Trump says US ‘moving forward’ with additional sanctions on Iran

[1lucdog]

Military Might is Power

Financial Strength is Power

The "gold" tie is back this morning

With one eye on Iran, Watch the G-20 next week

This President is navigating a swamp filled with mines Many placed by "members of his own country" Traitors

Justice is coming!

Behind the MSM facade is a very delicate balancing act. Being unpredictable to some right now is a necessity it exposes the ambushes, mines and the traitors arming them ...

Justice is coming!

The Golden Rule

Double meaning?

MIGA

[new york kevin]

1 hour ago, FROSTYJACK said:

 Oh my God you hurt me to the quick. Please don’t pick  on me you big bully person. I am so intimidated by you. I have never but had anybody insult me so bad in my life I’m going to go hide in shame.  I didn’t know you had information that no one else knows yet. It’s it’s going to be big news really big news bigger news than you’ve ever seen before it’s going to be colossal I tell you it’s going to be so big that you’ve never seen this big before.  That Ohta get you popping a chubby. 

Num one. Don't need to have info no one else has. My info has been there from the beginning.  It has taken 2 years for all the undeniable truth to rise to the level of undeniable truth. The Dems who cannot accept an election results, had piled lies and innuendos on real thick in hopes of changing the results. But the Fly Over American people spoke and peeled away the layers of muck, by following the rule of law, defending against the false evidence the socialists created, and winning the legal battles. The Dems, propaganda machine/former news agencies, Mueller, and blind mice followers simply cannot accept the truth. They cannot accept valid election results, despite raising their hand and claiming they would accept the election results should a Republican win. They also cannot accept the fact that it is now proven there was zero collusion between the Republican Candidate - now POTUS, and the Russians TO FIX A National Election in the Republican candidates favor. All "evidence" that has been revealed regarding collusion with Russian assets to influence an elections result,  points to HRC, the DNC, and Upper Echelon at the Obama FBI, CIA, NSI, and Obama WH as using their positions to break election laws and violate election laws and Fed Court procedures. You should open your eyes, engage your brain, and accept the truth cuz it aint no conspiracy theory no more. When afore mentioned Socialist Dems start getting indicted for something other than process crimes, or even for process crimes, would you change your mind then?

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[bostonangler]

2 hours ago, FROSTYJACK said:

I got three Rubys for not wanting children to be killed and permanently disabled in war. Wow. Just wow!

 

Don't take it personal... Haters hate.

Apparently, they are good at playing follow the leader too!

 

B/A

[FROSTYJACK]

4 hours ago, bostonangler said:

 

Don't take it personal... Haters hate.

Apparently, they are good at playing follow the leader too!

 

B/A

Doesn’t bother me. I know where their heads are at. 😎

[Butifldrm]

Trump says US ‘moving forward’ with additional sanctions on Iran

 

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was "moving forward" and that he will impose additional sanctions against Iran in an effort to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. (Reuters)

Updated 11 sec ago

ARAB NEWS

June 22, 201917:41

Trump recently called off military actions against Iran

US president added that military action was still "a possibility"

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was “moving forward” and that he will impose additional sanctions against Iran in an effort to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

He added that military action was still “a possibility,” while also saying that he hoped “Iran is smart and cares about its people.”

“We are putting additional sanctions on Iran,” Trump said. “In some cases we are going slowly, but in other cases we are moving rapidly.”

Trump, who was speaking to reporters at the White House, made his comments after recently calling off military actions against Iran to retaliate for the downing of a US military drone.

But Trump also indicated he was open to reversing the escalation, adding he was willing to quickly reach a deal with Iran that he said would bolster the country’s flagging economy.

He said the Islamic republic could be a “wealthy” country if it renounced nuclear weapons, amid soaring tensions between the two nations.

“We’re not going to have Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told reporters

The president said he would be traveling to the Camp David presidential retreat to talk about Iran, saying he wanted to “start over” with Iran.

Trump last year withdrew the United States from an international accord designed to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief.

Tensions have been on the rise ever since then, as Trump reinstated sanctions designed to choke off Iranian oil sales and cripple its economy in an effort to force new nuclear negotiations.

