Lebanese fear their nation is close to its demise
TALA JARJOUR October 27, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/btswv Belonging to a nation, or adhering to a homeland, may appear at face value to be a “natural” sentiment. Yet the nation […]
Iran asked U.S. to unfreeze $10 billion to show good will, Iran official says
This content was published on October 2, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that U.S. officials tried to discuss restarting nuclear talks last month, but he […]
Noam Chomsky: Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars
AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY Noam Chomsky talks to Jacobin about why the US withdrawal from Afghanistan won’t change US imperialism, the many war crimes of George W. Bush, and why he […]
Raisi tells UN: Nuclear talks useful only if they lead to lifting all oppressive sanctions on Iran
‘Knowledge that is beneficial to humanity cannot be sanctioned’ Politics September 21, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday […]
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
This content was published on September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be […]
EU may suspend GSP+ if Pakistan fails to meet Human right conditions
INTERNATIONAL, PAKISTAN Web Desk JULY 8, 2021 Brussels: Pakistan’s GSP Plus (GSP+) status can be suspended temporarily if it does not meet with the protection standards of human rights. The spokesperson […]
IRAN: U.S. sanctions’ silver lining for Iranian home appliance industry Economy
By Ebrahim Fallahi December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Although the U.S. sanctions have created major problems for the Iranian economy in many areas, for one particular industry […]
Iran ambassador to Yemen thanks Trump for sanctioning him
Politics December 9, 2020 – TEHRAN – Following the United States’ decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, the Iranian envoy thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for imposing […]
EU gets ready to impose tougher sanctions to Turkey, draft statement says
BY REUTERS BRUSSELS EU AFFAIRS DEC 09, 2020 European Union flags fly outside the European Commission building in Brussels, on Dec. 7, 2020. (AFP) The European Union will sanction more […]
France to propose abolishing customs union between Turkey, EU
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS NOV 09, 2020 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a press conference following a Defense Council meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris […]
Economic Sanctions: Too Much of a Bad Thing
Richard N. HaassMonday, June 1, 1998 Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to promote the full range of American foreign policy objectives. Yet all too often sanctions turn out to be little more than expressions of U.S. preferences that hurt American economic interests without changing the target’s behavior for the […]
Sanctions in this region have not had the result desired by those imposing them
Sep 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Sanctions are a blunt weapon used by the mighty against the weak to compel them to capitulate to political demands, but almost […]
‘A choice between bread and masks’: Syrians face calamity as Trump’s new sanctions combine with surging coronavirus
A hospital nurse describes the disastrous impact of the US ‘Caesar Act’ sanctions and the spread of Covid-19 that Syrian authorities have played down, writes Patrick Cockburn @indyworld 13 hours ago […]
UN soundly rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS MID-EAST AUG 15, 2020 In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, the United Nations Security Council meets at U.N. Headquarters. (AP Photo) The U.N. Security Council […]
Sabotage, sanctions and the bullying of Iran is bound to backfire on the west
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty It now seems fairly certain that Israel or its agents blew up Iran’s main nuclear fuel enrichment facility at […]
Israel was at the centre of the most important news story this week – but you won’t have heard about it
Source: Independent by Robert Fisk The European Court of Human Rights has asked France to pay back €100,000 to 11 harmless activists who expressed their political views – and then […]
Chomsky: Maintaining sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus is ‘sheer sadism’
“The sanctions are illegitimate in the first place, and maintaining them during the pandemic is sheer sadism,” Chomsky told IRNA in an interview published on Saturday. Speaking from his […]
Book Review: Gulf Crisis and the New World Order – by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order – January 1, 1992 by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (Author) Hardcover from $5.83 Editorial Reviews The Gulf Crisis and the New World […]
As a doctor, I see the human cost of America’s sanctions on Iran – and it can be as great as war
Sanctions usually have built-in humanitarian exemptions – yet America’s on Iran have rendered such exemptions meaningless Salil Patel @SalilPatel January 9th, 2020 The current Iranian-American conflict is complex. Even […]
‘Pay us back’: Trump says troops will not leave airbase unless Iraq compensates US
by Keith Koffler | January 05, 2020 President Trump Sunday said the United States would not abandon its airbase in Iraq unless the country paid billions for the cost […]