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Former Insiders Criticise Iran Policy as U.S. Hegemony

From On February 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment

by Gareth Porter

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A review of Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett’s “Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran” (Metropolitan Books, 2013)

“Going to Tehran” arguably represents the most important work on the subject of U.S.-Iran relations to be published thus [...]

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Iranian Bomb Graph Appears Adapted from One on Internet

From On December 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The suspect graph of a nuclear explosion reportedly provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as evidence of Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yields appears to have been adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article published in January 2009 and available on the internet.

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Fake AP Graph Exposes Israeli Fraud and IAEA Credulity

From On November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment

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That Associated Press story displaying a graph alleged to be part of an Iranian computer simulation of a nuclear explosion — likely leaked by Israel with the intention of reinforcing the media narrative of covert Iranian work on nuclear weapons – raises serious questions about the International Atomic [...]

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Broadwell Defended Petraeus’ Village Destruction Policy

From On November 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week, had sought to help defend his decision in 2010 to allow village destruction in Afghanistan that not only violated his own previous guidance but the international laws of war.

But her efforts had [...]

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Netanyahu’s 2010 Order Was Not a Move to War on Iran

From On November 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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A new twist was added to the longrunning media theme of a threat by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to war with Iran when news stories seemed to suggest Monday that Netanyahu had ordered the Israeli military to prepare for an imminent attack on Iranian nuclear sites in [...]

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Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan

From On October 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring by Iran and the United States to influence the outcome has already begun.

Iran sought support for a revised proposal to the talks during the United Nations General [...]

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Iranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Halt 20-Percent Enrichment

From On September 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Gareth Porter

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Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easing sanctions against Iran, according to Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Ali Asghar [...]

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IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity

From On September 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible “breakout” to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it.

Contrary to the impression conveyed by most news media coverage, [...]

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Which “Terror Plots” are Relevant to Burgas?

From On August 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Following U.S news media coverage of the Burgas, Bulgaria bombing, one would conclude that the Hezbollah provenance of the attack can be determined from recent alleged Hezbollah terrorist plotting against Israelis in Cyprus and elsewhere. The New York Times quoted anonymous U.S. officials saying that the Burgas attack bears [...]

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Why the Buenos Aires bombing is a False Indicator on Burgas

From On July 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Immediately after the terror bombing of a busload of Israeli youth in Burgas, Bulgaria, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a “senior U.S. official” expressed certainty about Iran’s responsibility. Since then, the White House has backed away from that position, after Bulgarian investigators warned against that assumption [...]

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