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VOA – It is up to Europe to shield Iran from U.S. sanctions and prevent it from further scaling back its compliance with its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, Iranian state TV said Saturday, with only days left on Tehran’s ultimatum. Iran’s envoy to a meeting of the remaining signatories to the nuclear accord said Friday that European countries had offered …

gatestoneinstitute.org ….sanctions are working not by wrecking the lives of ordinary Iranians, who do suffer nevertheless, but by denying the mullahs the means to indulge in their deadly Tom-and-Jerry shenanigans. Each time the US imposed sanctions, the mullahs took a bite of humble pie and briefly modified aspects of their behavior as if playing a Tom-and-Jerry script. However, once sanctions …

Radiofarda – The U.S. has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its military said Friday, adding to a buildup of U.S. forces in the Gulf amid tensions with Iran. The Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have been deployed “to defend American forces and interests,” the U.S. Air Forces Central Military Command said in a statement …

Radiofarda – Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry in May originated in Iraq, not Yemen, U.S. officials have concluded, drawing questions from Iraqi officials who have asked Washington for more information supporting the claim, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence on the May drone attacks say they originated in southern Iraq, the …

Radiofarda – President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions last Monday on the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as everyone in his office or appointed by him. “The Supreme Leader of Iran is the one who ultimately is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime,” the President told reporters, adding, “These measures represent a strong and …