US, Israel, European Powers and Canada Threaten Iran 5

Iran Ready to Battle 'Dastardly' EU Sanctions (and vid)

http://www.rt.com/news/iran-ready-sanctions-economy-148

"...Tehran insists it can 'easily' go on selling its oil thanks to waivers granted to its major customers in Asia.."

US Ships in Persian Gulf in Reach of Iran Missiles: Analyst (and vid)

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/04/249317/us-ships-in-reach-of-iran...

"What the Americans have been doing is that they have been bullying independent countries to prevent them from purchasing Iranian crude oil as well as Iran investing in the Iranian oil and trade sector...The objective is not the Iranian nuclear sector but to hurt ordinary Iranians..."

Mossad Evinces Nature of Zionist Regime (and vid)

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/08/249896/mossad-evinces-nature-of-...

"A new article has revealed there is an assassination unit inside the Israeli spy agency tasked with killing Iranian scientists. The article, published on the CBS News website on Saturday, is adapted frm a book entitled 'Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars' by CBS national correspondent Dan Ravid and Israeli journalist Yossi Melman. Press TV has conducted an interview with Ralph Schoenman, author of The Hidden History of Zionism, from Berkely to further discuss the issue.."

'Don't Interfere': Ottawa Warns Iranian Embassy over Alleged Recruitment of Expats in Canada

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/11/dont-interfere-ottawa-warns-emba...

"...On Tuesday, Iran's top diplomat to Canada said his embassy is following Canadian and international laws, outright dismissing Tuesday's Ottawa Citizen report that Iranian Canadians are being enlisted to serve Tehran. 'We strongly dismiss baseless allegations by some media that the Iranian Embassy has been recruiting ethnic Iranians in Canada to be of some service to Iran,' Kambiz Sheikh-Hassan, the Iranian charge d'affaires, said in a statement.

'The embassy is in and of itself a menace to public safety and our national interests, it should have been closed down yesterday,' said former CSIS Intelligence operative David Harris.."

more ridiculous anti-Iranian incitement/hype

Living Under Siege

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/2012710132416172713.html

"...Since Iran came under scrutiny over its nuclear energy programme in 2002, it has come under several sets of UN Security Council sanctions, and life has become progressively more difficult for all but the wealthy. The latest US and EU sanctions are set to inflict serious hardship on the people...

The West lost four hearts and minds in Tehran that day in June when Hassan couldn't get hold of the cancer drugs he needed Whatever political victory the US and the EU might imagine as a result of their sanctions, just as in Iraq, their punitive measures are only leading to the loss of the hearts and minds from which they may wish to solicit trust tomorrow.."

Attacking Iran Through Sanctions  - by Conn Hallinan

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/13/attacking-iran-through-sanctions/

"Now that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program appear to be on the ropes, are we on the road to war? The Israelis threaten it almost weekly, the Obama administration has reportedly drawn up an attack plan. But in a sense, we are already at war with Iran.."

Spy Ring and Warships Encircle Iran

http://www.rt.com/news/iran-us-radar-drills-386/

"The Pentagon is quickly tightening its ring of forces around Iran. As a recent report reveals a radar belt around the Persian country is almost complete, the biggest ever naval drills involving up to 20 nations, are to take place in the Gulf waters.."

Sanctions: Diplomacy's Weapon of Mass Murder

http://warisacrime.org/content/sanctions-diplomacy%E2%80%99s-weapon-mass...

"...America, a morally bankrupt nation and the self-appointed global morality police, obeying the wishes of the pro-Israel lobby groups, has for years now pointed its deadly weapon of mass murder at Iran -- sanctions disguised as diplomacy.."

Ordinary Citizens: The Silent Victims of Anti-Iranian Sanctions

http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari030812.htm

"While the US [Canada] and EU are vehemently competing with one another in the seemingly endless race of imposing sanctions on Iran, the ordinary Iranian citizens are experiencing the most breathtaking, agonizing impacts of the crippling embargoes...and the international community is calmly and silently witnessing."

especially in Canada where our 'opposition' calls for government to impose more...and this is referred to as the Canadian 'Left'. Left indeed. Vanished.

Global Oil Prices Soar over Iran Tensions

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/08/05/254565/oil-prices-soar-over-ira...

"Iranian sanctions helped build on recent increases in oil prices,' noted Inenco specialist Tom Pering. He added that 'oil has returned to bullish territory and can be expected to trade in a range between USD 105-109 per barrel over the next week.."

