The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lent itself to the political interests of the United States and Israel, writes Gareth Porter.
Israel Leverages Dubious ‘Nuclear Archives’ to Re-Enlist IAEA in Campaign Against Iran
Category: Iran
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘The Pathology of John Bolton’ — May 23, 2019
This is the 10th story in our series looking back on a quarter century of journalism by Consortium News.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iranian Tankers & the Age of Interdiction
Two forms of interdiction — the steady expansion of U.S. sanctions and our stunning drift toward unmasked censorship — have begun to intersect.
FBI Launches Open Attack on ‘Foreign’ Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed or restricted ads for an alternative site that publishes U.S. and European writers critical of U.S. foreign policy, Gareth Porter reports.
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Iran’s Strategic Standstill
Whether in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon, Iran and its allies are acquiescing to the ascendancy of their enemies, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
COVID-19: Trump Weaponizing Virus by Intensifying Sanctions on Iran & Venezuela
Economic and medical warfare during the pandemic amounts to a crime against humanity, writes Marjorie Cohn.
COVID-19: Time to Shake Up Global Sanctions Regimes, say UN Officials
At a time of a global health and economic crisis, some UN officials, such as the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, are calling for lifting sanctions around the world.
LEE CAMP: An Idea We Take For Granted Has Made The Outbreak Much Worse
This pandemic has been made worse and continues to be made worse by toxic nationalism, ironic considering the virus truly doesn’t give a shit about our borders, says Lee Camp, CN’s newest columnist.
Will the Assads & House of Saud Make Up?
Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the chances of Riyadh deciding to re-embrace Syria’s president and invest in the country’s reconstruction.