Vienna on reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Behrooz Ghamari Tabrizi (2021-06-03). The Electoral Politics and Legitimation Crisis in Iran. counterpunch.org Last week, Iran's Guardian Council disqualified an entire class of politically diverse candidates from running in the next month's presidential election. The Council certified only seven candidates, one of whom, Ayatollah Ibrahim Raisi, the current Head of the Judiciary, is unmistakably designated to be the next president of the Islamic Republic. The Council axed all

Editor2 (2021-06-03). Perpetrators of Crimes Against Yemen Should be Brought to Justice: Velayati. orinocotribune.com Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei's advisor on international affairs says those perpetrating deadly crimes against the people of Yemen must be brought to justice on the international arena. | "What the freedom-seeking people of the world expect is that the carnage of Yemeni women and children be stopped and the perpetrators of the crimes against the Yemeni nation be tried at international institutions," Ali Akbar Velayati said on Wednesday. | Velayati was speaking in his capacity as the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening while the body was hosting a virtual c…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-06-03). Philanthropist Bill Gates Invests in "Advanced" Reactor Nuclear Technology. globalresearch.ca Investing in nuclear …

Karl Grossman (2021-06-03). The Nuclearization of Space. counterpunch.org "BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA'S NEW NUCLEAR VISION" was the headline emblazoned on the cover this past month of the leading U.S. aerospace trade publication, Aviation Week & Space Technology. "More than sixty years after the U.S. began serious studies into nuclear propulsion for space travel, NASA is taking the first steps on a new

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