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Since the outbreak of mass demonstrations and unrest in Iran last week, US media have mostly busied themselves with the question of not if we should “do something,” but what, exactly, that something should be. As usual, it’s simply taken for granted the United States has a divine right to intervene in the affairs of Iran, under the vague blanket of “human rights” and “democracy promotion.” (The rare exception, such as an op-ed by ex-Obama official Philip Gordon—New York Times,...

Backgrounder. Jatras is one of the few mentioning that some of the economic frustration is the result President Rouhani's neoliberal "reform" that shrank the the welfare state and expanded the market state to improve the economy and integrate Iran into the global economy after the nuclear deal and lifting of some sanctions. This policy further disadvantaged the have-nots that make up the bulk of the protestors. The neoliberal answer is to wait patiently; it takes time for the gains to...

US and Israel back another terrorist group (in addition to Al Qaeda and ISIS) when it is useful. Fort RussIran: internal grievances, external agendas Jay Tharappel | Guest Contributor See also Wikipedia People's Mujahedin of Iran (Mojahedin-e Khalq, acronyms MEK, MKO) See also  The Guardian (23 Sep 2012)Five lessons from the de-listing of MEK as a terrorist group Glenn Greenwald What could go wrong with getting in bed a bit with the devil as long you don't worship him? Using...

Regime change is unlikely but what is in play is setting the scene for a further renewal of economic sanctions….Asia TimesWhy there won’t be a revolution in IranPepe Escobar

With any country that, like Iran, has been the subject of acrimonious debate in Washington, pronouncements by American observers about events in that country have more to do with politics here than with what is going on over there. So it has been with much of the spinning and interpreting of protests in Iranian streets during the past few days. Some guidelines for intelligent, responsible, and useful commentary on those protests are in order, and applicable no matter what are the policy...

Good article about the political situation in Iran.Here is an aside. “The policy of the United States should be regime change in Iran,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has said. “I don’t see how anyone can say America can be safe as long as you have in power a theocratic despotism.” Of course, this ignores US support of Wahabi and Salafi Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE, which are far more repressive theocratic dictatorships than Iran's. Then, there is Israel, an apartheid state that is in effect a...

With the Trump and Netanyahu administrations now working in lockstep, U.S.-Israeli hostility towards Iran has now ripened into a plan to repeat what befell Syria over six years ago – the hijacking of minor protests and their transformation into the cover for a foreign-funded insurgency intent on toppling Iran’s elected government. Mint PressBirth Of An Insurgency: The US-Israeli “Secret Deal” To Manipulate Protests In Iran Whitney WebbSee alsoShort and important. Flores is a good analyst....

Backgrounder.NEOIranian Protests: Deep State’s Unfinished Business Tony Cartalucci One factor that I seldom see mentioned in the extensive commenting on Iran both in the mainstream and alternative media is that the protests are grounded in Iranian politics and the contention for power between the conservative hardliners and the liberal government now in power. The Rouhani government is labeled "reformist" as if that is a good thing. "Reformist" means neoliberal. There are two major...

Violent crackdowns overnight on Sunday against protesters have led to a violent backlash in Iran, as some of the protesters look to raise the stakes with attacks of their own against police stations, with reports of some posts and stations being set ablaze.… At least one policeman has been confirmed killed, shot with a hunting rifle, and three others were reported wounded. The killing took place in Najaf Abad, on the outskirts of the major city of Isfahan. Iranian state TV also reported...

What you won't hear in the lamestream media aka the spin room and the echo chamber.The Vineyard of the SakerIran protests: Western salivation, agitation & desperation Ramin Mazaheri | chief correspondent in Paris for Press TV LobeLogIran Protests: Civil Rights Movement Or Revolution? Reza Marashi | director of research at the National Iranian American Council and previously served in the Office of Iranian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Moon of AlabamaIran - Early U.S....