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    Quote Posted by Rizotto (here)
    I had dubbed it a “trailer-trash cult” – a fusion of biblical illiteracy, apocalyptic fervor and geopolitical delusion. Some of my Israeli counterparts, in a strange display of casual prejudice, alternately referred to Cruz and present Secretary of State Marco Rubio simply as “the Mexican.”

    Yes, in general, that is how it goes in every place. They take a so-called "revealed scripture" and turn it into supremacism. Although, again, my question remains how the pre-Torah ways of Elijah and Yhwh are not supremacism. That seems to be girded in the root of the thing. That is the scripture.

    I don't particularly care for the Christian one either, although, upon analysis, it is merely based on some rather strange beliefs that are intended to eradicate whatever was going on with the Torah and replace it. In this sense, self-professed Christians are the most illiterate of them all. It's an English distortion separated from source by over 1,500 years. It's not part of Christianity. Again, just for the sake of those maintaining an interest, I would recommend at least joining the "real thing" rather than the fools' parade. It's not easy if you live west of Serbia, but that just goes to show that Europe and America have no real religion or spiritual values.


    As for the "Long War" in the historical context, it is not so much that Asian powers dominated in the 11th century. India and China basically "dominated" recorded history, and one notices they reached a limit and quit trying to take over the world. In return, India got the Mughals, the Portuguese Jesuits, and the British Empire, which raped and ruined it. Shortly after they entered China, Europeans were kicked out. The 1773 suppression of the Jesuits was neither a joke nor an idea that simply went away. We are running on Jesuitry, i. e., global conflict backed by any form of lies and crime to achieve this purpose.


    This reeks of transparency:


    Quote Lebanon’s General Security Agency carried out on Monday a raid operation in Borj Al-Barajneh area, Beirut’s Southern Suburb (Dahieh), dismantling a terrorist gang, composed of 5 to 7 Syrians, upon suspicions raised by the locals in the town, according to Al-Manar security sources.

    The same sources added that the preliminary investigations indicated, upon inspecting the detainees’ mobile phones, a direct link with ISIL and, more dangerously, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.

    According to Al-Manar reporter, the investigation is currently focusing on several key points, most notably:

    The reason for the group’s presence in Borj al-Barajneh, and whether it was operating within Lebanese territory or preparing to move into Syria.

    The nature of its contact with Mossad, and whether specific missions or operations were planned in Lebanon or Syria.

    The possibility of coordination between ISIL and Mossad, and whether the planned targets included targeting specific areas, especially in light of the Ashura commemoration, raises questions about the timing of the arrest.

    These developments come within a broader security context. Security sources told Al-Manar TV that Lebanese security services are intensifying their preemptive operations to dismantle terrorist networks operating on Lebanese territory. They indicated that Lebanese Army Intelligence had arrested, a few days earlier, one of the most dangerous ISIL leaders in Lebanon, nicknamed “Qasoura.” During the investigation, he admitted to leading a group operating between Baalbek and the South.

    The sources explained that the Lebanese-Syrian border, particularly the northern border, represents a security vulnerability used by terrorist groups to infiltrate into Lebanon. This requires security agencies to raise their level of preparedness to prevent any potential attacks.

    Lebanese General Security called on citizens not to be drawn into rumors that could cause panic, emphasizing the need for vigilance and caution without exaggeration.

    Al-Manar sources also underlined the role of citizens in uncovering the cell, stressing that public vigilance and surveillance significantly helped in monitoring suspicious movements. They called on everyone to act as security eyes during this critical period.

    The sources concluded that proving the relationship between the group members and Mossad and their assignment of specific missions, if confirmed, would represent a pivotal security shift in the domestic landscape and would be closely linked to ongoing political developments in Lebanon and the region.

    Fomenting discontent:


    Quote Tensions erupted in the West Bank as Israeli settlers clashed with occupation security forces outside a military base and torched a multi-million-shekel security installation in the area.

