America Is Contributing to Iran's Shocking Covid-19 Death Toll
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-12
Farhad Babaei/ Magnus News] By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The US financial and trade blockade of Iran, which has strangled its economy, has also taken a heavy toll on the country's coronavirus response. Nick Paton Walsh, Jo Shelley, Ramin Mostaghim and Scott McWhinnie at CNN did a great story on this heartrending travesty. They write, "Retired teacher Khalif Farahani struggles to speak… | Source…
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Now In Print And Available: 'Capitalism On A Ventilator'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
"Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." is a new anthology contrasting the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response here in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in the media. | Due to the growing hostility of the U.S. establishment toward China, and the accompanying surge in anti-Asian racism, it was an enormous challenge to find printers and distributors for this book. | The chapters include articles by many published authors, including: Ajamu Baraka, Monica Moorehead, Mumia Abu-Jamal…
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90 members of Taliban killed in Afghan's Kandahar prov
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Afghanistan Ministry of Defense in a statement on Saturday announced that 90 members of Taliban were killed in the past 24 hours in Kandahar province.
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Iranian Parliamentary Members condemn Erdogan's remarks
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Parliamentary Members condemned the Turkish President's remarks on Iran in a statement on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167078/Iranian-Parliamentary-Members-condemn-Erdogan-s-remarks

Hainan Intl Film Fest to host "Bandar Band"
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian film "Bandar Band" is scheduled to be screened at the Chinese Hainan International Film Festival in the current month.
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Iran to conduct human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO) said that Iran will conduct the human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine for the first time in two weeks.
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Iran not like regional countries that are subject to US will
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — In reaction to Pompeo's recent remarks on Iran's parliamentary nuclear bill, Guardian Council spokesman said that Iran is not like the countries in the region that are subject to the illegitimate will of the American regime.
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US to return 12 military bases to S Korea: Report
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — South Korean officials said in a virtual meeting with the United States on Friday that they had concluded that Washington would return 12 military bases to Seoul.
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Araghchi meets with former Afghan president in Kabul
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs met and held talks with former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday.
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Qiao Collective on challenging U.S. aggression on China, the role of the Western left
Qiao Collective | mronline.org | 2020-12-12
On the domestic front, the U.S. propaganda machine mostly works instead to position China as this great, menacing oriental Other. We've seen this during the COVID-19 pandemic in Trump's rhetoric about the "China virus" and in Biden's attempts at one-upmanship.
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Victory! Seville Cancels Electronic Warfare Europe Arms Fair
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
In a press release issued today by the City Council of Seville, the Councilor of Urban Housing, Tourism and Culture, Antonio Muñoz, announced the cancellation of the Electronic Warfare Europe arms fair which was scheduled to take place at the Palace of Exhibitions and Congresses of Fibes in Seville in May 2021. | The same fair had been cancelled in Liverpool, UK, where Elbit Systems, Israel's largest private weapons manufacturer whose arms are regularly used by the Israeli military to kill and maim Palestinian civilians, was a partner.
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The Heat: China Economic Strategy
Sean Callebs | america.cgtn.com | 2020-12-12
Policy, pandemic and politics are on the agenda as Chinese leaders get set to meet to chart the way forward.
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Iran registers 8,201 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12