Tag: Iran
Who Americans Consider Their Greatest Enemies
AFRICANGLOBE - Americans have consistently identified ISIS as the biggest threat to their nation across multiple polls. Traditional foes, such as the countries making up George W. Bush’s infamous “Axis Of Evil”, have been pushed into the background by the rise of non-state actors like Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Why Iran Wants To Help Beef Up Zimbabwe’s Military
AFRICANGLOBE - Iran has guns and expertise. Zimbabwe has uranium and diamonds. Both are targets of Western militarism. It’s a heaven-made match in a world of crushing international sanctions. Both countries are subject to crushing Western-backed sanctions. Both are revolutionary governments condemned for their human rights records, and isolated from world politics. Small surprise, then, that Iran and Zimbabwe have a lot in common and recently announced a defense agreement.
WikiLeaks: Top Secret Saudi Memo Reveals Iran Bombed South Sudan
AFRICANGLOBE - Top secret Saudi documents published by Wikileaks Friday reveal intrigue surrounding politics in the Middle East, making claims about Iranian military involvement in South Sudan as well.
Iran Supreme Leader Uses Twitter To Blast US And Says #BlackLivesMatter
AFRICANGLOBE - Iran’s supreme leader has stepped into the debate over police violence and race in America, likening police shootings of Black people in Ferguson and elsewhere to the Palestinian struggle in Gaza in a series of tweets using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
Israel – America’s Biggest Frenemy
AFRICANGLOBE - Israel today is a tyranny on the order of the old South Africa, with one added factor: they are armed with nuclear weapons. As such, the Israelis represent a threat to the peace of the world, one far more dangerous than Iran will ever be. Their pernicious influence on American politics is the biggest arrow in the War Party’s quiver. In the end, as Americans rebel against the regime of perpetual war, this will be their undoing.
Iran’s Secret Designs On Northern Nigeria
AFRICANGLOBE - Nigeria could face another terrorist threat posed by the pro-Iranian Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), whose apparently deepening ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah signals further danger for a region that is already unstable.
Iran to Train Sudanese Naval Force
AFRICANGLOBE - The Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari voiced Iran’s enthusiasm for stronger naval cooperation with Sudan and announced that his forces are prepared to train Sudanese naval forces.
Iran’s Wooing of Africa Yields Scant Results
AFRICANGLOBE - Before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started a visit to Niger last week, there was talk that the poor West African state might add Iran to its list of buyers for the uranium mined in its remote desert north
Seeking Arrangements: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Visits West Africa
AFRICANGLOBE - While on a tour of West Africa, set to include unspecified bilateral deals, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been defending his country's controversial nuclear program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran has no use for an atomic bomb.
Malcolm X’s Grandson Alive And Well, Releases Statement: ‘They Drew Guns...
AFRICANGLOBE - In February it was revealed that that Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, had been arrested by the FBI while en route to Iran to attend a conference. Now Shabazz has released a statement detailing his ordeal at the hands of the FBI.
Iran Denies Links With Terrorist Plot In Nigeria
AFRICANGLOBE - The Islamic Republic of Iran has denied that it trained militants in Nigeria to carry out assassination and attacks on Israeli, American and Nigerian officials.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, was quoted by Iranian state television on Friday that the allegations were "made up as the result of the ill will of the enemies of the two countries' good relations".
Iran Linked to Terrorist Plot to Assassinate Former Nigerian President and...
AFRICANGLOBE - Three persons, including the leader of an Islamic sect based in Ilorin, Nigeria, are in the custody of the Nigeria's Department of State Security Services (SSS) over a plot to assassinate former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
Other targets of the group included a former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki....
Iranian Warships Dock in Sudan After Israeli Airstrikes
Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan on Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of attacking...
Netanyahu Accused of Trying to Drag the U.S. Into War With...
Israeli journalist-turned-politician Yair Lapid began his initial political campaign this week by accusing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of trying to drag the United States...
Netanyahu Denies Trying To Influence Upcoming U.S. Election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed accusations that he was trying to sway the upcoming United States presidential election with his recent fiery criticism...
Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu ‘Close’ To Ordering Strike Against Iran
AFRICANGLOBE - Reports coming from within Israel have revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly close to ordering a military strike against Iran, believing that diplomatic attempts to shut down the country’s nuclear program have failed.