    Israeli occupation army said on Monday Israeli settlers “set fire to and vandalized” an Israeli “security site” used for surveillance in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank.

    Photographs shared by the military in a post on X appear to show burned computer servers and other equipment as well as graffiti in Hebrew.

    “Damage to the site poses a danger to the safety of residents,” the Israeli army said.

    while in approximately this condition:


    Quote At least 31,000 buildings and 4,000 vehicles in Israel have been destroyed or heavily damaged by Iranian missile and drone strikes, the Iranian news website Defa Press reported, according to TASS.

    According to the portal, this demonstrates that Iranian missiles have "inflicted enormous and irreparable damage" on Israel during the conflict.

    Azeri police raid Sputnik News outlet, cutting off communication with home base. So, yes, this is an exploited mess between this country and Armenia, and somewhere else, that, for example, the U. S. and Israel do not belong, but I am sure they will only contribute to making things much, much worse than necessary.



    Destruction of Zionists is also a long game:


    Quote A senior military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says that the process of the annihilation of the criminal Israeli regime has accelerated.

    Speaking to reporters, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi expressed his condolences on the martyrdom of more than 20 senior Iranian military commanders including former Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Force General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri.

    “I have repeatedly emphasized that the final victory will be obtained by the Iranian nation. The enemies will fail in achieving their malicious goals. They were unable to make Iran surrender or overthrow the Islamic Revolution, and they even failed in their attempts to stage a coup against the country,” he underlined.

    Elsewhere in his remarks, Major General Safavi pointed to the deteriorating situation of the criminal Zionist regime, adding that the annihilation of the criminal Israeli regime has gathered pace and the blood of the oppressed martyrs of Gaza, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria will be shed in revenge against this fake regime.

    The destruction of the criminal Israeli regime and Netanyahu has gained momentum, he maintained.

    He then referred to the formation of a Greater Middle East plot centered on the Islamic Revolution and said that the power of the Islamic world with 1.6 billion Muslims will overcome the power of the West, and the US government will continue to be in decline.

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    strange ,i have not seen this reported yet ,if true its a pretty big deal imho! --28/6/25 --13 min--

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    Alexander Mercouris discusses the next and inevitable attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran. As he says frequently "The neocons have no reverse gear" - they will inevitably come back to attack Iran once they have replenished their weapons. He says that the Iranians have three options:
    1. To negotiate a peace deal with the United States

    2. To develop a weapons grade atomic bomb.

    3. To accept offers of a missile defense system from either Russia, China, or perhaps, both.

    Mercouris thinks that the latter might be the best option for the Iranian, however, they are unlikely to accept because they are worried they will loose the sovereignty to these larger powers, and this might also create some violations of the Iranian constitution.


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    The latest assault by Israel on Gaza has seen at least 80 people killed in airstrikes as Israel stepped up its military campaign in one of the most lethal 24-hour periods since the ceasefire ended in March.


    Israel had warned people to evacuate areas in North Gaza, Gaza City and Deir el-Balah.

    They were urged to head south but 80 per cent of the strip is now an Israeli-militarized zone or under evacuation orders with new orders in place now for Khan Younis and Rafah.

    At least 20 people were killed this afternoon in an Israeli strike on a beachfront Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City.

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    Ryan and Dave are joined by Amir Tibon to discuss reports of Gaza aid site massacres....

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    KILLING FIELDS: Dave Smith, Israeli Journo On Gaza Aid Site Massacres

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    US approves $500 MILLION arms sale to Israel

    IDF will buy more than 7,000 guidance kits to fit to its 2,000lb and 500lb bombs

    Days before Netanyahu visits the White House

    Netanyahu to MEET Trump at White House Monday — Axios

    First time since US STRIKE on Iran’s nuclear sites

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    Quote Posted by Jaak (here)
    If Iran can arrest (and most likely execute) 700 people almost immediately after the war, why couldn't they arrest even 1 before the war started? This story does not make any sense unless it is an effort to intimidate the population.

