veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Russia Ready to Send SU 57 to Iran

Russia Ready to Send SU 57 to Iran

VT/Press TV : Russian foreign minister Lavrov announced that as of October 18 any and every Russian weapon system would be available to Iran up to and including the S400/500 and the SU 57 stealth fighter .
Round trip range for an SU 57 steal fighter is around 3700 miles .
The two maps below show weapons launch capability that reaches Rome or almost the entire Mediterranean in the West and south into the Southern Indian Ocean .
The SU 57 will give Iran a survivable anti-naval capability that would reach not only well into the Indian Ocean but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Iranian Navy , Admiral Hussain Khanzadi , announced that the Islamic Republic is close to obtaining hypersonic missiles , and that the production of these weapons is on the agenda .
Khanzadi said : “ The engines of the naval forces of the army missiles will undergo inevitable changes and should withstand more heat for a long time.
” “ We will definitely have changes for the refueling systems and the marine navigation system in the marine force.
” He continued : “ We have succeeded in achieving missile production with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will soon reach more exciting ranges , and the manufacture of new generation missiles is part of the army ’ s naval power program.
” He explained , “ The Navy will soon obtain a generation of hypersonic missiles , in which new jet engines are used to move at supersonic speeds several times.
” “ The Iranian naval forces are looking forward to launching the missiles vertically , which will enable them to place more missiles on the deck of ships to hit more diversified targets.
” Should Iran obtain hypersonic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the handful of nations in the world that possess these weapons.
” These hypersonic weapons with extremely high kinetic energy , would be undefeatable carrier killers at ranges where US aircraft would not be able to hit Iran .
America ’ s conventional missile capability until the US fields its own hypersonic missiles is extremely limited and failures against Syria during Trump ’ s terror attacks on that nations population failed miserably .
Key is Iran ’ s ability to erase the UAE and Saudi Arabia while Israel is engaged and totally besieged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defense into depending on divisions between Arabs and Kurds and in helping Saudi Arabia direct its formerly vast financial resources toward funding al Qaeda and ISIS under US protection .
Press TV : Iranian naval forces wave Russian and Iranian flags as a Russian navy ship arrives in Chabahar Port for a joint drill with Iran and China , December 2019 .
Russia has played down the US threat of sanctions over any arms trade with Iran following the expiry of a UN arms embargo that Washington failed to keep in place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth of Moscow-Tehran defense cooperation .
“ We are not afraid of US sanctions , we are used to them , ” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency on Monday .
He also predicted that Moscow-Tehran defense ties will develop regardless of any US restrictive measures .
Earlier , the administration of US President Donald Trump announced an executive order and new unilateral sanctions against Iran after an abortive push to reinstate UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic .
It named 27 individuals and entities , including officials at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Organization of Iran and anyone found trading in conventional weapons with Tehran .
American officials said they had enforced an indefinite ban on weapons sales , which allows for sanctions on any international companies or individuals that seek to violate the embargo .
The news of American sanctions followed Washington ’ s failure to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at re-imposing UN sanctions against Iran .
The UN Security Council member states challenged Washington ’ s rationale that it was still a participant state to the Joint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , citing its withdrawal from the multilateral agreement in May 2018 .
A month earlier , the Trump administration suffered yet another embarrassing loss as it failed to keep the UN arms embargo in force against Iran through a resolution at the UNSC .
The ban will be lifted on October 18 under UNSC Resolution 2231 , which endorsed the JCPOA .
Lavrov : US statements on Iran sanctions null and void Separately on Monday , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the US endeavor to prevent the lifting of the Iranian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The UN Security Council reiterated the ban will end on October 18 , and “ there would be no limitations whatsoever after the expiration of this timeframe , ” he added .
The top Russian diplomat also noted that Washington ’ s reasoning behind bringing back the UN sanctions against Iran looks “ funny ” as the absolute majority of UNSC members — 13 out of 15 — do not support activating the “ snapback ” mechanism .
The Security Council “ clearly stated that there is no legal position or moral reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the statements to the contrary are null and void , ” he emphasized .
Lavrov went on to explain how the US diplomacy usually works when a party goes against its will in dealing with Iran .
“ I can only remind them that they should respect the hierarchy of the American administration , because their boss , President Trump , has personally signed an official decree withdrawing the United States from the JCPOA , ” Lavrov said sarcastically .
On Sunday , the three European signatories to the JCPOA — France @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US claim that it has restored Iran sanctions through the “ snapback ” mechanism has no legal effect .
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres , for his part , said “ uncertainty ” prevents him from taking any action on a US declaration that all UN sanctions have been reinstated against Iran .

