VT | 12 July 2015 “Approve this deal by 9/11 or else!” As of late Sunday night, it looks like the Iran-P5+1 talks could clinch a deal on Monday. Quel auspicious date! An Iranian friend, Mohammad S., emailed me with the following message: If Iran deal is submitted to Congress Monday, the 60 day deadline to…
VT | 3 July 2015 Editor’s note: The officers and sailors of the USS Vincennes may have the honor of being among the absolutely worst and most shameful of any who have ever served in uniform. Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air civilian passenger flight from Iran’s southwestern city of Bandar Abbas to Dubai…
VT | 4 June 2015 The real coalition goes to war, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Russia, revenge is sweet This week, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that their support of Syria will be unlimited. Over the past few weeks Iranian military leaders, both Republican Guard and the Al Quds brigade in…
VT | 2 June 2015 Iran says it is going in, warring on ISIS and “her sisters.” The term used is “to the death.” Last week, General Qassam Suleimani visited Idlib, the Syrian city conquered by Turkey and Al Nusra. Suleiman commands the Al Quds brigade and is considered the inheritor of Vietnamese General Vo…
Mint Press News | 29 April 2015 Maryam Rajavi, acting president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), will address the House Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The NCRI is the political wing of the…
Huffington Post | 20 April 2015 WASHINGTON — Iranian representatives discouraged Houthi rebels from taking the Yemeni capital of Sanaa last year, according to American officials familiar with intelligence around the insurgent takeover. The seizure of the capital in September came as a surprise to the international community, as Houthi rebels demonstrating outside Sanaa realized…
Pakistan Today | 16 April 2015 Confirmed by Khan’s grandson, US declassified documents disclose US killed Khan through Kabul man in quest for Iran’s oil Americans murdered the first elected prime minister of Pakistan through the Afghan government, declassified documents of US State Department disclosed. Like a number of other high-profile killings, the assassination of…
RT | 13 April 2015 The Russian president has repealed the ban prohibiting the delivery of S-300 missile air defense systems to Iran, according to the Kremlin’s press service. The ban was introduced by former President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. “[The presidential] decree lifts the ban on transit through Russian territory, including airlift, and the…
The Intercept | 7 April 2015 It’s hard for some Americans to understand why the Obama administration is so determined to come to an agreement with Iran on its nuclear capability, given that huge Iranian rallies are constantly chanting “Death to America!” I know the chanting makes me unhappy, since I’m part of America, and I strongly oppose…
Voltaire Network | 5 April 2015 For the last two years, the United States have been secretly negotiating a regional cease-fire with Iran. Having now arrived at a bilateral agreement, they have announced a solution to the nuclear question and the economic sanctions within the framework of the multilateral negociations which have been dragging on…