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A mysterious online campaign linked to Israel’s intelligence services attempted to recruit Iranians to overthrow their government. Some appear to have been placed by an Atlanta-based comedian and influencer. This article was originally published by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang at All-Source Intelligence. Desi Banks, an Atlanta comedian and content creator, is known for his light-hearted comic sketches and currently has more than nine million followers on the social media platform Instagram. There is no public record of Banks commenting on sensitive Middle […]

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Though it failed to achieve deterrence, Iran scored a significant political and psychological victory against Israel in June. Iran’s greatest achievement in its 12 day war with Israel was in reviving the Spider Web theory Hasan Nasrallah introduced after Israel’s 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon. During his speech proclaiming victory over the Israeli occupiers, the late Hezbollah General Secretary argued that because of its colonial nature, Jewish Israeli society would fracture under sustained military pressure, forcing serious concessions from its […]

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Musk may be beefing with Trump online, but when it comes to toppling Iran’s government, they’re perfectly aligned.

The post Starlink’s Secret War: How Musk Is Powering a Covert Campaign Against Iran appeared first on MintPress News.

The recent attacks on Tehran are part of a long-standing plan by the US and Israel, argues Mel Frykberg

Trump’s bombing of Iran was another nail in the coffin of the supposed “rules-based international order”. The war was an open act of imperialist aggression by Israel and the US.

The post Trump’s Iran bombing another face of ‘America First’ imperialism first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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 […]

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On July 21, 2021, after Donald Trump had finished his first term as president, he gave an interview at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey to a ghost writer and a publisher who were working on the memoirs of his former chief of staff Mark Meadows. He let them see the secret and still […]

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