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New Iranian Nuke `Fairytale` Uncovered

Arms Dealer, Terrorist Used to “Sell” Iran Nuke Fairytale; Bin Laden May Have Aided US in Nuke Recovery Attempt.

(CINCINNATI) - A shadowy figure, calling himself “Beecham” has contacted intelligence agencies in the west, claiming proof of Iran’s payment into a Swiss bank of 8.5 tons of gold.

His claim, that this is payment for 3 missing American thermonuclear weapons is an old story, a fairly tale from the past, re-concocted to support an attack on Iran.

Maidhc `O Cathail: `FBI manufactures terrorist plots`

'O Cathail says the FBI even "paid informants, often people with criminal records, to entrap innocent members of the Muslim community".

(TEHRAN / OSAKA Press TV) - Middle East Analyst Maidhc 'O Cathail says the Federal Bureau of Investigation has had to "manufacture terrorist plots" in order "to justify all the money being spent on Homeland Security".

Maidhc 'O Cathail told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security considers "all American Muslims as potential terrorist suspects".

Israel: an Impediment to a Nuclear-Free Midde East

Iran has always been at the forefront of combating the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

(TEHRAN) - You might have frequently heard of the Western mainstream media's claims that Iran is pursuing a military nuclear program which is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

Actually, spreading falsehood and untruth about the nature of Iran's peaceful nuclear program has been a constant, unchanging and recurring theme of the Western corporate media's coverage of Iran's events.

Turkey can be a Model for Change

This is a victory not only for Prime Minister Erdogan but also for Turkish democracy.

(TEHRAN) - In the nine years of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership, Turkey has not only made fantastic economic progress but it has also assumed a higher profile in the international arena.

On Sunday, Turkish voters rewarded Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, in power since 2002, with a landslide victory and gave Prime Minister Erdogan a mandate for a third term.

What the American Public Shouldn`t Know

U.S. statesmen and politicians have predetermined and programmed plans for the nation of Iran and it's on their agenda to sow the seeds of discord

(TEHRAN) - Many people in the world credulously or perhaps naively believe the tempting claims of U.S. statesmen and politicians who say that their country is a "beacon of freedom" and a "pioneer of democracy."

`Schumer turning US into Islamophobic police state`

Senator Charles Schumer has pushed for the creation of the No Ride List - similar to the No Fly List for airlines.

(OSAKA / TEHRAN Press TV) - Middle East Analyst Maidhc 'O Cathail, accuses New York Senator Charles Schumer of turning the United States into "an Islamophobic police state".

He told Press TV's U.S. Desk in a phone interview on Thursday that Schumer is "yet another reminder of who is stoking fear of Muslims in America."

Iran and Libya: Musical Chairs, Enemy to Ally

Rhetoric Aside, Fact Support US/Iran Detente - Giving Seymour Hersch “Credit Due”

(CINCINNATI ) - When New Yorker Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Seymour Hersch, leaked our new NIE proving that Iran has no nuclear weapons program, no underground weapons development centers and no aggressive intentions of any kind, few were surprised.

Few saw it. News suppression is a way of life in the United States.

Israel Pushing Obama Toward War with Iran

"The Israeli lobby in the US is pushing President Barack Obama to go to war with Iran," says a political analyst.

(TEHRAN / LOS ANGELES) - “Israel lobby AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] is pushing for confrontation with Iran,” James Morris told Press TV in an interview on Thursday.

Morris said it was worrying that Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon has called on the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs to take stronger actions against Iran.

Stop Art Censorship at New Seasons

Local Palestinian Solidarity Groups Cry Foul as New Seasons Shuts Down Photo Exhibition.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Local groups advocating on behalf of Palestinian rights, including Jewish Voice for Peace, are raising objections to a recent decision by New Seasons to shut down a photo exhibition at their SE Division store.

The exhibition includes nearly forty photographs of Bedouin and Palestinians who are struggling to maintain their communities and culture in the face of land dispossession and population transfer as the result of policies carried out by the state of Israel.

Israel`s Best Friends are its Worst Enemies

I will not, I cannot walk away until US policy changes course and Gaza Palestine are free from military occupation.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Only if we truly love our friends will we always tell them the truth and call them on their bad behavior. When religion and politics get in bed together, we the people for JUSTICE and PEACE get screwed.

Many of my Christian sisters and brothers are members of the fastest growing cult in America: Christian Zionism-which has nothing much in common with what Jesus was all about...