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Article Archive
The ‘Forgotten’ US Shootdown of Iranian Airliner Flight 655
On the rare occasions the US mainstream media refer to the US shootdown of an Iranian airliner in 1988, they sustain the myth it was simply a “mistake”.
Iran: Official Khamenei Website Censors My Interview on the Qatar Crisis
The official website of Iran’s Supreme Leader interviewed me about US policy, Saudi Arabia, and the Qatar crisis, but censored my mild criticism of Iran.
The Obama Administration’s ‘Assertive Diplomacy’
John Kerry hails the Obama administration’s “assertive diplomacy” as though the US’s policies under his two terms wasn’t the opposite of diplomacy.
Was the Nuclear Agreement a Good Deal for Iran?
My reply to an Iranian journalist’s questions about whether Iranians benefit from the nuclear agreement and the risk the US will end it.
Iranian ‘Human Rights’ NGO Censors Criticism of Iran’s Rights Violations
The Habilian Association, and Iranian self-described “Human Rights NGO”, censors criticisms of the Iranian regime’s rights violations for its audience.
Iran Should File Case with ICJ over Illegal Sanctions
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) interviewed me this week about the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
The Relevance of Netanyahu’s Speech to the US Congress (in 1 Sentence)
If the mainstream media were to actually inform readers of the relevance of Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress, it would defeat the purpose.
So Iran Thinks It Has a Right to Enrich Uranium. Is Iran Wrong?
Why does the New York Times so persistently refuse to disclose that Iran is correct: the NPT does recognize it has a right to enrich uranium.
New York Times Iran Propaganda: The Secret Fordo Plant ‘Revealed’ by the US
The US media persists in parroting the US government’s propaganda claim that it “revealed” Iran’s “covert” Fordo uranium enrichment plant in September 2009.
SHOCKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Expresses Views of Israel Shared by Every Nation on Earth
The New York Times presents readers with criticisms of Israel and the U.S. by Iran’s Supreme Leader as though they were merely “uncompromising” opinions.
US ‘Diplomacy’ in International Relations: Understanding Newspeak
The U.S. mainstream media has a rather strange understanding of what “diplomacy” in international relations means. Under the headline “Obama Signals a Shift From Military Might to Diplomacy”, Mark Landler in the New York Times offers two problematic examples that are somehow supposed to support this thesis: Iran and Syria.
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Why Negotiations Will Fail
There was a great deal of buzz about the initial agreement between the U.S. and its Western allies and Iran, with the media calling it “historic”, “a breakthrough” and a “game-changer”. The media is also characterizing the Obama administration’s role as ushering in a new era of U.S. diplomacy. But the U.S. is not engaged in diplomacy, and the Iran nuclear deal is not a serious step towards rapprochement, as far as the U.S. is concerned, which is why the continuing talks will ultimately fail to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.
State Department: Iran Allowed to Continue Building Construction at Arak Under Nuclear Deal
A Reuters headline reads “Iran says to continue building at Arak nuclear site despite deal”, thus implying that its ongoing construction would be in violation of its recent agreement with the U.S. and its Western allies. But a State Department spokesperson acknowledged that “building work” is allowable under the deal.
Understanding Media Propaganda About Recent Talks Over Iran’s Nuclear Program
There are a couple points worth noting about recent reporting on the recent talks between the U.S. and its Western allies and Iran over its nuclear program. The first is that the media effectively accepts the U.S. government’s framework that Iran’s rights derive from Washington, D.C. The second point to note about recent reporting is how meaninglessly the word “diplomacy” is being used. The full spectrum of opinion on the subject ranges from support for the Obama administration’s efforts to bully Iran into surrendering its rights to criticisms of Obama for not doing even more to punish the Iranians into submission. That’s it.
The Absurd Western Media Claims of the West and Iran ‘Nearing a Nuclear Deal’
The New York Times has nonsensically reported that Western and Iranian diplomats are on the verge of an agreement that would freeze Tehran’s nuclear program.