    Also, if 700 Iranian citizens were willing to work for the Israelis, it tells me that there is a deep dissatisfaction with the Ayatollah. How many defectors do they have, 10,000, 20,000 or more? This story is a clear and strong indication that civil unrest is simmering just below the surface; it is only a matter of time before it erupts.

    By all accounts, Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after China, according to several human rights groups, including Amnesty International. Arresting and executing such a high number of people is the ultimate way to control the population.

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    In the 1930s, the Nazi regime and some Zionist organizations had limited and controversial interactions. Despite Nazi antisemitism, both parties had overlapping interests: the Nazis wanted Jews out of Germany, while Zionists aimed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. This led to the 1933 Haavara Agreement, allowing German Jews to emigrate to Palestine with a portion of their wealth.

    However, this pragmatic cooperation was short-lived. As Nazi racial policies radicalized, any notion of "negotiation" faded. Some fringe Zionist groups, like Lehi (Stern Gang), controversially sought contact with Axis powers during World War II, but these overtures were rejected. Ultimately, any early cooperation was driven by desperation, not shared ideology, and ended with the horrors of mass extermination...

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    Same false reasoning for going into Iraq to save the Iraqis from the evil cartoon villain, Saddam Hussein.

    It was all a pretext to exert control and dominance in the region for oil and at the behest of Netanyahu. The US utterly destroyed that country, along with other countries.-- Libya, Syria, etc... Millions dead. And guess which country sent not one soldier into the fight?

    Anyone who buys the load of codswallup about regime change required to liberate Iranians is naive.

    There are still loyalists to the shah in Iran. You want to talk about high numbers of executed and tortured? The Shah had most dictators beat.

    There ARE a lot of spies living in Iran.

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    Quote Posted by bojancan (here)
    The latest assault by Israel on Gaza has seen at least 80 people killed in airstrikes as Israel stepped up its military campaign in one of the most lethal 24-hour periods since the ceasefire ended in March.


    Israel had warned people to evacuate areas in North Gaza, Gaza City and Deir el-Balah.

    They were urged to head south but 80 per cent of the strip is now an Israeli-militarized zone or under evacuation orders with new orders in place now for Khan Younis and Rafah.

    At least 20 people were killed this afternoon in an Israeli strike on a beachfront Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City.

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    Ryan and Dave are joined by Amir Tibon to discuss reports of Gaza aid site massacres....

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    KILLING FIELDS: Dave Smith, Israeli Journo On Gaza Aid Site Massacres
    Thank you Bojancan.

    However, after listening to 2/3rds of the Sales Quarter Results managerial meeting about “How effectively can we kill Gaza aid seekers while maintaining our policy of extolling the Humanity of our Soldiers”, I broke it off. Especially with the glib and slick “Ha‘Aretz” (The Soil, der Boden) journalism impersonator.

    Listening to this – as, tragically, even listening to non-antisemitic and non-zionist self-identifying Jews these days – has begun to destroy my moral sense.

    I prefer to drink poison pure than after watching a commercial calling it lemonade.

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    Quote Posted by rgray222 (here)

    If Iran can arrest (and most likely execute) 700 people almost immediately after the war, why couldn't they arrest even 1 before the war started? This story does not make any sense unless it is an effort to intimidate the population.

    Also, if 700 Iranian citizens were willing to work for the Israelis, it tells me that there is a deep dissatisfaction with the Ayatollah. How many defectors do they have, 10,000, 20,000 or more? This story is a clear and strong indication that civil unrest is simmering just below the surface; it is only a matter of time before it erupts.

    By all accounts, Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after China, according to several human rights groups, including Amnesty International. Arresting and executing such a high number of people is the ultimate way to control the population.
    Thank you, rgray222.

