Gareth Porter: Obama’s False Narrative on Iran — Zionists — and Sunni Dictators “Own” the White House and the Black House

Obama’s line on the Iran nuclear deal: A second false narrative Buying into the narrative that Iran is a rogue nuclear state could harm the thawing of relations between the country and the US RELATED: Chuck Spinney: Uri Avnery on Sheldon’s Stooges — Netanyahu Declares War on Obama, Zionists Empty the Bench… Intelligence Director Clapper …

Robert E. Hunter: US – Iran Converging Interests

Robert E. Hunter served as US ambassador to NATO (1993-98) and on the National Security Council staff throughout the Carter administration. Iran Talks: Days Dwindle Down to a Precious Few EXTRACT The United States and Iran have some complementary if not coincident interests that call for, at least, clear thinking in Washington about what might …

Kevjn Lim: Why Iran Matters to China

Iran Seen from Beijing China views Iran as a central element in its much-touted Silk Road Economic Belt, which aims to extend Beijing’s influence overland through Central Asia to the Persian Gulf and Europe. Read full article.

Mongoose: US Declassifies 1987 Overview of Israel’s Nuclear Program — Israel, Not Iran, Is the Nuclear Threat in the Middle East

Finally, the real truth with regard to Nuclear weapons and the Middle East.  Take note of the date of the report 1987.  It is now 28 years later without absolutely NO constraints having been in place on Nuclear Weapons development throughout that whole time.  What does that tell you about Bibi’s concern for a nuclear …

Chuck Spinney: Iranian Ambassador Itemizes Lies & Misrepresentations by Israel’s Prime Minister

The author of the below op-ed is the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations.  It is worth reading carefully, because  this op-ed is well sourced, and Ambassador Khoshroo’s argument with respect to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s penchant for threat inflation can be compared to Gareth Porter’s history of Israel’s gaming to the Iranian threat.  Netanyahu’s Nuclear Deceptions A …

Gareth Porter: How Israel Games the Iran Threat

The long history of Israel gaming the ‘Iranian threat’ Years before his recent grandstanding in Congress, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders conjured a threat where one previously didn’t exist Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism. He is the author of the newly published Manufactured Crisis: The …