NYT Implies Iran Doesn’t Really Have a Right to Uranium Enrichment Under the NPT
On the matter of Iran's talks with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the U.S., U.K., Russia, China, and France) plus German (the so-called "P5+1" group), the New York Times reports: Iran has insisted that the West acknowledge its...
AP Interview with Obama: Spinning Iran’s Theoretical Ability to Build Bomb Into Claim of Actual Production
U.S. government officials know they don’t always have to lie or deceive. Oftentimes, the media will just do it for them.
Americans Mustn’t Be Naive About U.S. Policy Towards Iran
What Americans mustn’t be naive about is their own government and the false pretexts it uses to manufacture consent for its policies.
Contrary to the US Mainstream Media Narrative, the Truth Is Rouhani Called Obama
The Obama administration was contacted by the Iranians. It was Rouhani who placed a call through to speak to Obama, not vice versa.
The Mainstream Media, Ahmadinejad, and the Holocaust
Ever notice when the mainstream media says Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust, they never actually provide a quote of him doing so? Hmm…
Recalling Neocon Plans to Overthrow the Syrian Government
The so-called neoconservatives planned to implement regime change in seven countries, starting with Iraq and including Libya and Syria and, ultimately, Iran.
My Interview with Fars News on the U.S.’s Criminal Policy Towards Iran
Award-winning Iranian journalist Kourosh Ziabari interviewed me for the Fars News Agency. Following is the text of the interview, used with his permission.
Propagandists Switch to ‘Plan B’ to Make You Afraid of Iran’s Arak Nuclear Reactor
We’re supposed to believe that Iran is trying to pursue a nuclear weapon by using plutonium from its Arak reactor and that it is concealing this activity from the IAEA through its non-cooperation.
A Propaganda Claim That Just Refuses to Die: Ahmadinejad’s ‘Fraudulently’ Won Iranian Election
The problem with this is that not only is there no credible evidence that Ahmadinejad won through fraud, but all indications are that he won legitimately.
Translating the NYT’s ‘Next Steps With Iran’ from Newspeak
What the Times is really saying in this editorial, translated from newspeak, is that the U.S. should go on punishing Iran with sanctions until it surrenders its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes
Netanyahu’s ‘Red Line’ and U.S. Media Propaganda on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Bob Schieffer on CBS Face the Nation interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opening by asserting as fact that there is a “continued push for nuclear weapons in Iran”, even though there is no evidence Iran has a nuclear weapons program.
How the NYT Accepts the Framework that Iran’s Rights Derive from Washington, D.C.
In truth, what the Times is actually describing here as a “hard line” is the insistence of Iranian presidential candidates that Iran will not surrender its rights under the NPT.
The Ever Louder Banging of Drums for War on Syria (to Send a Message to Iran)
There has been a growing narrative in the media that it is necessary for the U.S. to act with a full-scale military intervention in Syria to topple the government of President Bashar al-Assad, with the usual myopic and willfully dishonest arguments.
Fake News Release With My Name On It
My name is among those on the fake news release, right below that of Prof. John Mearsheimer, well known for his work with Stephen Walt on the Israel lobby.
The Persistent Propaganda Claim of a Stolen 2009 Iran Election
The claim that Ahmadinejad won Iran’s 2009 presidential by “fraud” persists despite all evidence suggesting that he was legitimately reelected.
The P5+1 Talks with Iran and Steven Erlanger’s Cognitive Dissonance
The U.S. has continued to insist on its demand that Iran shut down its enrichment plant at Fordo.
The U.S. and Israel’s ‘Overreaction’ to Iran’s Nuclear Program: Another Mythical ‘Intelligence Failure’
Jacques E. C. Hymans urges that it is time for the U.S. and Israel to stop overreacting about Iran’s nuclear program, which might otherwise be a welcome departure from the usual fearmongering, but for the fact that the reason he offers is just a new spin on the same old propaganda
Iranian Official Declares Iran’s Intent to Acquire Nukes! (Or Not…)
Members of the priesthood are more than willing to convince themselves of their own propaganda out of devotion to the state religion.
