The United States’ intelligence community has ruled out allegations that Iran is creating a Nuclear bomb. The Los Angeles Times reports that 16 separate agencies have all reached the same conclusion.
Sasan Fayaz-manesh, California State University, talks to RT. He says similar intelligence reports a few years ago were ignored by Washington, because they didn’t sit well with its ultimate goal in Iran.
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U.S. Senate lawmakers have released a plan for a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s Energy sector. The bill aimed at choking funds, used by Tehran to allegedly develop Nuclear weapons, will be mulled over on Thursday. But while Washington shows no sign of easing up on Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Minister has welcomed the extension of the IAEA mission in the country. A team of UN nuclear inspectors may now prolong their stay in Iran beyond the initially planned three days. The minister was optimistic about the possible renewal of nuclear negotiations saying the IAEA visit is a step towards easing the tensions. However, American Radio host, Ralph Schoenman is skeptical about the talks as he thinks the UN body is under too much western influence.
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Iran launches a new uranium enrichment facility after threatening to shut down a vital oil supply route in the Gulf, sparking warnings of military action from the US.
Patrick Henningsen, associate editor for Info-wars website, talks to RT suggesting that the current situation in Iran is a new wave of power politics.
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On Thursday, US President Barack Obama said he’s “considering all options on Iran”. RT’s Reema Abu Hamdieh talks to former U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley on US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s Nuclear program and the possibility of US-Iran war.
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NATO admits it’s probably to blame for a deadly helicopter raid on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, that killed up to 28 Pakistani soldiers and injured over a dozen others. Islamabad responded by cutting off the flow of vital NATO supplies to Afghanistan. The incident may deal a serious blow to their already-strained relations over lethal incursions in Pakistani territory. John Rees, a political analyst from the British-based ‘Stop the War Coalition’, told RT that the U.S. and its allies are creating an explosive situation in the volatile region.
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A 5.8 earthquake hit the US east coast and was felt as far as Ontario, Canada and Cleveland, Ohio. The last earthquake that was this severe was back in 1897 which was a 5.9. Lauren Lyster gives us a firsthand account of what happened earlier today in DC.
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May 12 (Bloomberg) — Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners LLC, talks about U.S. Energy policy and oil-industry tax breaks.
He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan.” (Source: Bloomberg)