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Japan mulling dispatch of SDF near Strait of Hormuz

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Editor 22 Views Cabinet secretary, Chief Cabinet Secretary, coalition, defense minister, Fishing, FOREIGN MINISTER, Japan, Japanese company, Mike Pompeo, National Security Council, oil supplier, Oman, Persian Gulf, SDF dispatch, Secretary of State, Shinzo Abe, Straight of Hormuz, tanker, Tokyo, vessels, Yoshihide Suga

Source: Asahi Shimbun The government is considering dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to areas near the Strait of Hormuz to protect

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Pompeo’s challenge to the Khomeinist regime leaders on passing anti-terror financing bills

October 12, 2019 Editor 28 Views banking standards, combatting terror, deferring, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), financing terrorism, global, international banking relations, international conventions, international watchdog, Islamic Parliament (Majles), legal structure, legislation, Mike Pompeo, Money Laundering, reforms, resolution, U.S. Secretary of State

By The Free Iranian Staff   On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a statement saying that if

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Zakka to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Freed Me as Part of Deal with US

September 29, 2019October 1, 2019 Editor 39 Views anti-Iran, arrested, Asharq Al-Awsat, Australia, Beirut, Brian Hook, calculated move, circumvent sanctions, commit offenses, concessions, conference, conspiracy to defraud, deport, doctoral student, federal court, Hassan Nasrallah, indicted, information technology, Iranian authorities, Michel Aoun, Mike Pompeo, Minnesota, Negar Ghodskani, negotiations, Nizar Zakka, Princeton University, prisoner exchange, professional, release from prison, Robert O’Brien, Secretary of State, special representative for Iran, time served, US citizen, US maximum pressure, US permanent resident, White House national security adviser, Xiyue Wang

By Heba El Koudsy Source: Asharq Al-Awsat   Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese man with US permanent residency, has said that

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US sanctions to spare Hezbollah’s political allies, for now

September 28, 2019October 1, 2019 Editor 39 Views Agence France-Presse, Amal Movement, arms and financing, David Schenker, foreign currency, Free Patriotic Movement, fuel importers, funds, governmental palace, institutions, Lebanese Prime Minister, Lebanon, Lebanon’s Jammal Trust Bank (JTB), leverage, maintain distance, Marshall Billingslea, material support, Michel Aoun, Mike Pompeo, Nabih Berri, Near Eastern affairs, necessary steps, OFAC’s (Office of Foreign Assets Control), oil sales, parliamentary Speaker, political allies, proxy, risk and intelligence consultancy S-RM, Saad Hariri, Secretary of State, shipping, Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), target, Terrorist Financing, Tom Crooke, US Embassy, US Treasury, US Treasury Assistant Secretary

Concerns over the health of Lebanon’s banking sector, particularly over the availability of foreign currency, have been growing. By Simon

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Pompeo: Iran’s involvement in Saudi Aramco attacks increases risk of conflict

September 25, 2019September 27, 2019 Editor 48 Views Chinese entities, conflict, Iran Summit, Iranian economy, Iranian malign influence, Mike Pompeo, Mohammed Javad Zarif, panicked aggression, President Hassan Rouhani, sanctionable activity, Saudi Aramco attacks, transferring oil, transporting oil, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)

Source: Al Arabiya English US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Iran’s involvement in the Saudi Aramco

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Rouhani says Iran will not negotiate with US, accuses America of ‘economic terrorism’

September 25, 2019September 27, 2019 Editor 46 Views Chinese entities, Chris Wallace, economic terrorism, foreigners, Fox News, framework, fuel fire, global oil markets, Iran nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Mike Pompeo, nations, Persian Gulf, President Hassan Rouhani, provocative intervention, rising aggression, Sanction, Secretary of State, security and territorial integrity, the weapon of poverty, transporting oil, U.N. General Assembly, Yemeni rebels

By Barnini Chakraborty Source: Fox News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday accused the United States of “merciless economic terrorism”

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China, Russia, Iran ‘plan joint naval drill in international waters’

September 22, 2019September 23, 2019 Editor 56 Views Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities, act of war, active defence diplomacy, all-out war, armed forces, Chief of Staff, China, China’s president, China’s support for Iran, Chinese state media, commanders, convergence, defence minister, diplomacy, drone attack, drone strikes, economic isolation, extreme scenarios, full and fair investigation, General Ghadir Nezami Pour, international affairs, international waters, intimidating message, Iranian news outlet, joint naval drill, Major General, masterminding the attacks, maximum pressure campaign, Mike Pompeo, military conflicts, military exchange, Mohammad Baqeri, naval expert Li Jie, navy drill, Ni Lexiong, northern Indian Ocean, oil exports, oil facilities, Persian Gulf, political goals, Russia, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, Sea of Oman, Secretary of State, send a message, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, specialist and professor, Strait of Hormuz, tactical and military experiences, targeting, Xi Jinping

Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon, but Chinese media silent on reported manoeuvres

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Pentagon holds press conference on Iran

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Editor 38 Views chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense secretary, drone attacks, Joseph Dunford, Mark Esper, Mike Pompeo, moderate deployment, Pentagon, press conference, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State, troops

Source: CBS News   Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford held a

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As Pompeo Works With Allies to Deter Iran, German Gov’t Promotes Trade With Iran

September 20, 2019October 3, 2019 Editor 47 Views a dangerous move, aggression, aggressive course, antisemitic, assassinations, ballistic missile programs, Bank Melli Iran, Banking and Business Forum Iran Europe, banking oversight body, banking sector, business consulting, designated foreign terrorist organization, divert resources, economic affairs, European Union, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Federal Ministry of Finance, foreign affairs division, foreign operations unit, fund terrorism, German government, Hamburg, Houthi rebels, Iranian ambassador to Germany, Iranian business promotion conference, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), lawmaker, Mahmoud Farazandeh, Maleki Corporate Group, Mike Pompeo, misogynist, normalize relationships, nuclear programs, oil infrastructure, oil processing plant, oilfields, planned event, policy, promoting trade with Iran, Richard Grenell, Secretary of State, Socialist, terror attacks, The Left party, trade and détente, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Treasury Department, Ulrike Becker., wait-and-see approach, Yemen

By Patrick Goodenough Source: CNSNews   (CNSNews.com) – As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tries to get European allies aboard an

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Team Iran

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Editor 58 Views advanced technology, alliances, anti-American, Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Benjamin Netanyahu, bomb, campaigns, campus, chants, CIA, constituency, death to America, Defense secretary, Democratic Party officials, diplomats, dissident journalist, dungeons, Egypt, exterminationist, fate of the planet, foreign policy, foreign policy initiative, genocidal regime, green-card holder, hawkish, Hillary Clinton, Houthis, Human Rights, intelligence capabilities, Iran nuclear deal, Iran Policy, Iraq, isolationists, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister, Jamal Khashoggi, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Leon Panetta, Liberalism, maximum pressure campaign, Mike Pompeo, military attack, military power, nihilists, non-starter, nuclear bomb, nuclear-armed Iran, oil prices, oil supply, operatives, partisan politics, perspective, political game, political operatives, political partisans, pro-American states, rapprochement, Republicans, Riyadh, Robert Gates, Robert Kagan, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi oil production, Secretary of State, Senator Chris Murphy, Strikes, Sunni-majority, Tablet, talking points, target audiences, targeting, Team Iran, Team Israel, terrorize, torture chambers, toxic, US ally, weapons, Yemen, zero-sum

How Iran makes war in the Middle East while turning U.S. foreign policy into an extension of partisan American politics

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