Bomb Iran Fever   -  by Pepe Escobar

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NH08Ak02.html

"The whole convoluted premise for an Israeli attack on Iran turns out to be bogus. In terms of the Big Picture - the New Great Game in Eurasia - the Iranian nuclear program is just an excuse..."

Netanyahu Decision to Attack Iran 'Almost Final' -  Israel PM, DM Looking at Attack Just Before US Vote  -  by Jason Ditz

http://news.antiwar.com/2012/08/10/netanyahu-decision-to-attack-iran-alm...

"Israel's top television media outlet, Channel 2 News has announced today that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barack are extremely close to finalizing a decision to attack Iran, saying that the decision could be made any day now..."

Killing Iran's Children   -   by Dave Lindorff

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/13/killing-irans-children/

"Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright should be a happy camper. Another campaign of sanctions and embargoes by the US is about to start killing children. This time in Iran..."

"The sanctions are beginning to work. They are producing results. And that would be by far the preferred method to continue..."

Thomas Mulcair on Iran sanctions, Georgia Straight, May 2012

Israel's Secret Iran Meeting Between Security Officials and Rabbi Who Wants to 'Annihilate' Arabs

http://mondoweiss.net/2012/08/israels-secret-iran-meeting-between-securi...

"Senior defense officials have recently been visiting the ultra-Orthodox Shas party spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, to discuss a possible Israeli attack on Iran. In 2001 Yosef said of Arabs, 'It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable.."

What about a little 'Pussy Riot' in this evil wacko's church?

Anti-Iran Rhetoric Reflects US-Israel Implosive Crises: Analyst (and vid)

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/08/23/257740/antiiran-rhetoric-reflects-u...

"A senior political analyst has censured Washington and Tel Aviv's military threats against Tehran as psychological projection of the exacerbating internal crises across the US and Israel, calling the adventurism violation of international law. Sara Flounders and other activists discuss

NAM Role Important in Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: Iran FM

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/08/26/258269/nam-role-vital-in-elimin...

"We believe that meeting the deadline proposed by the NAM for the final elimination of nuclear arms by 2025 will be possible only if we NAM members follow it with decisiveness,' Iran FM Saleh referred to the Zionist regime's refusal to join the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty as the main obstacle in the way of making the treaty universal..."

The Centre for Israeli and Jewish Affairs Urges UN Secretary General to Withdraw from Summit in Iran

http://www.cija.ca/press-releases/the-centre-for-israel-and-jewish-affai...

"CIJA joined with numerous others including the World Jewish Congress, in expressing its profound disappointment that the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon will attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran next week and urges him to withdraw. CIJA is especially gratified to note that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird - conveyed a similar message to the UN Security Council in a formal letter earlier this week..."

CIJA, Baird and the rest should get a grip. Clearly Ban ki is 'aligned' and well Zionized, but NAM is 100 nations plus after all...

Israeli Rabbi Calls For Prayers For Iran's Destruction

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/08/27/258504/israeli-rabbi-prays-for-iran...

"The Chief Rabbi of the ultra Orthodox Shas party, Ovadia Yosef, asked God to 'wipe out and destroy' Iran and Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah during his weekly sermon on Saturday night. 'Do good God, wipe them out, kill them,' he entreated, to which the assembled crowd answered 'amen'. Destroy them God, obliterate them from the face of the earth, he added.

The 91 year old rabbi made the remarks after he had a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror. The move is widely seen as an effort by Netanyahu to show that a possible military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities has the support of the religious figure..."

Top US Military Commander: 'I Don't Want To Be Complicit' If Israel Attacks Iran

http://rt.com/usa/news/israel-iran-nuclear-dempsey-066/

"The highest ranking officer in the US military has announced that he is against American participation in any Israeli attack on Iran, even as pressure to destroy the Islamic Republic's rumoured nuclear program remains unrelieved. 'I don't want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it,' General Martin Dempsey told reporters..."

Iran's Strategic Diplomatic Victory Over the Washington-Israel Axis   -   by  James Petras

http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/09/irans-strategic-diplomatic-victory-ove...

"...the NAM meeting was a strategic diplomatic victory for Iran and a major defeat for the US, Israel, [Canada], and the European Union. The entire US-Israeli-EU diplomatic and propaganda effort to isolate and stigmatize Iran, especially over the past decade was shredded.."

so much for Canada's stupid and self-defeating USRAELI satrap foreign policy of severing diplomatic relations...

