May 16, 2019 | Astute News

India Humiliated Zarif by Sending Him Back to Iran Empty-Handed

May 16, 2019

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif was desperate for India to offer his country some relief from the economic component of the US’ Hybrid War on the Islamic Republic but was humiliatingly sent back empty-…

No War Between Iran and the US Any Time Soon: Trump Doesn’t Know How to Negotiate with Iran

May 16, 2019

Opinion

War between the US and Iran is not likely in the next two months, regardless of media campaigns, US unilateral sanctions, and the build-up of US military forces in the Middle East. The US sanctions ag…

Iran Squeezed Between Imperial Psychos and European Cowards

May 16, 2019

Opinion

The Trump administration unilaterally cheated on the 2015 multinational, UN-endorsed JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal. It has imposed an illegal, worldwide financial and energy blockade on all forms of tra…

With the US-Iran War Ball Now Rolling, Could an “Accident” or “False Flag” Serve as Pretext?

May 16, 2019

Opinion

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran threaten to boil over, the probability of a provocation or “accident” that would provoke hostilities between the two countries is higher than ever. U.K. Foreign M…

Mysterious Assassination Rocks the Serb Republic

May 16, 2019

Opinion

No sooner did superficial observers surmise that last year’s painful and divisive commotion over the apparent murder in March of 2018 of the obscure 21-year-old David Dragičević finally subside, then …

Is there a Way Out of the US-Turkey Deadlock

May 16, 2019

Opinion

Washington’s overt aggressive behavior on the international stage provoked by its desire to impose its own vision of the way that the Middle East must look in the future has pushed most of its traditi…

The Deal of the Century

May 16, 2019

Opinion

In the aftermaths of both the First and Second World Wars national borders were readjusted to suit the victors and entirely new countries were created from the ruins of the empires that had collapsed …

Gold, Bitcoin and the Gigantic Global Debt Bubble

May 16, 2019

Opinion

Today’s (13 May 2019) the first day in a long time financial markets appear willing to at least consider the reality of the geopolitical situation on the ground for what it is, as opposed to what most…