VT/Press TV: Russian foreign minister Lavrov announced that as of October 18 any and every Russian weapon system would be available to Iran up to and including the S400/500 and the SU 57 stealth fighter.
Round trip range for an SU 57 stealth fighter is around 3700 miles. The two maps below show weapons launch capability that reaches Rome or almost the entire Mediterranean in the West and south into the Southern Indian Ocean.
The SU 57 will give Iran a survivable anti-naval capability that would reach not only well into the Indian Ocean but the Mediterranean as well.
From Geopolitics: “The commander of the Iranian Navy, Admiral Hussain Khanzadi, announced that the Islamic Republic is close to obtaining hypersonic missiles, and that the production of these weapons is on the agenda. Khanzadi said: “The engines of the naval forces of the army missiles will undergo inevitable changes and should withstand more heat for a long time.” “We will definitely have changes for the refueling systems and the marine navigation system in the marine force.” He continued: “We have succeeded in achieving missile production with a range of 300 km, and we will soon reach more exciting ranges, and the manufacture of new generation missiles is part of the army’s naval power program.” He explained, “The Navy will soon obtain a generation of hypersonic missiles, in which new jet engines are used to move at supersonic speeds several times.” “The Iranian naval forces are looking forward to launching the missiles vertically, which will enable them to place more missiles on the deck of ships to hit more diversified targets.” Should Iran obtain hypersonic missiles, they will be one of the handful of nations in the world that possess these weapons.” These hypersonic weapons with extremely high kinetic energy, would be undefeatable carrier killers at ranges where US aircraft would not be able to hit Iran. America’s conventional missile capability until the US fields its own hypersonic missiles is extremely limited and failures against Syria during Trump’s terror attacks on that nation’s population failed miserably. The Key is Iran’s ability to erase the UAE and Saudi Arabia while Israel is engaged and totally besieged by Hezbollah. Israel has built its defense into depending on divisions between Arabs and Kurds and in helping Saudi Arabia direct its formerly vast financial resources toward funding al Qaeda and ISIS under US protection. Press TV: Iranian naval forces wave Russian and Iranian flags as a Russian navy ship arrives in Chabahar Port for a joint drill with Iran and China, December 2019.
Russia has played down the US threat of sanctions over any arms trade with Iran following the expiry of a UN arms embargo that Washington failed to keep in place, saying such bans cannot stop the growth of Moscow-Tehran defense cooperation.
“We are not afraid of US sanctions, we are used to them,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency on Monday.
He also predicted that Moscow-Tehran defense ties will develop regardless of any US restrictive measures.
The US arms embargo on Iran “will not affect our policy in any way. Our cooperation with Iran is multifaceted, defense cooperation will progress depending on the two countries’ needs and mutual willingness,” he said. “Another executive order will not change our approach.”
Earlier, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced an executive order and new unilateral sanctions against Iran after an abortive push to reinstate UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
It named 27 individuals and entities, including officials at the Iranian Defense Ministry, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and anyone found trading in conventional weapons with Tehran.
American officials said they had enforced an indefinite ban on weapons sales, which allows for sanctions on any international companies or individuals that seek to violate the embargo.
The news of American sanctions followed Washington’s failure to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at re-imposing UN sanctions against Iran.
The UN Security Council member states challenged Washington’s rationale that it was still a participant state to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), citing its withdrawal from the multilateral agreement in May 2018.
A month earlier, the Trump administration suffered yet another embarrassing loss as it failed to keep the UN arms embargo in force against Iran through a resolution at the UNSC.
The ban will be lifted on October 18 under UNSC Resolution 2231, which endorsed the JCPOA.
Russia launches Kavkaz-2020 military drills, featuring forces from Iran, China Russia launches Kavkaz-2020 joint military exercises with several neighboring countries in its Southern Military District.
Lavrov: US statements on Iran sanctions null and void
Separately on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the US endeavor to prevent the lifting of the Iranian arms embargo did not make sense.
“There is no such thing as an arms embargo against Iran,” he clarified in an exclusive interview with the Al Arabiya news channel.
The UN Security Council reiterated the ban will end on October 18, and “there would be no limitations whatsoever after the expiration of this timeframe,” he added.
The top Russian diplomat also noted that Washington’s reasoning behind bringing back the UN sanctions against Iran looks “funny” as the absolute majority of UNSC members — 13 out of 15 — do not support activating the “snapback” mechanism.
The Security Council “clearly stated that there is no legal position or moral reasons for anything close to the snapback and all the statements to the contrary are null and void,” he emphasized.
“The Americans lost any talent in diplomacy, unfortunately; they used to have excellent experts, [but] now what they’re doing in foreign policy is to put a demand on the table, whether they’re discussing Iran or anything else,” Lavrov said.
E3: US claim on snapback sanctions on Iran lacks legal effect The three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal say a claim by the US that it has restored Iran sanctions through the so-called snapback mechanism has no legal effect.
Lavrov went on to explain how US diplomacy usually works when a party goes against its will in dealing with Iran.
If their counterpart disagrees, “they (the Americans) put an ultimatum, they give a deadline and then they impose sanctions, then they make the sanctions extra-territorial,” he pointed out, expressing regret that the European Union is also “engaging in the same tricks more and more.”
“I can only remind them that they should respect the hierarchy of the American administration, because their boss, President Trump, has personally signed an official decree withdrawing the United States from the JCPOA,” Lavrov said sarcastically.
On Sunday, the three European signatories to the JCPOA — France, Germany and Britain — said the US claim that it has restored Iran sanctions through the “snapback” mechanism has no legal effect.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for his part, said “uncertainty” prevents him from taking any action on a US declaration that all UN sanctions have been reinstated against Iran.


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Why are they lying about the Iowa lynching?

