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This is well outside anything I can claim to know much about, so I can’t vouch for it other than that it sounds right to me. From an Al Arabiya article entitled All you need to know about the Iran protests in 20 points: 1 On Tuesday, December 19, the Iranian government announced a new austerity plan. 2 The plan imposed a 50% increase in the price of fuel. 3 The government decided to cancel the monetary support of more than 34 million people. 6 In this...

Are we witnessing regime change agents hijacking economic protests? Zero Hedge US State Department Hints At Iran Overthrow: Are We Witnessing The Early Stages Of Regime Change? Tyler DurdenSee alsoSouthFrontUS Defense Secretary Warns Assad From Attacking US-backed Forces, Claims US Shifts Strategy In Syrialkb22

Did Nikki Haley lie to the world about Iranian missiles being used against Saudi Arabia by Houthis of Yemen? Or was Haley played like Colin Powell was? Scott Ritter argues in the affirmative.(Why it would make a difference if true eludes me when almost all the weapons being used against Yemen are of US origin.)The American ConservativePropaganda Exercise Aiming to Prove Iran Supplied Missiles BackfiresScott Ritter

More twists and turns in the snake pit. Here we go again. Yesterday [Lebanese Prime Minister] Hariri was visited in Beirut by Ali Velayati, a top advisor of the supreme leader Khamenei of Iran. The Saudis did not like either. Thamer's plan was set into motion. They sent a private jet and hauled Hariri to Riyadh. There the Saudi clown prince Mohammad bin Salman gave Hariri his resignation statement (written by Thamer?) to be read by him on Saudi TV.  Irony alert: The Lebanese PM (with a...

What, then, is US policy in the Middle East—under Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton (and even earlier)? When all the rhetoric has been stripped away, we can identity quite clear, precise, and fairly consistent major strategic policy positions. First, Washington accedes to almost anything that Israel wants. This is an untouchable posture, a third rail, beyond any debate or discussion lest we anger the powerful Zionist lobby of AIPAC and end up being labelled “anti-Semitic.” The New York...

Backgrounder.GeopoliticaIranian view on Multipolarity in the New World Mohammad Asghari, Sayed Mostafa Mousavi and Ali Akbar Taheri

Divide and Rule precedents point to Kissinger’s advice. He’s fully aware a frontal Washington attack against Russia or China – the strategic partnership at the heart of Eurasia integration – is a non-starter. The next best option is to raise trouble in their borderlands – North Korea is especially well positioned for it – and go after the weakest Eurasia link; Iran.... And then, there’s the devastating clincher. The absolute majority of the Global South now has definitive proof; Washington...

The renewed US offensive against Iran is not so much about its nuclear capability or even its missile program; it is about Iran rollback and hobbling its economy. Ever since President Obama signed the Iran agreement, howls of disapproval were heard from both Israel and a number of Gulf States, which were not dismayed so much at the sunset clause on Iran’s nuclear refinement as they were at Iran’s escape from economic sanctions. The real danger, in their eyes, is Iran’s economic break out...

Wilkerson sees war approaching.TRNNOn Iran, Trump Follows Iraq War Neocons Aaron Maté interviews Lt. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson See also In the U.S., Russia-hating liberals are joining the neocons in seeking more war in Ukraine, as the prospects for a rational and peaceful resolution to the crisis continue to fade, explains James W. Carden. Consortium NewsFueling More Bloodshed in Ukraine James Carden Also US forces conducted airstrikes against two ISIS training camps in Yemen on...

Backgrounder. Short and insightful. LobeLogThe Real Causes of America’s Troubled Relations with IranShireen Hunter