(Zero Hedge) Making good on his Saturday tweet threat that “we are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday”, President Trump said on Monday that he’s imposing sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his office, a step “designed to increase pressure on the Islamic Republic.”
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Rumors of Wars: Iran Shoots Down US Drone, Says “Ready For War”
(Zero Hedge) Update 4 (1615ET): The Iranian government has released alleged video of their military shooting down the unmanned US drone, also showing the alleged path of the drone, which they claim had entered their airspace (US maintains the drone remained in international waters)…
Possible Iran False Flag In Gulf Of Oman & Israel Attacks Syria Again
(TLAV) Oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman. The US government rushes to blame Iran. Just like they blamed Iran for a recent shady rocket attack in the Green Zone in Iraq. The latest attack appears to be yet another false flag. Israel continues to bomb Syria with no media coverage.
7 Reasons To Be Highly Skeptical Of The Gulf Of Oman Incident
(Caitlin Johnstone) In a move that surprised exactly zero people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wasted no time scrambling to blame Iran for damage done to two sea vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, citing exactly zero evidence.
After Army Col. Warns of False Flag to Start War with Iran, US Blames Iran for Attacks
(Matt Agorist) Months before an alleged attack was being blamed on Iran, a US Army Colonel predicted this very scenario playing out to start a war.
White House Considers Pentagon Plan to Deploy 120,000 US Troops to Iran
(Jason Ditz) John Bolton ordered the Pentagon to come up with an “updated” plan for getting more American troops into the Middle East to fight a war against Iran. The plans are in now, according to officials, who say that the options envision 120,000 US ground troops in the Middle East.
Media Blackout: U.S. and Iran Tensions Rise — Iran Claims Arrest of 290 CIA Agents; U.S. Sends 2 Aircraft Carriers To Mediterranean; Bolton & Pompeo Issue Threats
(Aaron Kesel) U.S. and Iranian tensions are rising at a rapid rate. National Security Adviser John Bolton has publicly acknowledged deploying the U.S.S Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) region as a “clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”
EU, Russia, Iran, and China Unveil New Global Payment System Independent of US
(Zero Hedge) In a stunning vote of “no confidence” in the US monopoly over global payment infrastructure, one month ago Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the US that would allow Brussels to be independent in its financial operations from Washington and as a means of rescuing the nuclear deal between Iran and the west.
New Poll Finds Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Going to War With Iran
(Zero Hedge) Americans are opposed to going to war against Iran by a more than two-to-one margin according to a new poll.
US Reportedly Preparing to Bomb Iran as Early as Next Month
(Zero Hedge) As the White House convenes a policy meeting on Iran Thursday involving senior Pentagon officials and cabinet advisers under national security adviser John Bolton, and after a week of intense saber-rattling by President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, a new bombshell report by Australia’s ABCsays the White House is drawing up plans to strike Iran’s alleged nuclear facilities as early as next month.”
Leaked Netanyahu Tape: We Made Trump Quit the Iran Nuclear Deal
(Zero Hedge) On Tuesday an Israeli television channel aired leaked video footage it obtained exclusively showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasting that he had personally convinced President Trump to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. The statements were made at a small dinner event where he addressed senior members of his Likud party.
European Powers Prepare to Ditch Dollar in Trade With Iran
(Elliott Gabriel) While the White House’s frenzied anti-Iran campaign has entailed unprecedented attempts to twist the arms of the United States’ traditional European allies, the pressure may be backfiring – a reality made all the more clear by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claims that Europe’s three major powers plan to continue trade ties with Iran without the use of the U.S. dollar.
QAnon on How Ending Iran Peace Deal Thwarts Deep State Plans for Nuclear False Flag Attack
(Dr. Michael Salla) The military intelligence group that comprises QAnon continues to make extraordinary revelations about behind the scenes efforts to displace and remove U.S. officials that make up or have been compromised by the Deep State. Most recently, QAnon has been focusing on why President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the July 14, 2015 Iran nuclear deal is a positive development, and how this is connected to Trump helping free North Korea from Deep State control.
Israel’s Disturbing Policy of Assassinating Scientists
(Darius Shahtahmasebi) For the first time, the covert elements of an Israeli plot to undermine Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions — including the assassination of Iranian scientists — has been uncovered, Politico reports.
Fake News Exposed: New York Times Finally Corrects Bogus Claim That Iran ‘Sponsored’ 9/11 Attacks
(Adam Johnson) In its reporting on a dubious lawsuit alleging Iranian meta-involvement in 9/11, the New York Times badly misunderstood the case and maintained for more than three years, in the paper of record, that the government of Iran “sponsored” the September 11, 2001, attacks. The belated correction, issued late Wednesday night on two widely […]