VT : There is much that isn ’ t being told here in this two week old murder case .
Yes , they have now arrested 4 ‘ ever-Trumpsters ’ in the killing but the story is being suppressed .
Police announced this was not a race crime because one of the 4 knew the victim .
We know otherwise and would like to take a strong look at local police and their relationship with the killers , more than one of whom are police informants .
The body was burned to hide evidence of a lynching and ritutal Klan-Qanon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams , a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week , Iowa authorities announced Tuesday .
Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12 , and his death was “ not a random act of violence , ” as he ’ d known at least one of the suspects for years .
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said four suspects—Steven Vogel , 31 , Julia Cox , 55 , Roy Garner , 57 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in connection with Williams ’ death .
Vogel , who is described as a “ known acquaintance ” of Williams , has been charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse , while the other three face charges for abuse of corpse , destruction of evidence , and accessory after the fact .
All four individuals are currently in police custody .
“ Michael was killed in Grinnell on or about on Sept. 12 , 2020 .
Michael ’ s body was then wrapped in cloth , plastic , and carpet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and duct tape .
He was then taken to rural Kellogg on the afternoon of Sept. 16 , where he was set ablaze , ” Iowa DCI Special Agent Adam DeCamp said during a Tuesday press conference announcing the charges .
He added that “ no evidence has been found to show the acts against Michael Williams were motivated by his race.
” read more…

VT: There is much that isn’t being told here in this two week old murder case. Yes, they have now arrested 4 ‘ever-Trumpsters’ in the killing but the story is being suppressed.
Police announced this was not a race crime because one of the 4 knew the victim. We know otherwise and would like to take a strong look at local police and their relationship with the killers, more than one of whom are police informants.
4 people have been charged after a Black man's body was found burning in an Iowa ditch https://t.co/bWLIIs7eTI Definitely not a race crime. They have tons of noose hanging, hate group, Ozark trash at Union Pacific! Aryan nation corporation. pic.twitter.com/4M4yTxa5iR — YAAKUUB (@YAAKUUB1) September 23, 2020
The body was burned to hide evidence of a lynching and ritutal Klan-Qanon castration.
A Black man named Michael Williams, 44, was found dead, burned, and possibly lynched in a ditch in Kellogg, Iowa, last week. His body was still burning when authorities found him. Something needs to change. And somebody fucking knows something. https://t.co/iGH01pmmLg — Lucy (@LucyFitz46) September 22, 2020 Daily Beast: Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week, Iowa authorities announced Tuesday. I feel like the fact a black man was found BURNING IN A DITCH IN IOWA SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY THAN IT CURRENTLY IS https://t.co/GWNuppthJL — 🌹🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌹™ (@herosnvrdie69) September 21, 2020 Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12, and his death was “not a random act of violence,” as he’d known at least one of the suspects for years. Black man burning in a ditch in a suspected hate crime a day ago in Iowa. Nearby college decided to cancel classes and focus on racial justice. Is it normal that this is still only local news? It’ll be national soon though, right? (Still new to the US.) https://t.co/EvJENtkih1 — Yannick Giovanni Marshall, PhD (@furtherblack) September 21, 2020 The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said four suspects—Steven Vogel, 31, Julia Cox, 55, Roy Garner, 57, and Cody Johnson, 29—have been charged in connection with Williams’ death. Vogel, who is described as a “known acquaintance” of Williams, has been charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, while the other three face charges for abuse of corpse, destruction of evidence, and accessory after the fact. All four individuals are currently in police custody. “Michael was killed in Grinnell on or about on Sept. 12, 2020. Michael’s body was then wrapped in cloth, plastic, and carpet, which was secured to him by rope and duct tape. He was then taken to rural Kellogg on the afternoon of Sept. 16, where he was set ablaze,” Iowa DCI Special Agent Adam DeCamp said during a Tuesday press conference announcing the charges. He added that “no evidence has been found to show the acts against Michael Williams were motivated by his race.” read more… Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week. Officers said his death was “not a random act of violence.” https://t.co/5zufBixayB — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 22, 2020 *


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Another Large Blast hit Lebanon: Alleged Israeli Attack at Suspected Hezbollah Site (video)

Another terrible explosion , another alleged Hezbollah deposit in the crosshairs , another suspicion that it is an Israeli attack on Lebanon .
On the afternoon of Tuesday 22 September , a devastating explosion was seen and heard in the south of the country , according to local sources .
The news was promptly picked up by Middle East Eye ( below ) but also by the BBC .
According to an initial report , there was only damage to the structures and minor injuries but no deaths .
The episode brings to mind both the recent attacks by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air force , on the border with the Lebanese territories of the Golan Heights , but above all the massacre in the port of Beirut which caused almost 200 deaths and 5 thousand injured when a deposit of ammonium nitrate , and according to recent investigations also a fireworks factory , would have been hit by two small nuclear missiles even according to a former Zionist parliamentarian .
The terroristic and shady attacks by IDF against Lebanon are becoming very similar to the lethal ones conducted in Syria against lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allied with Damascus .
A large explosion rocked a village in south Lebanon on Tuesday , with local media reporting that it had occured in a house belonging to Hezbollah .
A security source told Reuters that an arms depot belonging to the armed Shia movement had blown up because of a technical error .
Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed said the Shia movement had imposed a security cordon around the site .
A number of people were injured in the blast in Ain Qana , local residents told Lebanese media .
A witness in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felt the ground shake , while video clips circulation online showed clouds of dark smoke rising from the area .
The National News Agency reported that the blast had coincided with a number of fly-overs by Israeli fighter jets and drones .
The images of the smoke rising being circulated on social and broadcast media is likely to provoke anxiety for a many Lebanese , who are still recovering from an August explosion in the port of Beirut that devastated surrounding areas .
There was no immediate statement from Hezbollah .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Annahar newspaper that the weapons had been leftovers from the 2006 conflict with Israel .
The blast stirs new worries in Lebanon , a nation grappling with its worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war and still reeling from the 4 August blast that killed at least 190 people and injured thousands .

