Iran Downs Hostile US Spy Drone in Its Airspace by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said “the IRGC air force shot down an American spy drone, identified as RQ-4 Global Hawk, that had violated Iranian airspace in the Kuh Mubarak region located at... Continue Reading →

Russian Nationals Falsely Charged with Downing MH17 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Not a shred of credible evidence suggests Russia or its nationals had anything to do with downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) on July 17, 2014 in eastern Ukraine airspace, all passengers and crew members perishing at the time.... Continue Reading →

Sino/US Trade Talks to Resume, Xi and Trump to Meet: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Talks broke down in early May over unacceptable US demands. Eleven rounds of talks since  China’s Xi Jinping met with Trump at his Mar a Lago, Florida estate in April 2017 failed to... Continue Reading →

More US Fake News About Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Bolton, Pompeo, their henchmen, and likeminded Pentagon hardliners are going all-out to manufacture a case for war on Iran based on disinformation, Big Lies and fake news. The US navy claims it removed limpet mine fragments and a magnet from... Continue Reading →

Trump Against War on Iran? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Trump’s geopolitical record shows he yielded to regime hawks Pompeo, Bolton, and in the war department on escalating aggression in multiple theaters. Bolton pushed for war on Iran long before he became Trump’s national security advisor. Pompeo largely favors war on... Continue Reading →

Egypt’s El-Sisi Regime Let Mohamed Morsi Die from Medical Neglect by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Morsi was Egypt’s only democratically elected president, serving from June 30, 2012 until the Obama regime orchestrated his ouster on July 3, 2013 — because he wasn’t subservient enough to US interests, wanting a ruler it... Continue Reading →

Good and Bad News on Possible US War on Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US war on Iran if launched would devastate the region more than already. It would risk escalation to something more serious, risking possible global war if Russia intervenes as it did in Syria. China and Russia... Continue Reading →

Venezuelan Coup Plotter Guaido’s Party Members Involved in Grand Theft by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) According to the Spanish-language PanAm Post, sympathetic to the Trump regime’s anti-President Maduro coup plot, figures close to designated White House puppet/usurper in waiting Guaido “seize(d) funds for humanitarian aid (meant for Venezuelans) in Colombia.” Clearly... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Planning War on Iran Based on Big Lies and Deception? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Fast-moving events suggest that unthinkable US preemptive war on Iran is possible, a reckless act if launched — like all wars, based on Big Lies and deception. More on this below. Years earlier, former... Continue Reading →

US Media Hostility Toward Iran Increases Possibility of War by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Establishment media are willing US imperial accomplices, marching in lockstep with its wars of aggression against nonbelligerent countries and other hostile actions. Serving as press agents for wealth, power, and privilege, they long ago abandoned what journalism... Continue Reading →