Iran Strike Must Be Bigger Than Afghan/Iraqi, Ops Combined: Report

http://rt.com/news/us-report-iran-strike-024/

"Only a US operation bigger than the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan combined can stop Iran from its alleged pursuit of a nuclear bomb, a new military report said. Such action, however, risks igniting all out war in the Middle East..."

Armada of British Naval Power Massing in the Gulf as Israel Prepares an Iran Strike

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9545597/Armada...

"An armada of US and British naval power is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran's covert nuclear weapons programme. Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecidented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war..."

There is no covert nuclear weapons programme, nor is all this really about that but that's MSM for you...

Behind The Deepening Crisis With Iran: The Real Story Versus the Cover Story  -  by Mark H Giffins

http://www.deliberation.info/behind-the-deepening-crisis-with-iran/

"I believe the US will exploit the situation to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. But, even more importantly, the US will target IRan's conventional missiles. Indeed, I believe this is the real reson for US sanctions in the first place, and for the buildup of tensions.."

Attack On Iran During Gulf War Games Unlikely  -  by Christof Lehman

http://nsnbc.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/attack-on-iran-during-gulf-war-gam...

"The war of words between Israel, Canada, the USA and Iran has turned ferocious but it is unlikely that the US-led 30 nations naval exercise IMCMEX 12, held in the Persian Gulf between 16-27 September is part of a planned attack on Iran. Political and military brinksmanship during the exercise however, could lead to incidents and start a chain reaction with catastrophic consequences..."

Military Strike on Iran Would Trigger WWIII

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/09/23/263155/cmrdr-warns-of-wwiii-if-iran...

"We see the United States and the Zionist regime alongside one another and can by no means imagine that the Zionist regime would initiate a war against Iran without US support. In the case of the eruption of such a war condition, the situation would spin out of control and management, this war is likely to degenerate into WWIII. It means that some countries might enter the war in favor of or against Iran,' Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Al-Alam TV on Sunday. On Saturday, IRGC chief Major General Mohammed ALi Jafari said a war on Iran 'will eventually happen', warning that the attack will lead to the Israeli regime's obliteration..."

Iran Would Clobber Israel WIthin 24 Hours: Cmdr

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/09/23/263176/iran-would-clobber-israel-in...

"...A regime with a frontier that in some spots is only 24 kilometers wide could have its back broken by one of our infantry battalions in 24 hours, Brigadier General Hossein Salami told an Iranian TV station on Sunday. 'Our defense strategy assumption is that we would enter an all-out war with a US-led global coalition,' the general said, adding, 'We have already identified the vital interests of the enemies and established our invasive power structure to destroy their vital interests.

Our strategic doctrines are all defensive, but our tactics are invasive. It means we do not initiate any war, but if anyone wages a war against us, we will counterattack incessantly and will not stop,' he warned adding, 'the enemy could initiate a war but its ending would be up to us. Our missiles are capable of targeting enemy bases in the region, at any range, with high destructive capabilities..."

Five Lessons From the De-Listing of MEK As A Terrorist Group  -  by Glenn Greenwald

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/23/iran-usa

"...a large group of prominent former US government officials from both political parties has spent the last several years receiving substantial sums of cash to give speeches to the MEK, and have then become vocal, relentless advocates for the group, specifically for removing them from the terrorist list.

They include Democrats Howard Dean, Ed Randall, Wesley Clark, Bill Richardson and Lee Hamilton, and Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Fran Townsend, Tom Ridge, Michael Mukasey and Andrew Card. Other prominent voices outside government such as Alan Dershowitz and Elie Wiesel have been enlisted to the cause and are steadfast MEK advocates..."

one man's terrorist is another Zionist's freedom-fighter....

Neil Macdonald: Netanyahu's American Campaign

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/09/25/f-rfa-macdonald-netanyahu....

"Iran, he tells American viewers in a carefully scheduled series of TV interviews, 'is very different. They put their zealotry above their survival. They have suicide bombers all over the place. I wouldn't rely on their rationality..."

Yeah Bec,  one of those some general told a guy who told a guy stories....hope it's not true obviously...caw. Lots of predictions floating around...

'US Will Strike Iran Early 2013' - Former American Ambassador to Israel

http://rt.com/usa/news/us-iran-2013-israel-361/

"The former US Ambassador to Israel predicts that war with Iran is likely to occur in early 2013.."