“Everyone was saying I’m a war-monger, and now they say I’m a dove,” Trump said on Saturday as he was peppered with questions about the Iran drama.

“I think I am neither, if you want to know the truth. I’m a man with common sense, and that’s what we need in this country, is common sense.”

Trump insisted it is up to the Iranian leadership how the current crisis plays out.

“If the leadership of Iran behaves badly, then it’s going to be a very, very bad day for them,” he said.

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1514616/middle-east

[FROSTYJACK]

4 hours ago, new york kevin said:

Num one. Don't need to have info no one else has. My info has been there from the beginning.  It has taken 2 years for all the undeniable truth to rise to the level of undeniable truth. The Dems who cannot accept an election results, had piled lies and innuendos on real thick in hopes of changing the results. But the Fly Over American people spoke and peeled away the layers of muck, by following the rule of law, defending against the false evidence the socialists created, and winning the legal battles. The Dems, propaganda machine/former news agencies, Mueller, and blind mice followers simply cannot accept the truth. They cannot accept valid election results, despite raising their hand and claiming they would accept the election results should a Republican win. They also cannot accept the fact that it is now proven there was zero collusion between the Republican Candidate - now POTUS, and the Russians TO FIX A National Election in the Republican candidates favor. All "evidence" that has been revealed regarding collusion with Russian assets to influence an elections result,  points to HRC, the DNC, and Upper Echelon at the Obama FBI, CIA, NSI, and Obama WH as using their positions to break election laws and violate election laws and Fed Court procedures. You should open your eyes, engage your brain, and accept the truth cuz it aint no conspiracy theory no more. When afore mentioned Socialist Dems start getting indicted for something other than process crimes, or even for process crimes, would you change your mind then?

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[cranman]

22 minutes ago, FROSTYJACK said:

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Very articulate and eloquent. 

[MyLadiesDaddy]

8 hours ago, FROSTYJACK said:

How articulate of you to express your opinion in such away. It really expresses what kind of a person you are. The fact that you will follow a scumbag like trump also shows what kind of a person you are. And of course the typical delusional Trump fan that thinks just because I don’t agree with Trump I must agree with Clinton and Obama.  nothing is further from the truth!  I have read the Mueller report. Have you? I doubt it! Trump fans can’t stand the facts.  Denial much? 

You got rubies for being who you are. 

 

[yota691]

Britain rejects Saudi request for strikes on Iranian targets

Political | 08:44 - 22/06/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The Middle East Internet site on Saturday revealed a request by Riyadh to London for strikes against Iranian targets. 
A senior British official was quoted by the website as saying that "London refused to respond to a request from a Saudi intelligence official to pressure it in this regard." 
"Saudi intelligence chief Khaled al-Humaidan has appealed to the British authorities to launch limited attacks on Iranian military targets but has refused to do so," he said. 
The "appeal" came hours after President Donald Trump retreated from planned US attacks on Tehran, just 10 minutes before its implementation. 
"The intelligence chief was accompanied by the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir on his trip to London," the British official said.
"The Saudi official gave intelligence about the recent attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman to persuade Britain, but it refused." 
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has announced last Thursday, that his air defenses dropped a US drone aircraft, entered the country's airspace over the province of Hormuzgan in southern Iran.

[yota691]

Report: US-Iranian conflict threatens gas markets more than oil

21 June 2019 09:18 PM
Direct: a press report said that the potential conflict between the United States and Iran could have devastating effects for the markets of liquefied natural gas is much more than crude oil shipments in the world.

A report released by Bloomberg said Friday that major importers are less willing to disrupt liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies because their stocks are relatively small compared to oil stocks.

For example, at the end of March, Japan had imports of LNG for about 19 days for enough oil in its strategic reserves to cover 133 days.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, about a quarter of the amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz is an important sea passage on Iran's border and trucks carry about one-fifth of the world's oil.

Tehran has previously threatened to suspend fuel shipments through this vital corridor .

And increased tensions in the region after the approval of US President Donald Trump on a military strike against Iran, before deciding to cancel the order.

These developments come after the Iranian forces dropped a US drone aircraft across the Strait of Hormuz.