    Who do you mean by “the Ayatollah”?

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    Must watch. Jeffrey Sach's strongest condemnation of the USA-Israel war of attrition against Iran.

    Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : US/Israeli Plot vs Iran!

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    Quote Posted by AutumnW (here)
    Same false reasoning for going into Iraq to save the Iraqis from the evil cartoon villain, Saddam Hussein.

    It was all a pretext to exert control and dominance in the region for oil and at the behest of Netanyahu. The US utterly destroyed that country, along with other countries.-- Libya, Syria, etc... Millions dead. And guess which country sent not one soldier into the fight?

    Anyone who buys the load of codswallup about regime change required to liberate Iranians is naive.

    There are still loyalists to the shah in Iran. You want to talk about high numbers of executed and tortured? The Shah had most dictators beat.

    There ARE a lot of spies living in Iran.
    If Aayan Hirsi Ali, Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson, Gad Saad, and many other notables are naive, serve me up a platter of codswallop any day.

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    Iran-Israel round 2; Diplomacy and war preparations
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    Latest from The Duran about the Middle East. I've noticed in the last week or so that their discussions are now based on conjecture rather than actual contact, and suspect this is to do with the blanket media news black-out. Still worth a listen although not to be taken verbatim, and this probably goes across the board with all our regular sources.

    My view: The jury's still out as to whether Iran will create their own nuclear bomb but if Russia, China and other nuclear powers are behind them - and they really should be if only to keep BRICS intact - I can't see why the fuss. Of course if Donald Trump was to bite the bullet and apply to join BRICS and become an equal partner, then the building tsunami would just evaporate. But this isn't going to happen because of (a) Donal Trump's ego and MAGA means to stay No.1 and (b) the neocons would probably assassinate him. But really, even though this isn't the time or place to air such a view, it would be a great solution and fair step forward for all the people in the world to start living as equals.

    In the meantime, the potential for the sthtf still stands :/.
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    Iran Says NO As US Seeks Nuclear Talks Restart,
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    West Alarmed By Russian Advance





    Iran Says NO As US Seeks Nuclear Talks Restart, Demands Guarantees; West Alarmed By Russian Advance
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    0:00 - Introduction to current US-Iran relations
    0:30 - Discussion on the urgency of US negotiations with Iran
    2:15 - Analysis of Trump's nuclear deal strategy with Iran
    4:07 - Overview of the Abraham Accords and their implications for Iran
    5:25 - Trump's push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
    6:12 - Iran's stance on uranium enrichment and negotiations
    8:40 - Iranian Foreign Minister's response to US military actions
    12:45 - Implications of the 12-day war on US-Iran negotiations
    14:10 - Iran's conditions for resuming negotiations with the US
    19:10 - The need for US guarantees to Iran regarding military attacks
    22:00 - Analysis of US and Israeli military strategies against Iran
    27:00 - Overview of Iran's nuclear capabilities and potential future actions
    33:00 - Discussion on Iran's military procurement strategies
    47:30 - Conclusion and summary of the US-Iran negotiation landscape
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    So many analyses and reporting from well known analysts to us ... some are repetitions some not... here is the lates Macgregor with Diesen... two hours ago..
    Here and there some little new facts in those interviews...

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    Douglas Macgregor is a retired Colonel and former advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Col. Macgregor argues that Trump has started a war he will not be able to finish soon, as the ceasefire is temporary and fake.


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    Speaking at the panel organised by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) “Genocide in Gaza, War on Iran: What’s Next for Palestine?”, Tayab Ali, director of the ICJP, stated that Western countries are “selectively enforcing” international law, particularly regarding Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he described as “clear genocide.”


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    Interesting...

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    How the Israel lobby got Keir Starmer to ban Palestine Action


    As Palestine Action ask the courts to stop them being banned as a terror organisation, we look at the pro-Israel groups that have been lobbying the government to proscribe them.

