Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could ‘burn’ Iraq
Source: Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — Leading Iraqi Shiite figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the U.S. […]
Trump Says the Military Industrial Complex is Pressuring him Into a War With Iran
May 21, 2019 With a thirty year Boeing veteran at the Pentagon, Patrick Shanahan as Acting Secretary of Defense, and with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo at the helm, […]
Iranians tense and apprehensive as whispers of war spread
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian and U.S. leaders have reassured their nations that they do not seek war. But among ordinary Iranians who already face hardship from tightening […]
Is John Bolton trying to drive Trump to war with Iran?
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, was a key architect of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Now he is stoking tensions with Iran. Julian Borger describes […]
Trump thinks the North Korea blueprint will work with Iran. He’s dangerously wrong
The people who will end up getting hurt are the pro-democracy Iranian activists, and I know because they told me themselves Negar Mortazavi Washington DC The Independent Voices Over the […]
If Tehran ‘wants to fight’ it will be ‘official end of Iran’: Trump
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that if Tehran “wants to fight” it will be the “official end of Iran” in a stern warning to the Iranian regime about […]
Iran dismisses possibility of conflict, says does not want war
By Reuters – May 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not photographed) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on […]
Is war with Iran the next step?
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published 17.05.2019 Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated dangerously over the past week. Although both sides deny that war is imminent, a violent confrontation […]
John Bolton: the man driving the US towards war … any war
Donald Trump’s national security adviser is stoking tensions with North Korea, Iran and Venezuela, in line with decades of taking the most hawkish position on any given issue Julian Borger […]
Ignore the Propaganda: A US War Against Iran Would Be a Costly Mistake
Democrats must make this an election issue to ensure the Trump administration keeps the country out of another war of choice by Richard Silverstein Last Sunday, four oil tankers at […]
UAE seeks Gulf ‘de-escalation’ after sabotage attacks on ships
By AFP – May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES UAE navy boats are seen next to Al Marzoqah, Saudi Arabian tanker, off the Port of Fujairah, UAE, on Monday (Reuters photo) […]
Containing the raging fire in the Gulf
May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Jordan was among the first countries that condemned the terrorist attacks on four ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the […]
Saudis’ troubled ties in region threaten Trump’s anti-Iran agenda
Bruce Riedel May 9, 2019 Article Summary The Trump administration is tightening the screws on Iran, but Saudi Arabia, Iran’s archnemesis, may not be of help drumming up support […]
No increased Iran threat in Syria or Iraq, top British officer says, contradicting US
Source: The Guardian Deputy commander of anti-Isis coalition rebuts White House justification for sending troops By Julian Borger in Washington The top British general in the US-led coalition against Isis […]
The mysterious ‘sabotage’ of Saudi oil tankers is a dangerous moment in Trump’s pumped up feud with Iran It is unlikely that Iran is involved – but the unpredictability of US and Saudi foreign policy has exacerbated the danger of military action
Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Saudi Arabia’s claim that two of its oil tankers have been sabotaged off the coast of the UAE is vague in detail – but could create a […]
Iran nuclear deal: European powers reject ‘ultimatums’
Source: BBC News European powers have said they remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal but that they “reject any ultimatums” from Tehran to prevent its collapse. Iran announced on […]
Rising Tensions: Trump’s Iran Escalation Poses a Threat for Germany
The U.S. under Donald Trump is exacerbating tensions with Iran, leading many to fear war may be just around the corner. Any military conflict would have dire consequences for Europe, […]
Trump’s foolish Iran policy only makes war more likely
Simon Tisdall Iran’s rulers face impossible choices as a result of unrelenting US hostility, which has one aim – regime change Thu 9 May 2019 ‘Pompeo’s meetings with May […]
‘Pity America, because of this crazy Trump!’ Here’s what Iran’s man in Iraq would say to Mike Pompeo
Hadi al-Ameri calls himself an Iraqi first, a Shia second, but there’s no doubting his links with key figures across the border. The US secretary of state would have been wise to […]
Trump’s antics over Iran have endangered us all. The stakes are now lethally high
Jonathan Freedland In withdrawing from the nuclear deal, the US – not the vile Iranian regime – is the rogue state risking global security @Freedland Wed 8 May 2019 ‘For […]