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Iran Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison and 148 Lashes, Husband Says You guys support this? :ehh:

@ZoeGod WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump administration conducted a preliminary internal assessment of its Iran “maximum pressure” policy this month and determined that it is not working, according to a new report. Such an assessment could drive administration efforts to try to provoke Iran to...

Iraq offers to mediate between Trump, Iran REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president, walks during a handover ceremony at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2018. WASHINGTON — Concerned that tensions between Iran and the United States could blow back onto...

Germany calls for global payment system independent of U.S. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Photo: Thomas Imo/Photothek via Getty Images Germany's foreign minister Heiko Maas urged Europe to rethink its partnership with the U.S. in an op-ed in German newspaper Handelsblatt, calling for the...

How Turkey's Currency Crisis Came To Pass The larger economic picture: Outside of his country Erdogan is much disliked. His arrogance and autocratic style do not leave a good impression. But within Turkey he had a very successful career and continues to be supported by a majority of his...

Stolen documents shed new light on Iran weapons technology: reports How is Iran going to respond to this act? More interference in Iraq and Syria? Greater cooperation with Russia? Another proxy war involving Israel and Hezbollah? An actual attack on Israel?

How the Iran sanctions drama intersects with OPEC-plus Major states buying oil from Iran are unlikely to heed the US call to drop imports; key allies want a waiver to avoid sanctions; OPEC, meanwhile, will have trouble boosting output in the short-term; the puzzle is not solved, but there are...

http://www.atimes.com/article/oil-and-gas-geopolitics-no-shelter-from-the-storm/ There could be widespread ramifications from US energy independence and looming US sanctions on Iran and Russia; states in Central Asia could be hit hard, as well as serious possible impacts on global oil production...

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China is taking its first steps towards paying for imported crude oil in yuan instead of the U.S. dollar, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, a key development in Beijing’s efforts to establish its currency internationally. Shifting just part of...

Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere The evidence is in: the missile defense system that the United States and its allies rely on is a lemon. BY JEFFREY LEWIS | MARCH 28, 2018, 3:10 PM A Patriot Surface-to Air missile...

Turkey moved tanks towards the Afrin border on Tuesday (Reuters) Syrian Kurds plead for help against Turkey as US says they're on their own :dead: Fed them to the wolves :damn: UAE needs to take heed and stop getting buck. Punks jump up to get beat down. :ufdup:

Argentina judge orders arrest of ex-president Kirchner over Iran terror cover-up An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of the country’s former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center...

By José da Cruz, Extramural Contributor at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Nov 6, 2017 coha.org The Monroe Doctrine was established in 1823 and it has been a persistent factor in guiding U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America ever since. However, in the 2013 speech to the Organization of...

An armed U.S. drone was shot down in western Yemen on Sunday, the Pentagon confirmed Monday. The incident involving a MQ-9 Reaper is under investigation, Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement to The Hill. The Pentagon uses the Reaper “to conduct intelligence...

Iran turns The Art of the Deal upside down Tehran busy signing massive infrastructure deals with China's CITIC and European partners By PEPE ESCOBAR SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 11:17 AM (UTC+8) As President Hasan Rouhani prepares to address the UN General Assembly in New York and the Trump...

The Reasons for Netanyahu's Panic Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is pushing the panic button over the collapse of the Saudi-Israeli jihadist proxies in Syria and now threatening to launch a major air war, as ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke describes. By Alastair Crooke A very senior...