    Britain’s home secretary Yvette Cooper will ask MPs this week to decide whether to ban Palestine Action alongside two far-right organisations, one of which is called the Maniac Murder Cult.

    The draconian move comes after Palestine Action broke into RAF Brize Norton airbase and damaged a military plane with red paint. Those two activists, armed with little more than red paint and e-scooters, were able to breach the security of Britain's biggest airbase - causing the government serious embarrassment on the world stage.

    Read more https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-wit...


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    Another excellent report from Kit Klarenberg here. Remember, all roads lead to somewhere in the United Kingdom - mostly, all else is often a decoy:

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    Spying on Iran: How MI6 infiltrated the IAEA

    Author: Kit Klarenberg
    Date: July 1, 2025
    Source: The Grayzone

    Leaked confidential files indicate the International Atomic Energy Agency was infiltrated by a veteran British spy who has claimed credit for sanctions on Iran. The documents lend weight to the Islamic Republic’s accusation that the nuclear watchdog secretly colluded with its enemies.

    A notorious British MI6 agent infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on London’s behalf, according to leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone. The agent, Nicholas Langman, is a veteran intelligence operative who claims credit for helping engineer the West’s economic war on Iran.

    Langman’s identity first surfaced in journalistic accounts of his role in deflecting accusations that British intelligence played a role in the death of Princess Diana. He was later accused by Greek authorities of overseeing the abduction and torture of Pakistani migrants in Athens.

    In both cases, UK authorities issued censorship orders forbidding the press from publishing his name. But Greek media, which was under no such obligation, confirmed that Langman was one of the MI6 assets withdrawn from Britain’s embassy in Athens.

    The Grayzone discovered the résumé of the journeyman British operative in a trove of leaked papers detailing the activities of Torchlight, a prolific British intelligence cutout. The bio of the longtime MI6 officer reveals he “led large, inter-agency teams to identify and defeat the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons technology, including by innovative technical means and sanctions.”

    In particular, the MI6 agent says he “worked to prevent WMD proliferation through… support for the [IAEA] and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [OPCW] and through high level international partnerships.”

    Langman’s CV credits him with playing a major role in organizing the sanctions regime on Iran by “[building] highly effective and mutually supportive relations across government and with senior US, European, Middle and Far Eastern colleagues for strategy” between 2010 and 2012. He boasts in his bio that this achievement “enabled [the] major diplomatic success of [the] Iranian nuclear and sanctions agreement.”

    The influence Langman claimed to have exerted on the IAEA adds weight to Iranian allegations that the international nuclear regulation body colluded with the West and Israel to undermine its sovereignty. The Iranian government has alleged that the IAEA supplied the identities of its top nuclear scientists to Israeli intelligence, enabling their assassinations, and provided critical intelligence to the US and Israel on the nuclear facilities they bombed during their military assault this June.

    This June 12, under the direction of its Secretary General Rafael Grossi, the IAEA issued a clearly politicized report recycling questionable past allegations to accuse Iran of violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The next day, Israel attacked the country, assassinating nine nuclear scientists as well as numerous top military officials and hundreds of civilians.

    Iranian former Vice President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif has since called for the IAEA’s Grossi to be sacked, accusing him of having “abetted the slaughter of innocents in the country.” This June 28, the Iranian government broke ties with the IAEA, refusing to allow its inspectors into the country.

    While Iranian officials may have had no idea about the involvement of a shadowy figure like Langman in IAEA business, it would likely come as little surprise to Tehran that the supposedly multilateral agency had been compromised by a Western intelligence agency.



    Langman’s name placed under official UK censorship order

    In 2016, Langman was named a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the same title bestowed on fictional British spy James Bond. By that point, the supposed secret agent held the dubious distinction of being publicly ‘burned’ as an MI6 operative on two separate occasions.

