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Vijay Prashad
There Is No Reason For the US to Increase Sanctions on Iran
05 Oct 2018
The UN’s position against Iran is in bad faith. All the member states and the UN secretariat know that Iran has no nuclear weapons programme. Yet, they have allowed the US and Israel to push against…
Muhammed Shabeer
Codepink Activist Shuts Down ‘War-mongering’ at Hudson Institute’s Talk on Iran
24 Sep 2018
The Institute’s Vice President Lewis Libby and Director of its Centre on Islam Hillel Fradkin wrote an op-ed in September 2012 noting that the ‘uprisings’ in Syria and Libya were purportedly…
Prasanth R.
How Do Oil Supply Routes Determine US Policy on Iran?
23 Aug 2018
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the key choke points in maritime oil supply in the context of US attempts to drive Iran out of the oil market.
Aditi Sharma
US Sanctions on Iran: Trump's Ploy to Sell its Shale Oil?
09 Aug 2018
As US begins reimposing sanctions against Iran after Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha discussed about the possible ramifications and intentions behind…
Prabir Purkayastha
Trump's Actions Against Iran Pick Up From Where Bush Left Off: M.K. Bhadrakumar
25 Jul 2018
Former Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar and Prabir Purkayastha situate US belligerence against Iran in its historical context, as well as examine the geo-political situation in the region amid declining…
Peoples Dispatch
As Trump Tweets War Threats, Countries Look at Continuing Business with Iran
24 Jul 2018
With the first round of US sanctions set to go into force in August, countries, across the world, especially those dependent on Iranian oil are working out how to navigate past the restrictions
Prabir Purkayastha
Humanitarian Situation at a Critical Level in Yemen as Saudi-UAE Aggression Continues
29 Jun 2018
As the Saudi- UAE forces continue their push to capture the crucial port city of Al Hudaydah in Yemen, Newsclick discusses about what lies ahead for the country suffering under a severe humanitarian…
Prabir Purkayastha
Rupee Crashes to Historic Low vis-a-vis US Dollar As Oil Prices Rise
28 Jun 2018
Former Petroleum Secretary T.N.R.Rao and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta discuss the fall in the value of the rupee and the implications of the oil price rise.
Vijay Prashad
Irrational and Dangerous US Administration – Says the Iranian Foreign Minister
21 Jun 2018
Iran, a proud country of 81 million people, feels the sense of being beleaguered.
Vijay Prashad
The Oil Tide and the Gathering Gloom
24 May 2018
There is money to be made. But not by the people who live on the ground above the oil.