Archive for the ‘Iran’ Category
An attack on Iran remains a terrifying possibility, as a desperate flight forward by the Anglo-American coalition from an already hopeless situation in Iraq.
CIA, Iran and the Election Riots – June 14, 2009
Posted by smeddum on June 17, 2009
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Pre-election Iranian poll showed Ahmadinejad support
Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2009
15th June, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A poll of Iran’s electorate three weeks before its election showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading by a 2-to-1 ratio, greater than the announced results of the contested vote, the pollsters said on Monday.
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Rafsanjani’s gambit backfires
Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
16th June, 2009
Iranian politics is never easy to decode. The maelstrom around Friday’s presidential election intrigued most avid cryptographers scanning Iranian codes. So many false trails appeared that it became difficult to decipher who the real contenders were and what the political stakes were.
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De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire :-The Yekaterinburg Turning Point
Posted by smeddum on June 14, 2009
by Prof. Michael Hudson
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Global Research, June 13, 2009
The city of Yakaterinburg, Russia’s largest east of the Urals, may become known not only as the death place of the tsars but of American hegemony too – and not only where US U-2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down in 1960, but where the US-centered international financial order was brought to ground.
Challenging America will be the prime focus of extended meetings in Yekaterinburg, Russia (formerly Sverdlovsk) today and tomorrow (June 15-16) for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other top officials of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The alliance is comprised of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan and Uzbekistan, with observer status for Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia. It will be joined on Tuesday by Brazil for trade discussions among the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Read the rest of this entry »
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Obama-The Cairo factor
Posted by smeddum on June 5, 2009
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Ahmadinejad: Blair apologized to Iran
Posted by smeddum on June 4, 2009
During a TV debate with his rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi which was broadcast live on Wednesday, he defended his foreign policy and said Blair’s letter had prompted his government to release the 15 British sailors who were captured by Iranian forces after trespassing in Iran’s waters in 2007.
“The sailors were captured and after the issue reached a climax, Mr. Blair sent a letter of apology. He said they would change their policy toward Iran. The related documents are in the Foreign Ministry … I believe that one of the most beautiful things the Islamic Republic did was the release of the sailors,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »
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US fails to derail Iran-Russia arms deal
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2009
7th March, 2009
The Russian foreign minister disappoints US hopes by clarifying that its military cooperation with Iran complies with international law.
“These issues … are decided exclusively within the law and Russian national regulations… We are supplying non-destabilizing, defensive weapons,” Sergei Lavrov said following a meeting with his US counterpart Hillary Clinton in Geneva.
“We fully take into account concerns voiced by our US and Israeli partners and favor intensification of work on proposals made by the 5-plus-one group, which include … the start of equal talks with Iran and other regional states to ensure common security,” he added.
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US, EU seek Iran help on Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2009
5th March, 2009
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The new US administration reportedly plans to invite Iran to an international conference to discuss the worsening Afghan security situation.
“Iran will be invited to attend,” Reuters quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Washington was looking to engage Tehran on Afghanistan.
Clinton also unveiled that there had been consultations between Iran and the US ambassador on a daily basis regarding Afghanistan just after the US military toppled the Taliban in 2001.
Following seven years of occupation and the failure of some 70,000 US and NATO-led troops to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan, Washington has called on the war-ravaged country’s neighbors to help deal with the situation.
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Obama picks anti-Iran man for Iran post
Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2009
24th Feruary, 2009
See also:
Why I support Barak Obama by Dennis Ross
The White House names controversial Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross as its special foreign policy adviser for Persian Gulf affairs.
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World SCO regional security group considering Iran membership – source
Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2009
BEIJING, February 17 (RIA Novosti) – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is considering Iran’s bid to become a full member of the regional security bloc, a SCO source said on Tuesday.
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Russian expert: Europe using terrorism for political purposes
Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2009
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