    First, in 2001, journalist Stephen Dorril revealed that Langman had arrived in Paris weeks prior to Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in the city on August 31 1997, and was subsequently charged with conducting “information operations” to deflect widespread public speculation British intelligence was responsible for her death.

    Then, in 2005, he was formally accused by Greek authorities of complicity in the abduction and torture of 28 Pakistanis in Athens. The Pakistanis, all migrant workers, were suspected of having had contact with individuals accused of perpetrating the 7/7 bombings in London, July 2005.

    Brutally beaten and threatened with guns in their mouths, the victims “were convinced their interrogators were British.” When Greek media named Langman as the MI6 operative who oversaw the migrants’ torture, British news outlets universally complied with a government D-notice – an official censorship order – and kept his identity under wraps when reporting on the scandal.

    London vehemently denied any British involvement in torturing the migrants, with then-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw dismissing the charge as “utter nonsense.” In January 2006 though, London admitted MI6 officers were indeed present during the Pakistanis’ torture, although officials insisted the operatives played no active part in their arrests, questioning or abuse.

    Following his withdrawal from Athens, Langman returned to London to head the UK Foreign Office’s Iran Department, a shift which highlights his importance to MI6 and suggests the British government had no qualms about his allegedly brutal evidence gathering methods.

    Britain’s Foreign Office collaborates closely with MI6, whose agents use it as cover just as the CIA does with State Department diplomatic postings.

    MI6’s man on Iran takes credit for “maximum pressure” strategy

    While leading the Foreign Office’s Iran Department from 2006 – 2008, Langman oversaw a team seeking to “develop understanding” of the Iranian government’s “nuclear program.”

    It’s unclear exactly what that “understanding” entailed. But the document makes clear that Langman then “generated confidence” in that assessment among “European, US and Middle Eastern agencies” in order to “delay programme [sic] and pressurise Iran to negotiate.” The reference to “Middle Eastern agencies” strongly implied MI6 cooperation with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.

    In April 2006, Tehran announced it had successfully enriched uranium for the first time, although officials denied any intention to do so for military purposes. This development may have triggered Langman’s intervention.

    The Islamic Republic has rejected any suggestion it harbors ambitions to possess nuclear weapons. Its denials were corroborated by a November 2007 US National Intelligence Estimate expressing “high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted” any and all research into nuclear weapons. This assessment remained unchanged for several years, and was reportedly shared by the Mossad, despite Benjamin Netanyhau’s constant declarations that Iran was on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon.

    Langman’s IAEA support work overlaps with Iran sanctions blitz

    International governmental attitudes towards Iran changed abruptly between 2010 and ‘12. During this period, Western states and intergovernmental institutions initiated an array of harshly punitive measures against the country, while Israel ramped up its deadly covert operations against Iran’s nuclear scientists.

    This period precisely overlapped with Langman’s tenure at the Counter-Proliferation Centre of the UK Foreign Office. His bio implies he used this position to influence the IAEA and other UN-affiliated organizations to foment a campaign of global hostility towards Iran.

    In June 2010, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1929, which froze the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assets, and banned overseas financial institutions from opening offices in Tehran. A month later, the Obama administration adopted the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act. This set off a global chain of copycat sanctions by Washington’s vassals, who often imposed even more stringent measures than those levied by the UN and US.

    In March 2012, the EU voted unanimously to cut Iranian banks out of the SWIFT international banking network. That October, the bloc imposed the harshest sanctions to date, restricting trade, financial services, energy and technology, along with bans on the provision of insurance to Iranian companies by European firms.

    BBC reporting on the sanctions acknowledged European officials merely suspected Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but lacked concrete proof. And behind the scenes, the MI6 operative Langman was claiming credit for helping legitimize the allegations against Iran.

