Iran imposes sanctions on US envoy to Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Wed., emphasizing pivotal role of US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Hansel in humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and placed his name on Iran's sanctions list.
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Iran Arrests People Involved in Killing of Nuclear Scientist
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
The Special Aide to the President of the Parliament in International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, claimed that Iranian authorities had arrested people involved in the murder of scientist nuclear Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27. | RELATED: | The US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Ambassador to Yemen | "The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by our security apparatus, will not escape justice and will be dealt with severely," Abdollahia…
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US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report | Court ruling follows lawsuit by Open Society Justice Initiative regarding CIA report on Jamal Khashoggi and tape recording of murder | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | CIA reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing (AFP/FIle photo) | A US judge ordered the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-court-khashoggi-cia-report
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: Why Kashmir won't stop Riyadh's rush to embrace India
Suddaf Chaudry | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: Why Kashmir won't stop Riyadh's rush to embrace India | Pakistan's old relationship with Saudi Arabia has deteriorated under Imran Khan as India draws closer to the Gulf kingdom | Suddaf Chaudry | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 15: 30 | Pakistan's army chief was snubbed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he was sent to apologise for its foreign minister's criticism (Reuters) | Pakistan'…
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Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
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Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/action-for-change-starts-in-congress/
UK defence ministry blacklisted website critical of its Middle East policies, finds inquiry
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-08
UK defence ministry blacklisted website critical of its Middle East policies, finds inquiry | The ban on Declassified, now lifted, had been imposed after the website published a series of articles about UK training for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen | MEE staff | Tue, 12/08/2020 – 12: 13 | British troops in Iraq in 2004. The ban on Declassified was only lifted after government ministers intervened (AFP/file photo) | The…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-defence-ministry-declassified-blacklisted-middle-east-website
US imposes sanction on Iranian envoy to Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-08
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Iranian envoy to Yemen on Tuesday.
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The US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Ambassador to Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-08
The U.S. Treasury Department has confirmed a report by the British news agency Reuters, which, citing a U.S. official, reported that Washington had targeted Iran's ambassador to Yemen, Hasan Irlu, and the Al-Mustafa International University -based in the Iranian city of Qom, which teaches foreign seminarists- for the imposition of new sanctions. | RELATED: | US Announces New Coercive Measures Against Iranian Entity | The official accused Irlu of being an official of the Quds Force o…
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Saudi Arabia's MBS files motion to dismiss 'Tiger Squad' lawsuit in US court
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-08
Saudi Arabia's MBS files motion to dismiss 'Tiger Squad' lawsuit in US court | Ex-Saudi intelligence official Saad al-Jabri filed the suit earlier this year, alleging that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attempted to have him killed in 2018 | MEE staff | Tue, 12/08/2020 – 17: 12 | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on 24 October 20…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/mbs-tiger-squad-saad-jabri-motion-dismiss
Stuck In A Lift With John Pilger — 'News And How To Use It' by Alan Rusbridger
David Edwards | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Pilger tells the unfiltered, uncompromised truth about the foundations of power. His focus is on speaking up for the victims of power, not on serving power…
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