USA-IRAN Archives

July 29, 2017Iran, USA

US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ships in Persian Gulf

NOVANEWS ADAM GARRIE America seems intent on needlessly provoking Iran. Tensions between Iran and the United States continue to boil over after the US levelled further sanctions on Iran after the Islamic Republic successfully launched a […]

July 26, 2017USA

US moves against Iran raise spectre of wider regional conflict

NOVANEWS By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump, in a step that could embolden Saudi Arabia to move ahead with plans to destabilise Iran, has instructed White House aides to give him the arguments for […]

February 10, 2017Iran, USA

Lots of Shouting, Tiny Stick: Iran is “Not Behaving… They are the No 1 Terrorist State” according to Trump

NOVANEWS By Pepe Escobar Asia Times Here we go again. General “Mad Dog” Mattis, the US Secretary of Defense, declares Iran “is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.” National Security […]

February 9, 2017USA

Trump sanctions signal new phase of U.S. aggression against Iran

NOVANEWS By Nino Brown U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn released a statement Feb. 3 accusing Iran of “destabilizing behavior across the Middle East” and put Iran “on notice” in response to the Iranian government […]