    Nuclear agreement lays foundations for war

    Following the Western-led campaign isolation of Iran from 2010 – 2012, over its purported nuclear weapon program, the Obama administration negotiated a July 2015 agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the JCPOA’s terms, the Islamic Republic agreed to limit its nuclear research activities in return for sanctions relief. In the years that followed, the IAEA was granted virtually unlimited access to Tehran’s nuclear complexes, ostensibly to ensure the facilities were not used to develop nuclear weapons.

    Along the way, IAEA inspectors collected vast amounts of information on the sites, including surveillance camera photos, measurement data, and documents. The Iranian government has since accused the Agency of furnishing the top secret profiles of its nuclear scientists to Israel. These include the godfather of Iran’s nuclear program, Mohsen Fakrizadeh, who was first publicly named in a menacing 2019 powerpoint presentation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The following year, the Mossad assassinated Fakrizadeh in broad daylight with a remote-controlled machine gun.

    Internal IAEA documents leaked this June indicated that IAEA Secretary General Rafael Grossi has enjoyed a much closer relationship with Israeli officials than was previously known, and suggested he leveraged his cozy ties with Tel Aviv to secure his current position.

    During a June 24 interview with Fox News’ war-crazed anchor Martha MacCallum, Grossi did not deny making the inflammatory claim that “900 pounds of potentially enriched uranium was taken to an ancient site near Isfahan.” Instead the IAEA director asserted, “We do not have any information on the whereabouts of this material.”

    Well before Grossi rose to the top of the IAEA with Western and Israeli backing, the agency appears to have been penetrated by a British intelligence agent who took responsibility in his bio for engineering the West’s economic attack on Iran.

    The IAEA has not responded to an email from The Grayzone seeking clarification on its relationship with Langman and the MI6.

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    Francesca Albanese's report which highlight the corporate profits gained from the actions of the genocide

    From economy of occupation to economy of genocide

    Report link (39 page PDF): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/...-59-23-aev.pdf

    Summary:
    In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
    Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 investigates the corporate machinery sustaining
    the Israeli settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the
    occupied territory. While political leaders and Governments shirk their obligations, far too
    many corporate entities have profited from the Israeli economy of illegal occupation,
    apartheid and now genocide. The complicity exposed by the report is just the tip of the
    iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including
    its executives. International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring
    scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and
    very existence are at stake. This is a necessary step to end the genocide and dismantle the
    global system that has allowed it.
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    The other people in Netanyahu's cabinet are even worse than him

    "But they're not as good, they're not as tricky and wily and successful as he is"
    George commenting on Netanyahu, perhaps following this:

    Religious Zionism feared Netanyahu set to call elections in wake of US strike
    Hours after the US attack on nuclear facilities in Iran, members of Smotrich's party feared that Netanyahu would call snap elections • In most polls, the party remains below the electoral threshold.

    Hours after the American attack on nuclear facilities in Iran, members of the Religious Zionism Party feared that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would take advantage of the success and bring the elections forward, i24NEWS learned on Wednesday.

    Last Sunday, less than 12 hours after the historic US attack on nuclear facilities, a Knesset (Israeli parliament) member from the Religious Zionism Party told i24NEWS in a closed conversation that he feared a scenario in which Netanyahu will exploit the success in Iran and move swiftly to bring forward elections. In the background is the grim state of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s party in the polls, most of which show it failing to pass the electoral threshold.

    On the night between Saturday and Sunday, US Air Force planes attacked Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz. According to US President Donald Trump, the facilities were completely destroyed. Nine B-2 bombers dropped 12 bombs, each weighing 13 tons, on Fordow. Additionally, it was reported that two bombs were dropped on Natanz, and 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired at Natanz and Isfahan.

    A few days before the Israeli campaign against Iran began, Smotrich approached the coalition parties regarding the draft law crisis and asked them not to go to elections. "I call on all my coalition partners," he said, "put your disagreements aside. Show responsibility. History will not forgive anyone who dismantles the government and drags the country into elections in the midst of a war, before the hostages have returned and before our objectives regarding Gaza and Iran have been fully achieved."

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