Daily Archives: October 4, 2021

2021-10-04: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-04). Azerbaijan-Turkey-Pakistan threat to Iran: combined population of 320 million, nuclear weapons, NATO involvement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Explainer: What's Behind Fresh Tensions On The Iran-Azerbaijan Border? Excerpts from a recent Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty feature. "Turkey has the second-largest NATO army, and Pakistan is a nuclear power in the region. When these two countries join Azerbaijan in military maneuvers, it worries Russia and Iran — and the Islamic republic's military maneuver [reflects] …

Anonymous007 (2021-10-04). Russia Test-Launched Zircon Hypersonic Missile From A Nuclear Submarine. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Navy tested the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said. | At a conditional sea target in the Barents Sea, they fired from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine."The flight of the missile <...> corresponded to the specified parameters <...>. Test firing <...> was recognized as successful," the release said. | The Zircon is the world's first hypersonic cruise missile capable of carrying out prolonged aerodynamic fl…

Jason Ditz (2021-10-04). Iran FM: US Needs to Unfreeze $10 Billion for Negotiations. news.antiwar.com Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is calling on the US to unfreeze some $10 billion in Iranian assets as a sign of good faith, conditioning this on Iran's return to nuclear negotiations. | Amirabdollahian said this was an opportunity to say just once that the US " The odds don't look great, however. The Biden Administration has been criticizing Iran's new gover…

Anonymous007 (2021-10-04). Military Situation In Syria On October 4, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 3, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 17 times: 6 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On October 4, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kabani area | On October 3, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah area | On October 3, Syrian President Bashar Assad made a phone call with King A…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-04). US Reconnaissance Aircraft Patrolling Syrian Coast, While Unidentified Drone Targeted Hmeimim Airbase. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 4, an unidentified aerial target was intercepted near Hmeimim Air Base by Russian air defense systems. | According to the reports by the local Jableh News agency, at least one target, likely a drone, was shot down over the town of Jableh in the Syrian province of Latakia. The air defense system actuation at the Russian Khmeimim airbase was reported. Illustrative Image | The attack attempt took place at the moment when a USAF RC-135U was circling around 50km from the Russian base. | The RC-135U is specifically configured to gather electronic and signals intelligence, with…

sputniknews (2021-10-03). Iranian FM: Tehran Asked US to Unfreeze $10 Billion Ahead of Nuclear Talks. sputniknews.com A senior US State Department official last month said that the US and its allies are awaiting Iran's return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – an Obama-era nuclear agreement that the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. Although Tehran halted JCPOA compliance in 2019, Iran has expressed conditional interest in a nuclear deal.

sputniknews (2021-10-03). 'Distant Future': Head of Israeli Military Intel Notes Iran Won't Have Nuclear Bomb Anytime Soon. sputniknews.com Iran has consistently underscored that it has no intention of building a nuclear weapon or an arsenal of such magnitude. At one point, the country's top leadership emphasised that nuclear arms are contrary to the tenets of Islam.

sputniknews (2021-10-03). EXCLUSIVE: Tehran to Boost Uranium Enrichment, Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Says. sputniknews.com Iranian authorities have repeatedly stressed that the country has never pursued nuclear weapons and never will, despite its decision to boost uranium enrichment. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium up to 3.67 percent, but Tehran rolled back its commitment due to the unilateral US withdrawal from the accord in May 2018.

_____ (2021-10-03). Afghanistan: Where's the Cash? strategic-culture.org By Eric MARGOLIS | Afghanistan's US-run government was the world's largest producer and exporter of opium, morphine, and the end-product, heroin. | As it did after first seizing power in the mid-1990's, Taliban, the Islamic anti-drug and anti-communist movement, is shutting down the Afghan drug trade. Billions worth of heroin, opium and morphine that had been flowing into Central Asia, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and Southeast Asia will be sharply reduced. Afghanistan's drug-based economy is now in dire jeopardy. | But you would not know this if you follow the biased western press, notably the big US TV networ…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-03). Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib As Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Prepares For Chemical Weapons Provocation. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On October 3, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is in control. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Russian airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Kinda in the western countryside of Idlib as well as the al-Akrad Mount in the northern Latt…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-03). Leaked Documents Revealed British Meddling In Russia's Affairs. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The recently The leaked documents represented a report of the British Embassy in Russia in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. | The reports unveil the main fields of the British Embassy activity; the Russian NGOs, which received a financial support from the Fund, including those recognized as foreign agents this year; the amounts of funds allocated by the British and the names of their receivers. | Accordi…

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