"Regardless of the rise in oil prices, LNG prices are likely to double this increase," said David Hewitt, oil and gas analyst at Macquarie Capital.

He added that the market would not be able to offset the entire amount of cargo from the region if cross-strait supply was stopped.

Most of Qatar's gas shipments go to Asian countries and Japan, and South Korea and India are among the largest buyers of LNG, according to the International Gas Association.

 

[yota691]

6 airlines announced to modify the course of their flights to avoid the Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz

 22 June 2019 12:20 AM

Mubasher: Six airlines worldwide have announced that they will adjust their route to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, following warnings from the US federal agency after Iran dropped an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft .

On Friday, Italian Airlines decided to adjust its route to India in a hummus ambience, joining several countries that have taken similar action .

An Emirates spokesman said that the company has taken precautionary measures, including changing the course of all flights away from any potential risks, given the current situation .

Flydubai's spokesman pointed out that the company has modified some of the current routes in the region as a precautionary measure .

While Etihad Airways noted that it was an assessment of the situation and guidance of the US Federal Aviation Administration on avoiding the Strait of Hormuz .

As British Airways announced, divert its flights away from the Strait of Hormuz; after Iran dropped on Thursday, a US drone aircraft over the strait .

German Lufthansa also decided to avoid flights to and from Asian capitals in the hotspots .

Dutch airline KLM said it had decided not to fly over the Hermes Strait , against the background of warnings from the US federal agency .

It is noteworthy that Iran dropped a US aircraft march of the US military in the international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz .

The US president, Donald Trump , has agreed to military attacks against Iran in response to the downing of a US aircraft, before retreating from the resolution to protect the lives of civilians as he described it .

The German state today called for the peaceful settlement of the Gulf crisis and for political solutions to the crisis between Iran and the United States .

This comes in conjunction with the General Authority of Civil Aviation in the Sultanate of Oman, it follows the air traffic routes in the northern Sultanate

[yota691]

Iran: Ready to provide Iraqi air defense needs in all disciplines

Editorial date:: 2019/6/23 12:08 • 240 times read

The commander of Iran's Air Defense Force, Brigadier General Ali Reza Sabahi Ferd, said during a meeting with a senior Iraqi military official that Iran is fully prepared to provide Iraqi air defense needs in all disciplines.

During his meeting with the head of the Iraqi side in the joint committee for military cooperation between the two countries, Major General Tariq Abbas Ibrahim Abdul Hussain, Brigadier Sabahi Ferd said that the two countries have many reasons and reasons for unity, solidarity and work to strengthen Islamic capabilities in the region. the reasons. 
"Iran and Iraq are two parts of the body of the one Islamic nation and the Islamic world, as the political and geographic boundaries can not separate them. As we all know, there is no separation between the Iranian and Iraqi peoples in the great and glorious march of Imam Hussein."
"The Air Defense Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, thanks to the Almighty Bari and the wise directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and relying on scientific elites, technical experts and competent personnel have initiated the production of various air defense systems, including tactical and fixed radars, artillery and missile systems, Electronic warfare equipment and aircraft with various missions in oscillations and ranges. " 
He noted the Force Commander of the Air Defense of Iran to air defense cooperation between Iran and Iraq axes , saying, we are ready through the formation of committees of experts to provide ground and develop mutual cooperation in all fields. " 
He added," The Iranian air defense and relying on the country 's experts in the field of manufacturing and support Alguetna for systems Air defense, fully prepared to provide the needs of Iraqi air defense in all disciplines. "

[yota691]

Rohani: International organizations should respond to America's violation of the Iranian

[yota691]

 

US security adviser: The strike on Iran has been postponed and not canceled .. Do not confuse rationality and weakness

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revealed the US national security adviser, John Bolton, said on Sunday that the strike planned on Iran has been postponed not canceled. 
"The strike on Iran has been postponed, and it has not been canceled," Bolton said during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Israeli media and the WFA International. "He said.
"Iran should not confuse reason and weakness." 
Bolton also stressed that the new sanctions to be imposed on Iran would be announced on Monday.

