Tag: Ali Khamenei

US hawks push hardline presidential candidate in Iran + Raeisi wins presidential vote in Iran with a landslide victory

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US hawks push hardline presidential candidate in Iran

However, Abrams’ support boiled down to his belief that Raisi represents “the true face of the Islamic Republic, while Rouhani is a façade.” According to Abrams, elevating a hardliner like Raisi would bring the Islamic Republic closer to collapse and provide a “clearer view” of the nature of the regime. Such an understanding would make it easier to advance the pressure policies that Abrams and his like-minded compatriots favored, regardless of their interlocutor in Iran and what could be achieved through diplomacy.

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Raeisi wins presidential vote in Iran with a landslide victory

Iran Election Preview

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Iran Election Preview

A confusing aspect of Iranian politics is that the socially conservatives, which the west unfairly calls ‘hardliners’, are on the social-democratic left on economic issues while the socially liberal reformers tend to favor the bazaari and capitalists. Still, it is not yet clear to me what Raisi’s economic preferences and policies are.

Iran blocks IAEA nuclear inspections under Additional Protocol following sanctions deadline

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Press TV – February 23, 2021

Iran has stopped the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement that allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out short-notice inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities, following a deadline set by Tehran for the removal of US sanctions.

Iran blocks IAEA nuclear inspections under Additional Protocol following sanctions deadline

Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rohingya – what’s really going on?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

[2017] Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rohingya – what’s really going on? The US MIC Pentagon war plan in South-East Asia to suppress China

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You are probably aware that you are incompletely informed about what is brewing in Myanmar, and you probably haven’t heard about the military coalition that is preparing to attack that country. And yet, as Thierry Meyssan reveals here, these current events have been in preparation by Riyadh and Washington since 2013. Don’t take sides before you read this article and digest the information

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[2017] China and Russia Urge Diplomatic and Media Objectivity in Myanmar

Myanmar coup: US and China divided in response to army takeover