The Up-To-The-Minute Iran Situation Thread.

With all the threads on Iran issues popping up on ATS, I thought it might be a good idea to have a single thread to compile all current and future info.

News links:

Iran threaten to close Strait of Hormuz.
www.dailymail.co.uk...
mobile.bloomberg.com...
articles.businessinsider.com...
www.bbc.co.uk...



Iran military exercises.
m.yahoo.com...
www.zerohedge.com...
www.haaretz.com...
www.newsmax.com...



Iran to put to death American spy.
www.nationalpost.com.../2012/01/09/iran-sentences-american-born-amir-mirza-hekmati-to-death-for-allege d-spying
news.sky.com...
www.msnbc.msn.com...
www.washingtonpost.com...



Nuclear ambitions.
en.m.wikipedia.org...
topics.nytimes.com...
www.infowars.com...



Assassinations.
www.bbc.co.uk...
www.msnbc.msn.com...
www.dailymail.co.uk...
news.firedoglake.com...



Military build up.
m.guardian.co.uk...
www.telegraph.co.uk...
in.mobile.reuters.com...
m.wired.com...



Sanctions.
fpc.state.gov...
en.m.wikipedia.org...
www.eubusiness.com...
www.bbc.co.uk...



ALS

Lets Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran

www.youtube.com...

"Iran sentences ex-us marine to death. Finds him guilty as CIA Spy"

lol... thats rich...

I think this is a good idea! Its difficult to
keep up with all new incoming information
when it is scattered. I take it we can get
updates here as well.

I gotta fly, but I want to bookmark this page. There is so much propaganda going on right now it's making my head spin. Thanks for putting this together.

I award you one million Internets.

This will be a good thread, let's keep it updated.

Originally posted by crazydaisy
I think this is a good idea! Its difficult to
keep up with all new incoming information
when it is scattered. I take it we can get
updates here as well.

Thats the reason I thought I'd start this thread. I'm going to be updating with any new important information when it comes in. I welcome anyone else to do the same.

ALS

Originally posted by RedBird
I award you one million Internets.

Can I use them to buy a new xbox? Haha

Please feel free to add anything you think belongs in this thread.

ALS

Thanks! I have a hard time keeping up with everything!!

Great idea s&f!

reply to post by ALOSTSOUL


Great articles from Global Research.
globalresearch.ca...
globalresearch.ca...
globalresearch.ca...

The second link is a fantasically insightful article, it's suggested reading.

ALS

January 23rd 2011

Why is this date important? Because it is the date that the EU decide whether or not to impose an oil embargo on Iran. If they do, Iran will shut the strait of Hormuz.

BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--European foreign ministers will meet in Brussels on January 23, earlier than previously arranged, to discuss matters including the final details of sanctions on Iranian oil, a European Union official said Tuesday.

online.wsj.com...

So Iran is going to shut it down as soon as the decision is made or as soon as the exports actually are banned. I imagine there will be a lag between the two. The US isnt even suppose to start banning imports until June.

Originally posted by ALOSTSOUL
January 23rd 2011

Why is this date important? Because it is the date that the EU decide whether or not to impose an oil embargo on Iran. If they do, Iran will shut the strait of Hormuz.

BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--European foreign ministers will meet in Brussels on January 23, earlier than previously arranged, to discuss matters including the final details of sanctions on Iranian oil, a European Union official said Tuesday.

online.wsj.com...

reply to post by princeofpeace


I didn't mean they would shut it on that date specifically but that is a date that will decied whether or not Iran go ahead with their threat to shut the strait of Hormuz.

ALS

Iran has a HUGE history of bluffing and exaggeration and outright lies. I wouldnt think they would immediately shut the straight just because of a "decision". IF and thats a BIG IF, they do anything at all, it wont happen until the effects are actually put in place in earnest.

So i wouldnt look for anything spectacular out of Iran on the 23rd no matter what decision is made.

Originally posted by ALOSTSOUL
reply to post by princeofpeace

 

I didn't mean they would shut it on that date specifically but that is a date that will decied whether or not Iran go ahead with their threat to shut the strait of Hormuz.

ALS

edit on 11-1-2012 by ALOSTSOUL because: (no reason given)

reply to post by princeofpeace


Well I hope your right and they are just bluffing.

ALS

Kyodo: #Japan Prime Min. Noda expresses concerne that U.S. sanctions vs Iran may affect Japan & world economy.

Ya think?

US Asks Japan to Curtail Oil Imports from Iran

Japanese media report the U.S. has demanded that Japan reduce oil imports from Iran.

The Yomiuri Shimbun said at the request of the U.S., the Japanese government is discussing in detail with its domestic petroleum industry curtailing crude oil imports from Iran.

Japan’s daily crude oil imports from Iran stands at 350-thousand barrels, nine-point-eight percent of its total oil imports.

An embargo is a declaration of war... which is precisely what the US wants to do.

Azumi says #Japan will reduce oil imports from #Iran.

reply to post by Vitchilo


Before world war 2 the US did he same to japan. They also stopped them from being able to obtain raw materials. I wonder how much the Saudis and other rich oil nations stand to profit from an embargo on Iran.

Thanks for the info.

ALS

Seems japan have folded to the US's demands.

TEHRAN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The United States won key support from Japan on Thursday for tough oil sanctions against Iran over a nuclear programme that the West suspects is geared to developing atomic bombs.

mobile.reuters.com...

ALS

Found this story interesting.

Russia concerned about Iran's uranium enrichment

www.businessweek.com...

Iran calls for retaliatory strike for the death of nuclear scientist.
www.washingtonpost.com... rsP_story.html

But we've heard it all before right.

ALS