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean
Another terrible explosion, another alleged Hezbollah deposit in the crosshairs, another suspicion that it is an Israeli attack on Lebanon. On the afternoon of Tuesday 22 September, a devastating explosion was seen and heard in the south of the country, according to local sources.
The news was promptly picked up by Middle East Eye (below) but also by the BBC. According to an initial report, there was only damage to the structures and minor injuries but no deaths.
The episode brings to mind both the recent attacks by the Israel Defense Forces, the Tel Aviv air force, on the border with the Lebanese territories of the Golan Heights, but above all the massacre in the port of Beirut which caused almost 200 deaths and 5 thousand injured when a deposit of ammonium nitrate, and according to recent investigations also a fireworks factory, would have been hit by two small nuclear missiles even according to a former Zionist parliamentarian.
Fabio is Director and Editor of Gospa News; a Christian Information Journal. Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio, born on 24/2/1967 in Borgosesia, started working as a reporter when he was only 19 years old in the alpine area of Valsesia, Piedmont, his birth region in Italy. After studying literature and history at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, he became director of the local newspaper Notizia Oggi Vercelli and specialized in judicial reporting. For about 15 years he is a correspondent from Northern Italy for the Italian newspapers Libero and Il Giornale, also writing important revelations on the Ustica massacre, a report on Freemasonry and organized crime. With independent investigations, he collaborates with Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza in important investigations that conclude with the arrest of Camorra entrepreneurs or corrupt politicians. In July 2018 he found the counter-information web media Gospa News focused on geopolitics, terrorism, Middle East, and military intelligence. His articles were published on many international media and website as SouthFront, Reseau International, Sputnik Italia, United Nation Association Westminster, Global Research, Kolozeg and more… His investigations was quoted also by The Gateway Pundit, Tasnim and others He worked for many years for the magazine Art & Wine as an art critic and curator. www.gospanews.net/


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Iran expanding economic relations in spite of US sanctions

Work to begin soon on linking Iran power grid to Russia , Azerbaijan : Report [ Editor ’ s Note : I had known that Iran has been investing in electric generation , in what seemed far in excess of its projected domestic needs as a way to use its huge gas deposits to earn foreign revenue with long term electric exports .
Despite the hostile Arab governments west of Iran in the Persian Gulf , Iran continues to nail down the security of its borders by becoming an economic hub for its neighbors that it can help develop in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in a shooting war in the future and its electrical grid is damaged , this power grid plan could end up as a life saver .
It also assures that New Silk Road investment will have a diversified power grid to serve area needs , binding them all together in not only an economic group but one with inter-dependent defense .
If one gets hurt , it threatens the others .
This news also shows how practical Iran is with its open arms to Azerbaijan , despite its having had a long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azeris were selling a lot of oil to Israel and buy weapons in return .
It will take time , but as I have written in the past , eventually an air defense system will be required to defend the Silk Road connection network and its hubs .
The lower cost of production , especially for the larger production runs will save the members money on defense .
The US unipolar muscle flexing is actually stimulating this buildup to happen sooner , rather than later .
In hindsight , some could view the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The New Silk Road could end up being forced to form its own NATO , which would raise the stakes in a major conflict .
And the only people who benefit from that are the arms producers and insiders who short the financial markets before the pivotal events… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > Iran , Russia and Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ project to link their power systems , shows a report , as Tehran seeks greater access to regional energy markets to export its surplus electricity .
The Thursday report by the official IRNA news agency cited recent statements by high-ranking officials from the three countries showing that the synchronization project agreed some 15 years ago and kicked off in 2017 would soon be implemented .
The report said the study phase of the project , which had been commissioned to an Iranian contractor , was nearing its end and authorities are preparing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minister Reza Ardakanian said last week that feasibility and technical studies related to the project would conclude within the next few months .
The report by IRNA also cited comments by Russian Foreign Minister Seregi Lavrov during a meeting with Azerbaijani officials in September last year in which he elaborated that both Moscow and Baku were intent on implementing the relatively complicated project .
It also made a reference to comments by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in January in which he had highlighted the immense capacities that existed for electricity cooperation between Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the implementation of the project would strengthen reliability of the electricity networks in the three countries while it would create opportunities for more power exports from Iran , a country that has seen its electricity generation capacity increased steadily over the years .
Iran and Russia have expanded their trade and energy relations in recent years mainly through agreeing on a series of key infrastructure projects in Iran while Tehran has managed to gain access to a Russian-led economic bloc to enjoy preferential tariffs for imports and exports of certain goods .