The Claim of Hezbollah Responsibility for the Burgas Bombing
How the media turns an ‘assumption’ in to ‘proof’
Reuters’ Highly Enriched Lie about the November IAEA Report and Iran’s Stockpile of Uranium
The claim that the IAEA report from November suggested that Iran was “closer to the ability to produce the 90 percent uranium needed to provide fissile material for atomic bombs” is categorically false.
Washington’s Propagandist, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
What other conclusion may we draw but that Ban Ki-moon has allowed himself to become a propagandist for the U.S. and Israel?
On the ‘Reasonable Assumption’ Hezbollah Was Behind the Burgas Bombing
There’s been a lot of hype in the media that the Bulgarian government has announced that its investigation has concluded that Hezbollah was responsible for the bus bombing in Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists and the bus driver.
The U.S.’s ‘Coercive Diplomacy’ with Iran and Lessons Unlearned from Iraq
The January/February issue of Foreign Affairs features an article titled “Getting to Yes With Iran: The Challenges of Coercive Diplomacy” by Robert Jervis.
Israel ‘Stunned’ Argentina and Iran Have Agreed to Investigate 1994 Terrorist Bombing
Israel is shocked — shocked, I tell you! — that Argentina and Iran have agreed to form a “truth commission” to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires
The Washington Post’s Iran Warmongering
A recent editorial in the Washington Post suggests that the Obama administration should threaten Iran with war if it doesn't accept U.S. ultimatums. It begins: AS THE YEAR begins, the Obama administration and its diplomatic partners are expecting the...
Iran ‘Causing Trouble’ By Being Located Too Near U.S. Drone Flight Paths
Those silly Iranians. What they clearly fail to understand is that the U.S. owns the world.
Syria: How the NYT Reports the Truce Failure (and How Iran is Waging a War on Terrorism)
The New York Times reports on how the truce that began on Friday has already fallen apart, with both sides blaming each other for breaking it. But what I want to draw attention to is not what the Times reports, but how it reports it. The article, titled “In Syria,...
Morsi’s Wrong Turn
What Thomas L. Friedman is really saying in his latest column about Egypt’s newly elected president.
The Ignorant American: Matt Johnson on Ron Paul and U.S. Foreign Policy
Matt Johnson continues to make clear that Ron Paul’s true sin is that he isn’t an obedient practitioner of the state religion across a broad range of foreign policy issues.
Ron Paul’s Crimes Against the State Religion
America’s foreign policy is good and righteous and just, and that, in the view of obedient and self-disciplined commentators like Matt Johnson, is all Americans need to know.
NYT States as Fact Hezbollah Behind Bulgarian Bombing, Total Lack of Evidence Notwithstanding
More blatant propaganda in the New York Times, this time under the heading “Hezbollah Is Blamed for Attack on Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria”.
The DOD’s Annual Report on Military Power of Iran
Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News obtained a copy of a Department of Defense report to Congress that has some interesting bits.
Washington Consensus: Knowing the Truth, Not U.S. Foreign Policy, Harms National Security
It is not U.S. actions overseas, including the killing of civilians, but the public knowledge of them that puts Americans at risk.
Russia and Iran Point Out the U.S. Hypocrisy on Syria
Russia didn’t take too kindly to the hypocrisy of the U.S. criticizing it for this while itself helping to arm the rebels and thus escalating the conflict and violence.
About the Author
I am a truly independent journalist exposing dangerous mainstream propaganda that serves to manufacture consent for criminal government policies.
I'm the author of several books, including The War on Informed Consent, featuring a Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Topics I have covered over the years include 9/11 and the "war on terrorism", the war on Iraq, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the role of the Federal Reserve, public vaccine policy, and the authoritarian policy responses to COVID-19.
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