Donald Trump says US is not seeking war with Iran
President tells UK officials he wants to engage in talks with Tehran to broaden nuclear deal Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wed 5 Jun 2019 Donald Trump assured the UK about […]
U.S. troop move to Middle East dangerous for international peace – Iran’s Zarif
May 25, 2019 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the U.S. decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East in response to […]
Donald Trump welcomes Japan’s offer of mediation with Iran
Source: The Guardian President acknowledges Abe’s close links to Tehran and says US ‘would like to talk’ By Justin McCurry in Tokyo Donald Trump has said he would support Shinzo […]
UN agency aiding Palestinians rejects US bid to strip it of mandate
By Reuters – May 24,2019 -JORDAN TIMES GAZA — The head of the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades hit back on Thursday at a […]
Is America tired of losing yet?
May 25,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Anne O. Krueger WASHINGTON, DC — Not content with its trade war against China, US President Donald Trump’s administration has also opened bilateral trade […]
Trump confirms considering pardons for US soldiers convicted of war crimes
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP WASHINGTON 24.05.2019 President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he is considering pardons for several military servicemen accused or convicted of war crimes, in what critics say […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saudi paper, close to MBS, calls on US to strike Iran
May 17, 2019 A Saudi newspaper owned by one of the king’s sons has called for military strikes on Iran, as world leaders plea for de-escalation of tension […]
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 […]
From the Middle East to Northern Ireland, western states are all too happy to avoid culpability for war crimes
There are parallels between the sudden growth of the warped mindset which proposes to exonerate murderers before they commit their crime and historically murderous military regimes Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
Huawei hits back after Trump declares national emergency on telecoms ‘threat’
Order ‘unreasonable’ and will harm US consumers, says Huawei Move bars business with firms posing national security risk Lily Kuo in Beijing, Sabrina Siddiqui and agencies Thu 16 May 2019 […]
As tensions with Iran escalate, the question we should all be asking is: who’s really in charge in the White House?
The president needs to step up and take control of the situation — and fast Jay Caruso Washington DC The Independent Voices Because of escalating tensions with Iran, Donald Trump […]
Muslim Brotherhood and terrorism
May 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari US President Donald Trump is considering labelling the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. While it is not clear yet as […]
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 […]
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 […]