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Iran Demands Sanctions to be Lifted FIRST, Contradicting JCPOA Agreement

At Last Moment, Iran Refuses To Fulfill Its Obligations Under JCPOA, Demands That U.S. Lift Sanctions First, In Complete Contradiction To The Agreement At the last moment, Iran is refusing to fulfill its obligations under the JCPOA. According to the agreement, it is now Iran’s turn to meet specific obligations, and once the IAEA confirms […]

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Iran Taking Over Latin America

Gatestone Institute This is a matter of life or death. I need you to be an intermediary with Argentina to get help for my country’s nuclear program. We need Argentina to share its nuclear technology with us. It will be impossible to advance with our program without Argentina’s cooperation.” – Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […]

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Russo-Turkish Tensions Since the Start of the Russian Air Campaign

Institute for the Study of War Russia and Turkey have long been at odds over Syria, with Moscow backing President Bashar al Assad and Ankara supporting the opposition to overthrow him.  Tensions increased dramatically with the start of the Russian air campaign on September 30.  The Turkish shoot-down of a Russian combat aircraft on November […]

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The Iranian Majlis Has Not Approved The JCPOA But Iran’s Amended Version Of It

By: A. Savyon and Y. Carmon* On October 13, 2015 the Iranian Majlis approved, by a majority of 161-59 with 13 abstentions, not the JCPOA but rather an Iranian amended version it. Paragraph 3 of the Majlis decision states that “the government will monitor any non-performance by the other party [to the agreement] in the […]

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President Erdogan Entangles Turkey In War In Order To Reemerge In New Elections Set For November 1

Whither Turkey? – Part I: Following June 7 Loss In General Election By: R. Krespin | MEMRI Introduction During the fierce election campaign prior to Turkey’s June 7, 2015 general election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who under the Turkish constitution is sworn to impartiality, violated that oath byholding daily campaign rallies for the ruling AK […]

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Trump and Sanders: The Crisis of the Well-Crafted Candidate

George Friedman For the past several years, I have been writing about the emerging political crisis in Europe. The inability of European mainstream political parties to face the fact that the European Union is not functioning as intended would, I have argued, delegitimize these mainstream parties and bring about the emergence of seemingly exotic challengers. We have […]

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Iranian Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011

Iranian Officials Reveal That Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011 – Only After U.S. Complied With Tehran’s Precondition To Recognize In Advance Iran’s Nuclear Status By: A. Savyon, Y. Carmon, and Y. Mansharof Introduction American administration spokesmen have explained the nuclear agreement with Iran as both leveraging the opportunity created by the election of […]

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Will the migrants integrate? Danish Research: Syrians least likely to get a job, Muslim Refugees “most criminal”

by NICOLAI SENNELS | 10NEWS.DK Some “experts” and pro-immigration politicians – like the UN chief of Migration (who is also chairman at Goldman-Sachs bank…) claim that the influx of Syrian refugees and migrants from the Muslim world will benefit European economy. That is a very bold statement when you look at the statistics. First this […]

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Russia’s Reconciliation Efforts in Syria

Russian interests in Syria are discussed in this piece by Zvi Magen , Sarah Fainberg Many recent reports have claimed that Russia intends to step up its involvement in Syrian affairs, continue its support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad, and attempt to stop the spread of the Islamic State. Concurrently, rumors suggest that Russia […]

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Israel: The Case Against Attacking Iran

 George Friedman On Aug. 21, Israeli Channel 2 Television aired a recording of Ehud Barak, Israel’s former defense minister and former prime minister, saying that on three separate occasions, Israel had planned to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities but canceled the attacks. According to Barak, in 2010 Israel’s chief of staff at the time, Gabi Ashkenazi, refused to approve […]

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China’s Crisis: The Price of Change

By Rodger Baker Last week was an eventful one for China. First, the People’s Bank of China shocked the financial world when it cut the yuan’s reference rate against the U.S. dollar by nearly 2 percent, leading to a greater than 2 percent drop in the value of the yuan in offshore trading. The decline triggered […]

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Iranian Senior Officials Disclose U.S. Administration Recognizing Iran’s Right To Enrich Uranium

Iranian Senior Officials Disclose Confidential Details From Nuclear Negotiations: Already In 2011 We Received Letter From U.S. Administration Recognizing Iran’s Right To Enrich Uranium Iranian officials recently began to reveal details from the nuclear negotiations with the U.S. since their early stages. Their statements indicate that the U.S. initiated secret negotiations with Iran not after President […]