Work to begin soon on linking Iran power grid to Russia, Azerbaijan: Report
…from PresssTV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: I had known that Iran has been investing in electric generation, in what seemed far in excess of its projected domestic needs as a way to use its huge gas deposits to earn foreign revenue with long term electric exports.
Despite the hostile Arab governments west of Iran in the Persian Gulf, Iran continues to nail down the security of its borders by becoming an economic hub for its neighbors that it can help develop in multiple ways.
If Iran gets caught up in a shooting war in the future and its electrical grid is damaged, this power grid plan could end up as a life saver.
It also assures that New Silk Road investment will have a diversified power grid to serve area needs, binding them all together in not only an economic group but one with inter-dependent defense. If one gets hurt, it threatens the others.
This news also shows how practical Iran is with its open arms to Azerbaijan, despite its having had a long and close relationship with Israel. The Azeris were selling a lot of oil to Israel and buy weapons in return.
It will take time, but as I have written in the past, eventually an air defense system will be required to defend the Silk Road connection network and its hubs. The lower cost of production, especially for the larger production runs will save the members money on defense.
The US unipolar muscle flexing is actually stimulating this buildup to happen sooner, rather than later. In hindsight, some could view the US’ forward deployment as counterproductive.
The New Silk Road could end up being forced to form its own NATO, which would raise the stakes in a major conflict. And the only people who benefit from that are the arms producers and insiders who short the financial markets before the pivotal events… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … September 17, 2020 –
Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan are close to starting works on a project to link their power systems, shows a report, as Tehran seeks greater access to regional energy markets to export its surplus electricity.
The Thursday report by the official IRNA news agency cited recent statements by high-ranking officials from the three countries showing that the synchronization project agreed some 15 years ago and kicked off in 2017 would soon be implemented.
The report said the study phase of the project, which had been commissioned to an Iranian contractor, was nearing its end and authorities are preparing to start the implementation phase.
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said last week that feasibility and technical studies related to the project would conclude within the next few months.
The report by IRNA also cited comments by Russian Foreign Minister Seregi Lavrov during a meeting with Azerbaijani officials in September last year in which he elaborated that both Moscow and Baku were intent on implementing the relatively complicated project.
It also made a reference to comments by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in January in which he had highlighted the immense capacities that existed for electricity cooperation between Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia.
IRNA said the implementation of the project would strengthen reliability of the electricity networks in the three countries while it would create opportunities for more power exports from Iran, a country that has seen its electricity generation capacity increased steadily over the years.
Iran and Russia have expanded their trade and energy relations in recent years mainly through agreeing on a series of key infrastructure projects in Iran while Tehran has managed to gain access to a Russian-led economic bloc to enjoy preferential tariffs for imports and exports of certain goods.


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Fauci Totally Destroys Rand Paul…Possible Suicide Watch for the Hillbilly Madman

VT : It has been a long time coming but finally Anthony Fauci has taken down Rand Paul once and forever , proving that Paul ’ s so-called medical education is sorely lacking in actual science .
This is a pure bloodbath and great TV to boot .
Time to send Rand Paul to the showers .
AOL : Sen. Rand Paul ( R-Ky. ) received a sharp education lesson on virus immunity and prevention from Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on Wednesday when the Kentucky physician attempted to attribute New York ’ s dramatic reduction in COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following safety protocols .
During a heated back and forth , Paul , who has opposed mask mandates , criticized Fauci ’ s past praise of New York and its Democratic governor ’ s handling of the pandemic .
“ New York had the highest death rate in the world , ” Paul said .
“ How can we possibly be jumping up and down and saying , oh Gov .
[ Andrew ] Cuomo did a great job ?
He had the worst death rate in the world.
” “ No , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ve done that repetitively in the past , ” Fauci fired back .
“ They got hit very badly .
They made some mistakes .
Right now … the things that are going on in New York to get their test positivity 1 percent or less is because they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the [ coronavirus ] task force .
”

VT: It has been a long time coming but finally Anthony Fauci has taken down Rand Paul once and forever, proving that Paul’s so-called medical education is sorely lacking in actual science.
This is a pure bloodbath and great TV to boot. Time to send Rand Paul to the showers.
AOL: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) received a sharp education lesson on virus immunity and prevention from Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on Wednesday when the Kentucky physician attempted to attribute New York’s dramatic reduction in COVID-19 cases to herd immunity instead of people following safety protocols.
In a heated exchange, Dr. Fauci challenges Sen. Rand Paul's assertion that New York's current low positivity rate is attributable to "community immunity": "If you believe 22% is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that" pic.twitter.com/36tDpA8cTy — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 23, 2020
During a heated back and forth, Paul, who has opposed mask mandates, criticized Fauci’s past praise of New York and its Democratic governor’s handling of the pandemic.
Dr. Fauci has had just about enough of Rand Paul, basically calls him a moron. "This happens with Senator Rand all the time… If you believe 22% is herd immunity, I believe you’re alone in that. pic.twitter.com/BdsuGsz8TI — Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 23, 2020
“New York had the highest death rate in the world,” Paul said. “How can we possibly be jumping up and down and saying, oh Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo did a great job? He had the worst death rate in the world.”
Watching dr. Anthony Fauci smackdown Rand Paul is just the moment of zen I needed today pic.twitter.com/gci1778lIO — Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) September 23, 2020
Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, responded with a fact check.
“No, you misconstrued that, senator, and you’ve done that repetitively in the past,” Fauci fired back. “They got hit very badly. They made some mistakes. Right now … the things that are going on in New York to get their test positivity 1 percent or less is because they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the [coronavirus] task force.”
Rand Paul just confronted Dr. Fauci to his face on lockdowns: "You have been a been fan of Cuomo and the shutdown in NY. You lauded NY for their policy. NY had the highest death rate in the world. How could we possibly be jumping up and down and saying Cuomo did a great job?" pic.twitter.com/VdXWVZ5TGM — Kelb Hull (@CalebJHull) September 23, 2020
I LOVED every second of Dr. Fauci ripping apart Rand Paul for spreading misinformation re: #COVID19 With 200K Americans dead, you would think that Senator Paul would care. You would THINK so? BUT, Rand Paul doesn't care!pic.twitter.com/NRcFCCQi8Y — Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) September 23, 2020
Rand Paul Destroyed


