Iran against West: Air Defense Chance of Success

Russia returned a $167 million advance payment to Iran for S-300 air defense systems it didn’t deliver to this country and the story evoked serious response in the world. Was penalty paid – that’s what…

The Noose is Tightened Around Iran

“Israel could strike Iran this spring”, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated in an interview  The US [says it] is against the strike and believes that the current sanctions are more than sufficient.However, these statements…

Expert: U.S. Preparing Military Action Against Iran

Interview with Gennady Yevstafyev, retired Lieutenant-General of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence ==== We know that in the Gulf there are two flattops surrounded by several dozens of American ships. And yesterday or the day before yesterday…

VIDEO: The Lies of the UN Security Council are Revealed

[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/syria-united-nations-russia-377/id075117311e52520040e13684bb99837_churkina_0600.flv] UN Security Council members have agreed to the text of a resolution on Syria. Reports say the new draft does not include provisions which Russia vocally opposed, namely an arms embargo and the resignation…

Divining the Truth about Iran

Watching top U.S. intelligence officials present the annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” before the Senate Intelligence Committee, I found myself wondering if they would depart from the key (if politically delicate) consensus judgment that Iran is…

UN Shenanigans on Syria

“Viscous nasty business” … “aggressive pressure … by US diplomats”, “ferocious pressure on weaker non-permanent members”, the “type of pressure [that] is very, very difficult for weaker countries … to resist.” That’s how a former…

Iran: This Is What Propaganda Looks Like

Alarmist corporate media coverage of the “threat” from Iran is everywhere, thanks to a Senate appearance yesterday by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. But Clapper said very little in his remarks that would justify…