Category: Iran
UK intelligence base linked to US drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
[The Guardian] “Campaigners have called on ministers to explain whether the secretive Menwith Hill intelligence base in Yorkshire is involved…
Claim: Mossad killed top Iranian nuclear scientist with AI-assisted remote-control machine gun, US knew and approved plan
[The Times of Israel] “Top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in November 2020 in a sophisticated hit led by a…
Iran-Israel Shadow War: Explosion at Syria’s Latakia port on ship believed to be Iranian
[The Times of Israel] “Initial reports say blast caused 2 light injuries and considerable damage, amid escalating maritime tensions in…
Now UK-based former officer of Iranian Navy’s largest ship, Kharg, thinks hostile action is behind mysterious sinking
[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] “Hossein Aryan, a British-trained former officer in the Iranian Navy, was the original operations officer on…
Israel’s Mossad has a new chief; he promises more assassinations and attacks against Iran
[Antiwar.com] “On Tuesday, the new head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency suggested more Israeli covert attacks and assassinations inside Iran should be…
US seized Iranian crude oil then sold it at home – again
[AP News] “The U.S. has sold some 2 million barrels of Iranian crude oil after seizing an oil tanker off…
History of CIA coups, assassinations, false flag operations and mass murder
[CovertAction Magazine] “Vijay Prashad’s new book Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, details how manufactured foreign threats…
Austria flies Israeli flag amid ongoing conflict, designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, Iran’s foreign minister cancels visit
[POLITICO] “Iran’s foreign minister canceled his visit to Austria at the last minute after the Austrian government flew Israeli flags…
US intel admits claim Russia put bounties on American troops was fake news – what about China, Iran?
[The Daily Beast] “It was a blockbuster story about Russia’s return to the imperial “Great Game” in Afghanistan. The Kremlin had spread…
Matt Gaetz allegations: sex crime, extortion, Iran hostage deal, DOJ and Israeli connections
[Washington Examiner, The American Conservative] “Rep. Matt Gaetz possesses text message screenshots, an email, and a typed document that purportedly…
Israel called for defense alliance with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain
[Foreign Policy] “Shmuel Bar, a former Israeli intelligence officer […] had served in Israeli intelligence for 30 years and later…
Propaganda Watch: The New York Times is not sure if Iran-backed militia is backed by Iran
[The New York Times] Headline: “U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Target Iran-Backed Militias That Rocketed American Troops in Iraq” Paragraph: “Little…
Twitter bans state accounts targeting the US and EU for “undermining faith in NATO”
[Reclaim The Net] “Twitter has permanently suspended 373 accounts allegedly affiliated with the governments of Russia, Iran, and Armenia. Twitter…
Libya: Former CIA asset turned warlord Khalifa Haftar is working with Mossad
[MintPress News] “The stench of the CIA and its covert operations in oil-rich Libya has long followed General Khalifa Haftar. But now…
Iraqi PM says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran then assassinated his guest, emissary Qasem Soleimani
[Liberation News] “The acting Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi […] revealed that Soleimani had traveled to Baghdad to deliver a…
“Licence to Kill” in Real Life: British Court Rules MI5 Agents Can Legally Murder, Kidnap and Torture
[Bloomberg] “Britain’s domestic intelligence service MI5 can authorize its agents to engage in criminal activities, potentially including murder, kidnap and…
John Bolton: defeating ISIS in Syria is not desirable, instead the US should create an oil producer Sunni state and an independent Kurdistan
[The New York Times] “Today’s reality is that Iraq and Syria as we have known them are gone. The Islamic…
Hillary Clinton: US regime-change policy in Syria is in “operational” phase, as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar supply arms
[The Nation] “The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And they’re pretty much…
Israeli magnate Sammy Ofer’s shipping company, accused of breaking sanctions, was really ferrying commandos for operations inside Iran
[The Times] “Cargo vessels owned by Israel’s richest man, who died on Friday, had been used to ferry elite Israeli…
Regime Change and NGOs: the Colour Revolutions and the Arab Spring
[openDemocracy] “The Arab revolt of 2010-11 has spread with intense speed and magnitude. A protest that began in the provincial…
Gen. Wesley Clark: US government had plans to attack Iraq, other 6 countries 10 days after 9/11
[Democracy Now!] “General Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general […] was the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO during the Kosovo War. In…
US and UK complicity in 9/11 and London 7/7: who funded terrorists “is of little practical significance”
[The Guardian] “During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, the US funded large numbers of jihadists through Pakistan’s…
“Shadow Government”: George H.W. Bush and secret U.S. arms-smuggling operations to Nicaragua beyond the Iran-Contra affair
[Rolling Stone] “During the most violent years of the war in Nicaragua, a retired CIA agent – a man of many…