.@nytimes video on M.E.K., the fringe, cultish dissident group that calls for regime change in Iran and is supported by Bolton and other high-ranking politicians in DChttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/world/middleeast/john-bolton-regime-change-iran.html?smid=tw-share …
"With tensions rising over the strategic waterway, the EU is proposing a plan for salvaging a multinational nuclear deal with Tehran after Washington withdrew, but @HassanRouhani told leaders in Paris and Berlin ... that the package did not go far enough"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-usa-navy/reacting-to-iranian-threat-u-s-navy-says-will-protect-free-flow-of-commerce-idUSKBN1JV1UJ …
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@ZacharyKeck on the folly of even contemplating invading Iran: “Iran’s ability to defend itself against a U.S. invasion begins with its formidable geography”https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/no-easy-war-here-why-america-isnt-invading-iran-anytime-soon-26586 …Show this thread -
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@tparsi by@aaronjmate on the lack of attention over Israeli influence over the Iran nuclear deal, and the drive for regime change in Iranhttps://youtu.be/LaU0LTcBK3oShow this thread -
“The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic” https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-03/china-is-said-to-reject-u-s-request-to-cut-iran-oil-imports?__twitter_impression=true …
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@HeikoMaas: “We are fighting for the deal because it also serves our purpose by bringing about security and transparency in the region. ... chaos in Iran, as we have experienced in Iraq or Libya, would further destabilize an already troubled region.”https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/news-1/2018/8/8/germany-warns-us-iran-sanctions-could-cause-chaos …Show this thread -
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@jabdi and@SinaToossi: “Trump’s pressure campaign weakens those within Iran who seek more conciliatory foreign relations and a more open political and social domestic landscape. It also empowers Tehran’s most reactionary forces.”https://lobelog.com/trumps-sanctions-will-hurt-the-wrong-people-in-iran/ …Show this thread -
“China, seeking to skirt U.S. sanctions, will use oil tankers from Iran for its purchases of that country's crude, throwing Tehran a lifeline while European companies such as France's Total are walking away due to fear of reprisals from Washington.”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil/china-defies-u-s-pressure-as-eu-parts-ways-with-iranian-oil-idUSKCN1L51GB …
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@stephenkinzer: "Fate has given@JZarif the daunting task of foiling a global campaign aimed at bringing his country to its knees and forcing it to submit to American power. ... we demand unconditional surrender. Zarif’s job is to turn back this tsunami." https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/09/28/iran-best-diplomat-takes-power/nnrnpnTucFWpWylBCkeUnM/story.html …pic.twitter.com/11QJZxqYXK
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UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice, issues ruling that the US should lift its sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran. The US says the ICJ has no jurisdiction in the matterhttps://youtu.be/tfZXoxUDxFc
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"[regime change in Iran] is ultimately the aim of [...] John Bolton [...]. [US officials] say it is too early, and the Iranians have to suffer," the European diplomat said of Trump's policy. "They have to feel the full brunt of sanctions.""https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/iran-sanctions-us-european-humanitarian-supplies?fbclid=IwAR21vLHhSM89WeaGlYydoEChDxrxMdN_3Qq7WbgXtgFeHuNyx4q1o_47sXM …
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Very good thread on how US policy towards Iran is totally senseless, counterproductive, hubristic and smacks of desperationhttps://twitter.com/sinatoossi/status/1059835081198616577?s=21 …
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