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Jack Heart: The Pig Must Die

Jack Heart: The Pig Must Die

The West coast is burning and the fires are being set .
Perpetrators are being apprehended ; one supposedly a vagrant somehow had more than two ounces of methamphetamine in his possession .
( 1 ) Bums have been filmed lovingly tending to the fires that burn the fields where they once slept .
( 2 ) Others brashly live stream their pyromaniacal activities onto Facebook and laugh in the face of the police who come to arrest them .
( 3 ) All three incidents of blatant police brutality that ignited America ’ s urban pyrotechnical display ; Kenosha @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been staged to anyone giving them more than a cursory glance .
Yet mindless mobs burn down buildings on city streets all over America in retaliation .
No one ’ s asking why .
The Devil has finally come for America and America is burning because as noted by Don McLean in American Pie ; his classic ode to America , “ fire is the devils only friend… ” It ’ s said that the Phoenix will rise from the ashes of destruction but it is also said the Phoenix feeds its young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own living body .
Diametrically opposed to the Phoenix America has always eaten its own young .
Even now with its COVID lockdown , as Robert Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly pointed out , America sacrifices its young for its old .
Cannibalizing the young violates the first precept of Nature .
The young must live to perpetuate the species .
It would be hard to find , in all the history of literature , two hundred books that are worth reading .
The only rule in life is believe nothing of what you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2012 I wrote a book about what I ’ ve seen ; Those Who Would Arouse Leviathan .
The story takes place mostly in 1989 .
I saw a lot of things back then that weren ’ t supposed to be .
I ’ d like to say , to believe , that what I saw was the result chemical intoxication but in my youth at the time I had taken massive dosages of hallucinogenics and never had a hallucination .
Only once , when I smoked “ Angel Dust , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be described as a Carlos Castaneda type vision .
The excerpt at the bottom describes my own awakening from that vision .
The excerpt at the top explains the rest .
‘ In the mid eighties the Great South Bay of Long Island was no longer a source of income for the generational family ’ s that had fished its waters for two hundred years .
In the early seventies you could almost walk across the clam boats plying its waters from Massapequa to the Robert Moses Bridge .
Anyone , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or thongs , could pull two hundred dollars a day or more from the muck below its ten feet of water .
Many thousands did from wooden flat bottomed skiffs , open boats crudely built at eighteen to twenty-two feet long .
The plywood box around the center console where the controls were located was the boats only concession to the elements .
Every canal in working class areas was full of them .
By the time I graduated Copiague High School in 1977 the Great South Bay fisheries had collapsed .
Seventeen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armed forces right out of high school setting a national record at the time .
The sewers had come to southwestern Suffolk County .
‘ Progress ’ works out well for the rich and the poor , not so well for the working man whose job it usually takes .
The construction of the “ Southwest Sewer District ” was rift with scandals .
Rigged bids and contracts doled out to the nonexistent company ’ s of political cronies insured an environmental disaster .
A processing and pumping station was built on Bergen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was run through the bay and over Gilgo Beach three miles out into the ocean .
The pipe leaked like a sieve .
The South Bays clams were no longer harvestable because of pollution levels in the bay and an economic catastrophe ensued along its shores .
The area of Lindenhurst by Venetian Shores was particularly hard hit because almost all its residents were clam diggers .
Nobody who lived down there wanted to be anything but what their father and grandfather had been before them .
Every day the sun would rise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other side of the canal .
On it stood the great temple ; Southwest Sewer District # 3 – Bergen Point Wastewater Treatment Plant , a vast sewage treatment complex , a shrine to the Gods of money and the political corruption bought and sold .
The cronies actually had the nerve to build their golf course right next to it .
I did not fail to see the irony of the whole thing .
The area by Venetian Beach became an open air marijuana market .
Cars from all over Long Island @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its gates and be greeted by a throng of surfer type teenagers .
Blond haired girls would cut in front of blue eyed boys at the windows of cars .
Everybody had bags of weed to sell .
I looked at these kids as an unlimited supply of labor for my landscape business .
Jimmy Lyn and a couple of nefarious characters from the Pagans named Jenson and Evers looked at them as an unlimited supply of retail drug dealers .
I christened this spawn of the displaced bay men ; Bay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Would Arouse Leviathan , chapter 20 ‘ תפארת / Beauty , ’ Jack Heart 2012 , Federal Copyright TXu 1-945-443 .
‘ The next thing I remember was John sitting next to me on Charlie ’ s bed gently slapping my face .
I sat up and hastily pulled up my sweater .
There across my left rib cage was a gapping ten inch long cut .
John turned to Charlie and Kevin and said “ what did you guys do to him ?
” It did not sound good for both of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ answered stammering “ he , he must of got that when he fell against the toilet in the bathroom .
We put him on the bed .
He ’ s been out ever since then , about three hours.
” John just looked at them and didn ’ t say anything .
He got up and helped me to my feet .
He said to me “ c ’ mon we ’ re leaving.
” He helped me down to his car then he told Charlie “ go back in and get his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with us pleading to John “ hey I hope you don ’ t think any of us would ever do anything to hurt him .
We ’ re the best friends he has besides you guys .
I don ’ t do any drugs myself .
I told him not to go smoking that shit after all the coke he snorted.
” John didn ’ t say anything and Charlie came running back with the hat and coat and we left .
John brought me to my parent ’ s house .
My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trips to the hospital and nobody was home .
I was still unsteady on my feet so John helped me inside .
When we got inside I suddenly remembered and said “ hey what about the Guiney ’ s. ” He just said “ don ’ t even worry about them.
” I went into my closet and pulled out a little four-ten shotgun I had in there loaded with a slug .
I staggered out to the hallway and fired it into the living room floor .
John started laughing hysterically and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t understand .
I ’ m tired of them , all of them .
What we need here is a night of death .
They all need to be murdered in their beds by their own children .
We can start with the Italians since I was born Italian but I want them all ; Irish , German , Jews , Catholics , Protestants .
They are all fucking infidels !
They are vampires that suck the blood of their own children !
They take and they take , and then they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back is the least amount possible .
They call that good business .
I call it stealing .
They have traded all our tomorrows for their one today !
Look around you !
We can ’ t even get contracts to build anything because they got all the bids rigged for themselves .
The other day I ’ m talking to some English prick that ’ s got a contract to build a huge apartment complex on the North Shore .
I should beg him , some foreigner , for the landscaping there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cemeteries of this fucking country ?
To top it off how many of them died in the last big war saving his country ’ s ass ?
That was not what was intended when the Free Masons fought for and founded this country !
Look at what they did with the sewers .
J.D .
Posillico didn ’ t even have an ice cream truck and never built a fucking thing in their lives when they were awarded the entire contract for the Southwest Sewer District , now the bays unfishable .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them will not be murder it will be euthanasia !
We need a night of death .
Crowley said we will grind the old grey world beneath our feet .
Let ’ s start grinding.
” ’ – Excerpt from Those Who Would Arouse Leviathan , chapter 27 ‘ גבורה / Severity , ’ Jack Heart 2012 , Federal Copyright TXu 1-945-443 .
1 – “ How did several megafires in Oregon start ?
.
” KGW News .
YouTube , 11 Sep 2020 .
Web .
https : //www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=T2S1Gsx7pmg & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While Being Arrested for Allegedly Setting Fire on SR-167.
” KING 5 , YouTube , 10 Sept. 2020 , www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=cGLep-1ky8I & fbclid=IwAR1vGYGY3tdojX_enQA23R6qvtlcrDU-KZVquMyxjRHjXA57-nYD_54EbxE