[yota691]

Iran agrees with Russia, China and Turkey to conclude monetary treaties

By AhadNA2 View Articles 23/06/2019 09:26 PM | Number of readings: 304

 

While US President Donald Trump announced his intention to impose a new ban on Iran on Monday, the Iranian Foreign Minister, "Mohammed Jawad Zarif," the negotiation and agreement with several countries to conclude monetary treaties.

The Iranian foreign minister said in a statement Sunday that negotiations with Turkey, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, India and several countries have been negotiated for years with regard to monetary treaties.

He added that the main work in this direction concerns the Central Bank of Iran, while the mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is limited to facilitating economic affairs.

Zarif pointed out that the ministry launched an economic department a year ago, in order to face the embargo imposed and achieved good work despite the restrictions

[yota691]

Iran denies reports of recent drop in oil exports

 

Arab and international Economy News _ Baghdad Iran's oil minister, Begin Zangane, denied on Monday reports that Iranian oil exports had declined in recent days.  "This is completely false," Zanganeh was quoted by Fars news agency as saying.  The minister did not disclose any figures on Iranian oil exports under US sanctions. "It is not in our interest to mention any figures." Views 20   Date Added 24/06/2019

[yota691]

Washington: We are ready to resume bilateral relations with Iran and lift sanctions if agreement is reached

 

 

Number of readings: 457 24-06-2019 02:06 PM

24-06-2019 02:06 PM

Washington: We are ready to resume bilateral relations with Iran and lift sanctions if agreement is reached.

[Butifldrm]

Iran says downing of US drone was a ‘firm response,’ can be repeated

 

The commander said everyone saw how they downed the drone and they can do it again. (File/AFP)

Updated 12 sec ago

REUTERS

June 24, 201905:42

Navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khazandi said the “the enemy” knows the response can be repeated

LONDON: Iran on Monday described its shooting down of a US drone in the Gulf last week as a “firm response” to the United States and warned it could be repeated.
“Everyone saw the downing of the unmanned drone,” navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. “I can assure you that this firm response can be repeated, and the enemy knows it.”

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1515241/middle-east

[Butifldrm]

King Salman meets Pompeo amid US-Iran tensions

June 24, 201904:40

Mike Pompeo: US wants to build a global coalition against Iran

But is prepared to negotiate with Iran, without preconditions, in a bid to ease tensions

WASHINGTON: King Salman met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday in Jeddah for talks amid mounting tensions with Iran.
Pompeo is also expected to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, before flying for talks in the UAE, US officials said.

Pompeo said earlier he wanted to build a global coalition against Iran during urgent consultations in the Middle East, following a week of crisis that saw the United States pull back from the brink of a military strike on Iran.
Pompeo spoke Sunday as he left Washington for Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, Sunni Arab allies that are alarmed by Shiite Iran’s increasing assertiveness and are working to limit its influence in the region. His stops in Jeddah and Abu Dhabi were hastily arranged late last week as additions to a trip to India from where he will join President Donald Trump in Japan and South Korea.

“We’ll be talking with them about how to make sure that we are all strategically aligned, and how we can build out a global coalition, a coalition not only throughout the Gulf states, but in Asia and in Europe, that understands this challenge as it is prepared to push back against the world’s largest state sponsor of terror,” Pompeo said about Iran.
But even as Pompeo delivered his tough talk, he echoed President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in saying the US is prepared to negotiate with Iran, without preconditions, in a bid to ease tensions. Those tensions have been mounting since Trump last year withdrew the US from a global nuclear deal with Iran and began pressuring Tehran with economic sanctions. A fresh round of Iran sanctions is to be announced Monday in a bid to force the Iranian leadership into talks.
“They know precisely how to find us,” Pompeo said.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman meanwhile said on Monday Tehran welcomes any defusion of tensions in the Gulf region following weeks of deteriorating relations with Washington.

“We welcome defusion of tensions in the region. We do not want rise of tensions,” Abbas Mousavi was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency. But he also described the US Middle East peace plan as “shameful” and “doomed to failure,” and accused teh UK of siding with the Americans against Tehran.

