Iran cancer treatments now blocked

Due to the wests sanctions on Iran……the cost of breast cancer drugs for Iranian women has skyrocketed to a point now that they can’t afford the treatments. Radiological machines also need repairs and because of the “Duel use” they are not allowed to be imported into Iran due to the sanctions. The same thing happened [...]

Iran

It seems important that the New York Times clarify what they mean when they say “Iran would prevent access to sites and personnel that the West suspects of advancing the nation’s work toward nuclear arms capability”.
There is something not ringing quite right here because this statement seems buried in the article. I have been searching [...]

Tsunami in Egypt by Uri Avnery

Another great article by Uri Avnery from Israel.
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Uri Avnery
February 12, 2011

Tsunami in Egypt

UNTIL THE very last moment, the Israeli leadership tried to keep Hosni Mubarak in power.

It was hopeless. Even the mighty United States was impotent when faced with this tsunami of popular outrage.

In the end it settled for second best: a pro-Western military [...]

Iran pushed towards full blown nuclear

Congratualtions to the west…….you have now pushed Iran towards full blown nuclear devlopment. Iran was “willing” to trade it’s fuel in exchange for the processed nuclear fuel as long as the exchange was made on it’s own territory. The west wanted things done “My way or the highway” and so this deal has fallen through [...]

Thank Goodness for Jimmy Carter!!!!!

It was such a pleasure to read the voice of reason when Jimmy Carter said the following.
“I hope and pray that Iran will be induced to permit international inspectors to come in and observe their entire nuclear program, because what they’re doing so far is completely illegal under the nonproliferation treaty,” the Carter said in [...]