The West coast is burning and the fires are being set. Perpetrators are being apprehended; one supposedly a vagrant somehow had more than two ounces of methamphetamine in his possession. (1) Bums have been filmed lovingly tending to the fires that burn the fields where they once slept. (2) Others brashly live stream their pyromaniacal activities onto Facebook and laugh in the face of the police who come to arrest them. (3)
All three incidents of blatant police brutality that ignited America’s urban pyrotechnical display; Kenosha, Atlanta and Minneapolis seem to have been staged to anyone giving them more than a cursory glance. Yet mindless mobs burn down buildings on city streets all over America in retaliation. No one’s asking why. The Devil has finally come for America and America is burning because as noted by Don McLean in American Pie; his classic ode to America, “fire is the devils only friend…”
It’s said that the Phoenix will rise from the ashes of destruction but it is also said the Phoenix feeds its young with the flesh it rips from its own living body. Diametrically opposed to the Phoenix America has always eaten its own young. Even now with its COVID lockdown, as Robert Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly pointed out, America sacrifices its young for its old. Cannibalizing the young violates the first precept of Nature. The young must live to perpetuate the species.
It would be hard to find, in all the history of literature, two hundred books that are worth reading. The only rule in life is believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see. In 2012 I wrote a book about what I’ve seen; Those Who Would Arouse Leviathan. The story takes place mostly in 1989. I saw a lot of things back then that weren’t supposed to be. I’d like to say, to believe, that what I saw was the result chemical intoxication but in my youth at the time I had taken massive dosages of hallucinogenics and never had a hallucination.
Only once, when I smoked “Angel Dust,” did I ever have anything that could be described as a Carlos Castaneda type vision. The excerpt at the bottom describes my own awakening from that vision. The excerpt at the top explains the rest.
‘In the mid eighties the Great South Bay of Long Island was no longer a source of income for the generational family’s that had fished its waters for two hundred years. In the early seventies you could almost walk across the clam boats plying its waters from Massapequa to the Robert Moses Bridge. Anyone, if they worked hard enough with a rake or thongs, could pull two hundred dollars a day or more from the muck below its ten feet of water. Many thousands did from wooden flat bottomed skiffs, open boats crudely built at eighteen to twenty-two feet long. The plywood box around the center console where the controls were located was the boats only concession to the elements. Every canal in working class areas was full of them. By the time I graduated Copiague High School in 1977 the Great South Bay fisheries had collapsed. Seventeen percent of my graduating class joined the armed forces right out of high school setting a national record at the time.
The sewers had come to southwestern Suffolk County. ‘Progress’ works out well for the rich and the poor, not so well for the working man whose job it usually takes. The construction of the “Southwest Sewer District” was rift with scandals. Rigged bids and contracts doled out to the nonexistent company’s of political cronies insured an environmental disaster. A processing and pumping station was built on Bergen point in Lindenhurst and an outlet pipe was run through the bay and over Gilgo Beach three miles out into the ocean. The pipe leaked like a sieve. The South Bays clams were no longer harvestable because of pollution levels in the bay and an economic catastrophe ensued along its shores. The area of Lindenhurst by Venetian Shores was particularly hard hit because almost all its residents were clam diggers. Nobody who lived down there wanted to be anything but what their father and grandfather had been before them. Every day the sun would rise over Bergen Point looming on just the other side of the canal. On it stood the great temple; Southwest Sewer District # 3 – Bergen Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, a vast sewage treatment complex, a shrine to the Gods of money and the political corruption bought and sold. The cronies actually had the nerve to build their golf course right next to it. I did not fail to see the irony of the whole thing.
