What’s Behind US Sanctions on Iran? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) They’ve been imposed on the country since its 1979 revolution, sovereign Iranian independence replacing a lost generation of US-installed fascist tyranny Washington wants reimposed for control it lost decades earlier. What’s going on reflects longstanding US political, economic, financial, and […]

Erdogan Part of the Problem in Syria, Not the Solution by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Erdogan rules Turkey with iron-fisted ruthlessness – tolerating no opposition or criticism.  Like America, the West and Israel, the Turkish state is a fantasy democracy, not the real thing. Erdogan is a regional menace, abhorring peace […]

Treaties and Other Agreements US Consistently Breaches by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Trump’s JCPOA and INF pullouts are the latest examples of why the US under Republicans and undemocratic Dems can never be trusted. Both right wings of the US one-party state want everything their own way in return for empty […]

Pompeo Vows to Confront Iran Aggressively by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US imperial rage is the greatest threat to world peace, security and stability. Its endless wars of aggression could escalate into something far more dangerous than already. Iran is a prime target, regime change plotted by Washington since its 1979 […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Gaza, and US Treaty Violations by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) explained that (US-supported) al-Nusra and allied jihadists “continue their insolent attempts to torpedo the implementation of the Russian-Turkish memorandum that was signed in Sochi on September 17,” adding:  […]

Harsh US Sanctions to Have Limited Effect on Iran? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) For nearly 40 years since the Islamic Republic’s 1979 revolution, ending a generation of US-installed fascist tyranny, Iran withstood the effects of multiple rounds of illegal US sanctions. This time will likely be no different, Iran seeking […]

Erdogan Accuses Saudi Crown Prince of Ordering Khashoggi’s Murder by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) For a month after Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi’s Istanbul consulate, never to be seen or heard from again, Turkish President Erdogan refrained from accusing kingdom crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) of ordering his murder to […]

Trump Regime Imposes New Illegal Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Unilaterally imposed US sanctions on any countries are flagrantly illegal. Washington weaponized them to wage war by other means. In 1996, the Vienna-based International Progress Organization called sanctions as “an illegitimate form of collective punishment of […]

Israel Bars Entry to Foreign Nationals Against Its Apartheid Ruthlessness by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Jews and non-Jews from abroad are denied entry to the country if criticize its state terrorism and wars of aggression – especially BDS supporters, human rights workers, and independent truth-telling journalists. In March 2017, Israeli legislation […]

War in Yemen Rages After Hollow US Call for Ceasefire by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Yemen is Washington’s war, begun by Bush/Cheney in October 2001, raging with no prospect for resolution as long as US regimes want it continued endlessly. The Saudis and UAE partnered with Washington’s imperial agenda throughout the […]