“Drone Attack” on Saudi Oil – Who Benefits?
By Tony Cartalucci Huge blazes were reported at two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia owned by Aramco. While Saudi authorities refused to assign blame, media…
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Iran War Imminent? Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded” To Respond To Saudi Attack
By Tyler Durden Just as the price of oil was settling down from its record surge, it spiked once again, following a tweet by president…
De-Dollarization: Europe Joins the Party
By Ronald-Peter Stöferle The ongoing “World War of Currencies”, as the German journalist Daniel D. Eckert called it, the battle for the future of the…
US Military Secretly Hacked Iran’s Paramilitary Force In June Cyberstrike
By Tyler Durden The strike was President Trump’s alternative to a recommended military airstrike, the Iranian deaths from which which would not be “proportionate to shooting…
Will Shake Up at IAEA Impact Iran?
By Tony Cartalucci International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano’s passing has stirred up suspicion and further tensions amid US-Iranian tensions. Amano was 72…
US “Downs” Legitimacy After Claims of Downing Iranian Drone
By Tony Cartalucci The US boasted of downing an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, admittedly in international waters, just miles off Iran’s coast,…
US to Send 500 Ground Troops to Saudi Arabia in Response to Iran
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — After satellite images showed facilities being prepared for them, US officials were quoted in the media as saying that there is a…
UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, over the phone on Saturday. The two discussed the Grace…
House Passes Amendments to End War Authorizations, Preemptively Defund Iran War
By Jason Ditz The flurry of amendments to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) moving through the House of Representatives is finally wrapping up…
Spain Says Iranian Oil Tanker Was Seized by Britain at US Request
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — In a move that threatens to hugely escalate tensions between Iran and the US, British Royal Marines raided and seized an Iranian oil…
Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — Iran has called for the “immediate release” of its oil tanker after British Royal Marines boarded and seized it off Gibraltar a…
British Marines Seize Oil Tanker Suspected of Bringing Iranian Oil to Syria
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — British Royal Marines seized an oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday. They suspected the tanker was headed to Syria, which would be…
Ron Paul Talks Julian Assange, Trump, And Iran
By The Jimmy Dore Show Ron Paul joins Jimmy Dore for a wide-ranging discussion. At the core is how to cross traditional party lines in…
Poll Shows Strong Majority of Americans Oppose Attacking Iran
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — While officials have denied that there was any political component to the US not attacking Iran on Thursday, a newly released poll from…