It was a week of topsy-turvy pronouncements on US policy toward Iran that careened between the bellicose, the conciliatory and back again after Iran shot down an American military drone and boasted it would not bow to Washington’s pressure.
Trump initially said Iran had made a “very big mistake” and that it was “hard to believe” that shooting down the drone on Thursday was not intentional. He later said he thought it was an unintentional act carried out by a “loose and stupid” Iranian and called off retaliatory military strikes against Iran. On Saturday, Trump reversed himself and claimed that Iran had acted “knowingly.”
But Trump also said over the weekend that he appreciated Iran’s decision to not shoot down a manned US spy plane, and he opined about eventually becoming Iran’s “best friend” if Tehran ultimately agrees to abandon its drive to build nuclear weapons and he helps the country turn around its crippled economy.
Then Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, stepped in Sunday with a blunt warning from Jerusalem, where he was traveling. Bolton said Iran should not “mistake US prudence and discretion for weakness” after Trump called off the military strike. Trump said he backed away from the planned strikes after learning that about 150 people would be killed, but he said the military option remained.
A longtime Iran hawk, Bolton emphasized that the US reserved the right to attack at a later point.
“No one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East. As President Trump said on Friday our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go,” Bolton said during an appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, himself a longtime and outspoken Iran critic.
On Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the United States’ “interventionist military presence” for fanning the flames. He was quoted by the official IRNA news agency. Shortly thereafter, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched an attack against an airport in southern Saudi Arabia, killing one person and wounding seven others, according to the Saudi military. Such attacks have been cited by Saudi and US officials as examples of Iran’s “malign behavior” in the Middle East.
Pompeo, who addressed reporters from the tarmac before he boarded his airplane in Washington, declared the goal of his talks with the Saudi kingdom and the UAE is to deny Iran “the resources to foment terror, to build out their nuclear weapon system, to build out their missile program.”
“We are going to deny them the resources they need to do that, thereby keep American interests and American people safe all around the world,” said Pompeo, who was due to arrive in the region after one person was killed and seven others were wounded in an attack by Iranian-allied Yemeni rebels on an airport in Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening, the Saudi military said.
The downing of the unmanned aircraft marked a new high in the rising tensions between the United States and Iran. The Trump administration has vowed to combine a “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions with a buildup of American forces in the region, following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
US military cyber forces on Thursday launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems, according to US officials. The cyberattacks disabled Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps computer systems that controlled its rocket and missile launchers, the officials said.
Throughout the recent crisis, Trump has wavered between bellicose language and actions toward Iran and a more accommodating tone, including a plea for negotiations. Iran has said it is not interested in a dialogue with Trump. His administration is aiming to cripple Iran’s economy and force policy changes by re-imposing sanctions, including on Iranian oil exports.

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1515226/middle-east

[yota691]

To get rid of the pressure of sanctions .. Iran is attacking the waters of the Gulf

 

 

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24-06-2019 02:45 PM

A senior US official said on Monday that Iran's attack on oil tankers and the downing of a US reconnaissance plane was an attempt to break the difficulties it was suffering from US sanctions. 

"The Commission has submitted a quick report to Trump and other officials on Iran's capabilities and capabilities to respond to any US attack after the plane was shot down last Thursday," Defense Intelligence Director General Robert Ashley told a news briefing. 

"Iran feels that it is in a better position externally to increase its influence in Iraq, but it suffers internally , while the recent attacks aim to change the status quo, because of the increasing difficulties it suffers, 

"The sanctions are  hurting Iran and the government, and people feel very stressed," Ashley said. "The policy of maximum pressure by Washington is beginning to work, so we see the Iranians trying to break the pressure and get out of the status quo through attacks in the Gulf Sea."

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[6ly410]

 

Iran

Iran remains defiant as US imposes new sanctions

By Fazel Hawramy 26 minutes ago

http://www.rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=452612

 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on June 24. Photo: AFP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The US government is due to ratchet up its “campaign of maximum financial pressure” on Iran on Monday by imposing new economic measures, with the UK’s foreign secretary further raising tension in the region by suggesting that Britain could potentially join United States in a military strike against Iran.

The measures will aim to “deny Iran the resources to foment terror, to build out their nuclear weapons system, to build out their missile program,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday before leaving for the Middle East.
 
