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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 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
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?
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.
The Lies that Led to the Iraq War and the Persistent Myth of ‘Intelligence Failure’
The claim of an "intelligence failure" obscures the truth that the government lied by making evidenceless claims to manufacture consent for the war on Iraq.
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.
Understanding the Framework on Iran: Rights Derive from Washington
What Washington says goes, regardless of what international law has to say about it.
Fly and Kroenig WaPo Op-Ed: God Must Rain Fire and Brimstone on Iran
The Washington Post has no problem whatsoever with publishing articles that advocate criminal acts of violence.
There Are No ‘Talks’ With Iran, Only U.S. Ultimatums
The result of these talks is already known. Iran will not do obey Washington’s dictats, but will insist on its rights under the NPT. Iran will then be blamed for the failure for its “intransigence”.
Michael B. Oren and Israeli Hasbara
Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this week with a headline asking “What Happened to Israel’s Reputation?”
About the Author
I am a truly independent journalist and Research Fellow at The Libertarian Institute whose work is focused on exposing dangerous mainstream propaganda that serves to manufacture consent for criminal government policies.
I'm the author of several books, including Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The War on Informed Consent, Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis, and The War on Informed Consent, which features a Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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 in the economy, and so-called "public health" policies including vaccines and the COVID-19 lockdown madness.
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