Western sanctions have forced Iran to build self reliance into its domestic industries.

“America must end its illegal and unilateral sanctions and return to its (deal) commitments. This needs neither negotiations nor resolutions.”

Descending into a public blame game is what the parties do when talks start to break down – it’s not an effective measure to get talks going.

"Trump has given Israel everything it could possibly ask for, with no consideration for what the U.S. interests might actually be."

Benjamin Netanyahu is currently in panic again because the Biden administration may choose to opt out of the Israeli script, particularly with respect to Iran.

Mideast talks will continue to be initiated with the caveat of everyone wanting their own marked deck of cards be the one used. We have all been here before.

The simple fact is that both the Democratic and Republican parties have blood on their hands.

We all have to come to the realization that a peace deal with Iran is not a threat to the United States, to Israel, or any country on the planet.

"By requesting additional forces to contain a supposedly urgent Iranian threat, McKenzie triggered the dispatch of an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East."

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, non-partisan, we all need to be united on this very issue: no more war for Israel!

The situation in Iran must be understood not only in light of what the CIA and British intelligence did in Tehran with Operation Ajax in 1953.

When ideology is your guide, you’re bound to get lost."

I simply cannot wait to see how Biden and Netanyahu will square off on Iran in the next few years or so.

While India’s deliberate move away from Iran has taken place against the backdrop of US sanctions on Iran, imposed in the wake of Trump’s decision to force-scrap the JCPOA, these moves are fundamentally rooted in a strategic consensus with the US over Iran.

For years, US media outlets have portrayed Fakhrizadeh as Iran’s equivalent to J. Robert Oppenheimer, marketing him to the public as the mastermind behind an Iranian version of the Manhattan Project.

Jim W. Dean - Biden has already undermined his JCPOA position by playing his ballistic missile card before even being inaugurated.

If Biden brings back the nuclear deal, if he takes Netanyahu to the woodshed and avoids another disaster in the Middle East, then he is doing America and much of the world a great service. He would certainly get much respect.

...by Jonas E. Alexis, VT Editor This interview has been published by Nader Talebzadeh and his wife. Talebzadeh is an Iranian researcher, film director and...

Two cheers for Obama for sticking it to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel should face the consequences of its actions if it continues to get involved in terrorist activities under the name of “self-defense.”

“Much of the bad decision making by Trump is derived from his having bought into the Israeli view of Iran, which, in reality, does not threaten Americans or U.S. interests.” Philip Giraldi, former CIA analyst

Neither Israel nor the Trump administration can simply wash their hands and say that they are completely innocent in the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq." Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump in 2000: "Within five years Iran is expected to have nuclear missiles capable of reaching the continental United States."

The European Union foreign policy chief, Joseph Borrell, says Iran should reap the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear work.

The Israelis will have to be out in the cold because they won’t witness bloodshed with Iran. Oops.

Jim W. Dean - The key hurdle I saw for Iran is that while Biden had stated he would rejoin the JCPOA, he mentioned some 'other issues' surrounding it would have to be worked out.

The wrong signals from Biden can close the window even before he takes the Presidential oath; the right signals can prepare the ground for the successful restoration of the nuclear accord – and more.

We hope that Biden will pick up where Obama left off and put fire in Netanyahu’s pants.

...by Jonas E. Alexis, VT Editor If you don’t think that politicians in the United States are not puppets and lackeys of the Khazarian Bansker...

The Armenian-Azerbaijani war, which started on September 27, continues in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region despite international diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the conflict.

Former US national security advisor John Bolton has admitted to receiving tens of thousands of dollars from the anti-Iran terrorist cult of Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) at a time when the group was still a banned terrorist outfit and not removed from the Washington’s black list.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the true manifestation of a diabolical figure who will do anything to drink the blood of other people in the Middle East.

These sanctions are now stopping basic medical equipment from getting into Iran such as the Mepilex dressings from Sweden that are used to treat serious wounds.

If Trump and his administration want to ignore historical evidence, then they are hastening their own political and historical death. They can fool some people, but they cannot fool us.

“Donald Trump’s serial lying, and his penchant for repeating lies long after they have been disproven, is in a class by itself regarding dishonesty by a top American leader." Pillar

Jim W. Dean - Armenia has not been an aggressor, but has been a victim of Turkey's genocide. We have seen no reparation efforts whatsoever for Turkey's terrible crimes, having a pass, perhaps, as a NATO member.

Jim W. Dean - Already Republican activists are publicizing several ways that the presidential election would be determined without 'voter participation'.

Salman Rafi Sheikh -- If violence begets violence, alliance produces a counter-alliance.

New and deeply disturbing footage shows a Saudi Arabia-backed terrorist group in the very act of a 2018 attack on a parade in southwestern Iran, which killed 25 people and injured 70 others, mostly civilian bystanders.

Jim W. Dean - This news shows how practical Iran is with its open arms to Azerbaijan, despite its having had a long and close relationship with Israel.

Jim W. Dean - Iran might begin seizing US ships and holding them until the election is over, and maybe a grownup as president will stop the silly provocations.

The media has largely missed this, but Mike Pompeo has signaled that the US will enforce (non-existent) UN sanctions on Iran as early as next week by confiscating Iranian cargo ships.

The idea that Iran would consider killing somebody like this airhead blonde, as some kind of tit for tat for the murder of General Soleimani...is ludicrous.

Iran's spokesman said baseless allegations such as the one published in the Politico are "part of the Trump administration's counter-intelligence campaign against Iran."

Jim W. Dean - A quadruple play battle for a shift of power is on the line besides the presidential race.