The new measures come during a cluster of violence in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Iran shot down a naval reconnaissance drone in the Gulf of Oman on June 20, while two attacks on oil tankers in the same area have raised serious concerns about the future availability of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one third of the world’s seaborne oil is transported.

While President Donald Trump aborted a military strike on Iranian installations at the last minute on Thursday, Washington nonetheless launched a cyberattack on Iranian weapons systems in response to the downing of the drone.

Tehran denied that the cyberattacks had been effective. “I must say that we have long dealt with cyber terrorism … not one attack but we neutralized 33 million attacks with Dejfa [national] firewall last year,” Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s minister for information and communications technology said on Twitter. “They have not carried out a successful attack, even though they have tried many times.” 

President Donald Trump administration has imposed one of its most aggressive waves of sanctions ever on Iran because of what the administration calls Tehran’s ‘malign’ activities in the Middle East.  A 180 day wind-down period expired last November following US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA), otherwise known as the 2015 nuclear deal, in May 2018. 

Iran has retaliated to crippling US economic sanctions by suspending two of the main articles of said nuclear deal in early May of this year, after the US decided not to renew six-month waivers to eight main customers of Iranian oil, a main source of Tehran’s revenue. Tehran said it will suspend more measures in about ten days time when the 60 day ultimatum it gave to the remaining members of the JCPOA expires. 

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told the Iranian parliament on Monday that he admired the Iranian people’s resolve against the US unjust sanctions, adding that Iran would sustain its resistance to US encroachments. “With all our might and energy we shall stand against the sanctions and the threats of the enemy and this resistance shall continue,” Zarif told a group of reformist parliamentarians on Monday morning. 

The tension in the Middle East has caused global consternation, with a number of countries trying to de-escalate the tension by sending envoys to Washington and Tehran. 

At the same time as a top UK government envoy had been dispatched to Iran to de-escalate tensions, the UK’s foreign secretary told the Daily Mail on Monday that the UK could join a US strike on Iran.

‘We will stand by the United States as our strongest ally, but of course we have to consider any requests for military support on a case-by-case basis,” Jeremy Hunt said.
 

Hunt’s position is certain to provoke a harsh response from Tehran, and appears to undermine the mission of Dr Andrew Murrison, the Minster of State for the Middle East and North Africa, whose trip aimed to “find diplomatic solutions to reduce the current tensions,”  and to remind Iranians that they should not conduct attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf – despite vehement Iranian denials in their involvement. 

President Trump has said that while military action is still on the table, he would want to talk to Iranians without any preconditions. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyyed Abbas Mousavi reiterated Iran’s position that Tehran is not seeking war but said that Iran would not hesitate to respond to any act of aggression.

“We welcome the drop in tension and we are not seeking to raise the tension in the region,” Mousavi told reporters in a press conference in Tehran. “While Iran is not in favor of tension in the region, it has kept up its military preparedness. The downing of the American aggressive drone is an example of this preparedness and we hope they would not take such actions again.” 

Mousavi described the root cause of the tension in the region as the unfaithfulness of the US government to its international commitment and the “US economic terrorism waged against Iran.”  

The effects of growing US economic sanctions have permeated Iranian society. The national currency has lost around 70% of its value, rates of unemployment and inflation are sky-high, and good prices have gone through the roof.  

Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh told Farsnews on Monday that news of a huge reduction in oil exports was “categorically false” -  but refused to provide figures for the amount Iran is currently exporting.

Iran’s oil exports, the main target of the US sanctions, have dropped from around 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in April 2018, one month before the US withdrew from the nuclear deal, to around 400,000 bpd in May, according to Reuters. The Iranian budget for the current Islamic year of 1398 (beginning March 21) forecasts an export of 1.5 million barrels per day at a price of $54 dollars per barrel.

[6ly410]

New sanctions take aim at Iran Supreme Leader

By Rudaw 1 hour ago 

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US President Trump signs a document reinstating sanctions against Iran after announcing the US withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear deal at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump today signed an executive order to impose a new wave of sanctions on Iran. The sanctions will deny Iran's Supreme Leader, his office and those closely affiliated with him access to key financial resources and support, he said in a press conference on Monday.

