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Elsewhere in his remarks, Brigadier General Hatami pointed to the West’s admission that as many as 30 chemical attacks were carried out by Saddam Hussein on Iran’s civilian centers such as hospitals and healthcare services, adding “the chemical bombing of Iran’s Sardasht was..

“bomb, bomb, bomb iran”

Historical memory is short and the U.S. quickly forgets the abandonment and derailing of democracy in the 1950s with the installation of the shah against the will of the Iranian people; the support of Iraq and Saddam Hussein against Iran in the 1980s; the downing of the Iranian..

the sanctions game

Today, whether conditions are better or worse than the period, President  Hassan Rouhani said, comparing Iran's to the tough years of Saddam Hussein's against Iran in the 1980s, and during the war we did not have problem with our banks, oil sales, or imports and exports,..

the new politics of starvation

Disturbed with the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and infuriated by the hostage taking of 52 of  U.S by Islamic students and militants, President Jimmy Carter froze several billions of dollars Iranian bank deposits, gold and other properties, and followed with embargo on trade with and travel to..

the iranian revolution, 40 years on

The US government did not try to oust Khomeini or attack Iran, except at the height of the confrontation between Islamists led by AbulhasanBani Sadr and the conservative faction, Saddam Hussein attacked Iran, greenlighted by Washington. ..

crisis in iraq

Carter's Ronald Reagan continued funding and arming Islamic fundamentalist forces Afghanistan, including the founder of Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.6 He also backed Saddam Hussein's against Iran that, while it ended in stalemate, led to the slaughter of well over million people. . ..

keeping an eye on january 16 and 17

This prophecy came closer to fulfillment Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, plus Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Iran as observer members — started in 2001.. In July 1992, before the toppling of Saddam Hussein, before Iran's nuclear ambitions..

iran: rumors of war

The fact that U.S overthrew Iran's elected in 1953, and backed Saddam Hussein's attack on Iran in 1980 that resulted in over million casualties has vanished down the memory hole.. ..

why iran needs a war economy

Indeed, the plan of a war economy should not be very difficult for Iran to implement since it has a relatively successful experience of carrying out such a plan: during the 8-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Iran embarked on an extensive state-guided economic management that..

u.s. shouldn't pick foreign leaders

For example, it was United States that provided both military and economic support to Iraq and Saddam Hussein. At least for awhile, during the latter stages of the Iran- Iraq, Saddam Hussein was our boy in the Middle East. ..

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