Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi released a statement on Friday, expressing deep regret for the incident. “As we have mentioned several times, terrorism is an ominous phenomenon that will be eradicated only with international cooperation and consensus,” he stressed. Qassemi underlined that any “negligence or double standards” on battling terrorism is condemned and will be […]
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Israeli forces killed 218 Palestinians since October
Days of Palestine, West Bank -Israeli occupation forces killed 218 Palestinians and wounded 17,072 other since the start of current Intifada in October 2015. Tens of the Palestinians, who were killed during this period, were executed with a cold blood or were liquidated with premeditation. Several of them were shot from a zero distance while […]
Cannabidiol (CBD): The Cat’s Out of the Bag with This Natural Cure-All
8th June 2016 By Makia Freeman Contributing writer for Wake Up World The truth about Cannabidiol (CBD) and the health benefits of the cannabis plant in general can no longer be suppressed – and the exciting thing is that we are just at the beginning. We are literally just at the start of the long road […]
The Big Failure That Hillary Kept Secret For 30 Years
The first time Bill Clinton proposed to Hillary Rodham was at twilight in England’s romantic Lake District in the spring of 1973. She declined. The couple had recently graduated from Yale Law School and were at a crossroads in their two-year relationship. While the spurned Bill returned home to teach at the University of Arkansas and prepare to run […]
An Activist Wants You To Burn Confederate Flag On Memorial Day
Print Friendly Above Photo: LOIC HOFSTEDT/Getty Images Most Americans celebrate Memorial Day with a delicious barbecue. But here’s something some are adding to their grill list: the Confederate flag. South Florida activist John Sims is leading an effort to turn Memorial Day into Confederate flag-burning day, reported Think Progress on Sunday. Sims previously organized 13 small flag-burning events across the 13 states of […]
Are American lives worth more than Yemenis’ or Afghans’?
In a report translated by IFP, Hamshahri newspaper has compared the amount of compensation Americans are set to receive for their marines killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing with what they have paid for killing Yemeni or Afghan citizens in drone strikes. The recent US court ruling to seize nearly $2bn of Iran’s frozen assets […]
Killer airwaves: Russia starts trial of electromagnetic warfare system
Factory testing is underway for components of the new system, capable of protecting troops and civilian facilities from air and space attacks, a representative of Russia’s leading producer of electronic warfare systems, Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET), told TASS. The tests are expected to be completed by the end of 2016. Integrated with air defense systems […]
From Brussels, I reject Israel’s solidarity
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 23 March 2016 A tribute to the people killed in Brussels this week. (Miguel Discart/Flickr) I have lived in Brussels for 21 years but never considered this city as my home — until Donald Trump insulted it. By describing Brussels as a “hellhole” because of its sizeable Muslim population, Trump […]
From Brussels, I reject Israel’s solidarity
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 23 March 2016 A tribute to the people killed in Brussels this week. (Miguel Discart/Flickr) I have lived in Brussels for 21 years but never considered this city as my home — until Donald Trump insulted it. By describing Brussels as a “hellhole” because of its sizeable Muslim population, Trump […]
From Brussels, I reject Israel’s solidarity
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 23 March 2016 A tribute to the people killed in Brussels this week. (Miguel Discart/Flickr) I have lived in Brussels for 21 years but never considered this city as my home — until Donald Trump insulted it. By describing Brussels as a “hellhole” because of its sizeable Muslim population, Trump […]
From Brussels, I reject Israel’s solidarity
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 23 March 2016 A tribute to the people killed in Brussels this week. (Miguel Discart/Flickr) I have lived in Brussels for 21 years but never considered this city as my home — until Donald Trump insulted it. By describing Brussels as a “hellhole” because of its sizeable Muslim population, Trump […]
From Brussels, I reject Israel’s solidarity
David Cronin Rights and Accountability 23 March 2016 A tribute to the people killed in Brussels this week. (Miguel Discart/Flickr) I have lived in Brussels for 21 years but never considered this city as my home — until Donald Trump insulted it. By describing Brussels as a “hellhole” because of its sizeable Muslim population, Trump […]
Hunger-striking Palestinian journalist on verge of death
Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 4 February 2016 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus take part in a protest on 3 February in solidarity with journalist Muhammad al-Qiq who is on the brink of death after more than 70 days on hunger strike in Israeli custody. Nedal Eshtayah APA images After 71 […]
The Populist Revolution: Bernie and Beyond
Ellen Brown (nsnbc) : The world is undergoing a populist revival. From the revolt against austerity led by the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to Jeremy Corbyn’s surprise victory as Labour leader in the UK, to Donald Trump’s ascendancy in the Republican polls, to Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly strong challenge to […]
How Congress Is About To Make It Easier For Chemical Companies To Poison Us
In the United States, we have become so inured to ironically-titled legislation, the majority of us simply assume legislators find dystopic, tongue-in-cheek humor in toying with our hopes — think: USA Freedom Act, the sole freedom of which lies in the government’s green light to spy on the populace however it chooses. Similarly, a set […]
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 26
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Registration of around 12,000 people for the late February elections dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Also in the […]
Former CIA Detainees Sue Torture Psychologists
Print Friendly Above Photo: Brennan Linsley/Associated Press An ACLU lawyer representing the former detainees says the Senate torture report is “really why our clients are able to pursue this case.” WASHINGTON — Three former CIA detainees are suing over being tortured at the agency’s infamous “black sites,” the first suit to seek accountability in a U.S. […]