 

"The assets of Ayatollah Khamanei and his office will not be spared from the sanctions. These measures represent a strong and proportionate response to Iran's increasingly provocative actions. We will continue to increase pressure on Tehran, until the regime abandons its dangerous activities and aspirations," Trump said.

The president then listed the "provocative" actions as "the pursuit of nuclear weapons, increased enrichment of uranium, development of ballistic missiles, engagement with and supporting terrorism, fueling of foreign conflicts, and belligerent acts directed against the United States and its allies".

 

“These sanctions have been very effective in cutting off funds going to the IRGC and other people….these are highly, highly effective in locking up the Iranian economy”, US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin told reporters, following Trump’s signing of the executive order. 

Mnuchin said that the sanctions had “locked up tens and tens of billions of dollars”.

When asked what the new rounds of sanctions were responding to directly the oil tankers or the downing of the drone, Mnuchin said that some “were in the works” previously and some were “because of recent activities”. 

Mnuchin said that the president had also instructed him that the US would be imposing sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif later this week.

The US Treasury Department said that sanctions had also been  imposed on eight senior commanders of Navy, Aerospace, and Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

 “These commanders sit atop a bureaucracy that supervises the IRGC’s malicious regional activities, including its provocative ballistic missile program, harassment and sabotage of commercial vessels in international waters, and its destabilizing presence in Syria,” the department said in a statement.

 

The US withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA), otherwise known as the 2015 nuclear deal, in May 2018. Following a 180 day wind-down period, the US imposed sanctions that primarily targeted Iran's oil industry.

The sanctions have dealt a massive economic blow to Iran's economy.The national currency has lost around 70% of its value, and rates of unemployment and inflation are sky-high.

"We want the stoppage immediately of their [Iran's] sponsoring of terrorism. They sponsor terrorism at a level that nobody's ever seen before," Trump added.

 

The new measures come during a spurt of violence in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Iran shot down a naval reconnaissance drone in the Gulf of Oman on June 20, while several oil tankers have been attacked in the same area. 

The US has repeatedly accused Iran for the attacks - accusations Iran has vehemently denied.

 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned yesterday of the new sanctions, stating that their aim was to “deny Iran the resources to foment terror, to build out their nuclear weapons system, to build out their missile program,” before leaving for talks with Saudi Arabia. 

 

 

This is a developing story...

 

[ChuckFinley]

On 6/23/2019 at 7:44 AM, yota691 said:

Iran: Ready to provide Iraqi air defense needs in all disciplines

Editorial date:: 2019/6/23 12:08 • 240 times read

The commander of Iran's Air Defense Force, Brigadier General Ali Reza Sabahi Ferd, said during a meeting with a senior Iraqi military official that Iran is fully prepared to provide Iraqi air defense needs in all disciplines.

During his meeting with the head of the Iraqi side in the joint committee for military cooperation between the two countries, Major General Tariq Abbas Ibrahim Abdul Hussain, Brigadier Sabahi Ferd said that the two countries have many reasons and reasons for unity, solidarity and work to strengthen Islamic capabilities in the region. the reasons. 
"Iran and Iraq are two parts of the body of the one Islamic nation and the Islamic world, as the political and geographic boundaries can not separate them. As we all know, there is no separation between the Iranian and Iraqi peoples in the great and glorious march of Imam Hussein."
"The Air Defense Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, thanks to the Almighty Bari and the wise directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and relying on scientific elites, technical experts and competent personnel have initiated the production of various air defense systems, including tactical and fixed radars, artillery and missile systems, Electronic warfare equipment and aircraft with various missions in oscillations and ranges. " 
He noted the Force Commander of the Air Defense of Iran to air defense cooperation between Iran and Iraq axes , saying, we are ready through the formation of committees of experts to provide ground and develop mutual cooperation in all fields. " 
He added," The Iranian air defense and relying on the country 's experts in the field of manufacturing and support system" rel="">support Alguetna for systems Air defense, fully prepared to provide the needs of Iraqi air defense in all disciplines. "

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