The area by Venetian Beach became an open air marijuana market. Cars from all over Long Island would pull around the bend in front of its gates and be greeted by a throng of surfer type teenagers. Blond haired girls would cut in front of blue eyed boys at the windows of cars. Everybody had bags of weed to sell. I looked at these kids as an unlimited supply of labor for my landscape business. Jimmy Lyn and a couple of nefarious characters from the Pagans named Jenson and Evers looked at them as an unlimited supply of retail drug dealers.
I christened this spawn of the displaced bay men; Bay Rats…’ – Excerpt from Those Who Would Arouse Leviathan, chapter 20 ‘תפארת / Beauty,’Jack Heart 2012, Federal Copyright TXu 1-945-443.
‘The next thing I remember was John sitting next to me on Charlie’s bed gently slapping my face. I sat up and hastily pulled up my sweater. There across my left rib cage was a gapping ten inch long cut. John turned to Charlie and Kevin and said “what did you guys do to him?” It did not sound good for both of them and they were terrified. Kevin answered stammering “he, he must of got that when he fell against the toilet in the bathroom. We put him on the bed. He’s been out ever since then, about three hours.” John just looked at them and didn’t say anything. He got up and helped me to my feet. He said to me “c’mon we’re leaving.” He helped me down to his car then he told Charlie “go back in and get his hat and coat.” Kevin stayed outside with us pleading to John “hey I hope you don’t think any of us would ever do anything to hurt him. We’re the best friends he has besides you guys. I don’t do any drugs myself. I told him not to go smoking that shit after all the coke he snorted.” John didn’t say anything and Charlie came running back with the hat and coat and we left.
John brought me to my parent’s house. My father had taken one of his endless trips to the hospital and nobody was home. I was still unsteady on my feet so John helped me inside. When we got inside I suddenly remembered and said “hey what about the Guiney’s.” He just said “don’t even worry about them.” I went into my closet and pulled out a little four-ten shotgun I had in there loaded with a slug. I staggered out to the hallway and fired it into the living room floor. John started laughing hysterically and I said “no John you don’t understand. I’m tired of them, all of them. What we need here is a night of death. They all need to be murdered in their beds by their own children. We can start with the Italians since I was born Italian but I want them all; Irish, German, Jews, Catholics, Protestants. They are all fucking infidels! They are vampires that suck the blood of their own children! They take and they take, and then they take some more. What they give back is the least amount possible. They call that good business. I call it stealing. They have traded all our tomorrows for their one today!
Look around you! We can’t even get contracts to build anything because they got all the bids rigged for themselves. The other day I’m talking to some English prick that’s got a contract to build a huge apartment complex on the North Shore. I should beg him, some foreigner, for the landscaping there while half my relatives occupy the memorial cemeteries of this fucking country? To top it off how many of them died in the last big war saving his country’s ass? That was not what was intended when the Free Masons fought for and founded this country! Look at what they did with the sewers. J.D. Posillico didn’t even have an ice cream truck and never built a fucking thing in their lives when they were awarded the entire contract for the Southwest Sewer District, now the bays unfishable. They all need to die John. Killing them will not be murder it will be euthanasia! We need a night of death. Crowley said we will grind the old grey world beneath our feet. Let’s start grinding.”’ – Excerpt from Those Who Would Arouse Leviathan, chapter 27 ‘גבורה / Severity,’Jack Heart 2012, Federal Copyright TXu 1-945-443.
Citations
1 – “How did several megafires in Oregon start?.” KGW News. YouTube, 11 Sep 2020. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2S1Gsx7pmg&fbclid=IwAR1aLFsY85eiqgHzpWbA-j5a7O1wbGzSLSa9ALh7d2chHDdJRQQqRT0GoHU
2 – ONSCENE TV. “Arsonist Caught Fueling Brush Fire In Chula Vista (Caught On Camera).” YouTube, 22 June 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCntiyM08g0&fbclid=IwAR1xcVfmANoL2lEDmjpZSLyS5CdZYJJR_0yqSzwRAO9ynWqNy_SQT5mHPDY
3 – “Puyallup Man Live-Streams While Being Arrested for Allegedly Setting Fire on SR-167.” KING 5, YouTube, 10 Sept. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGLep-1ky8I&fbclid=IwAR1vGYGY3tdojX_enQA23R6qvtlcrDU-KZVquMyxjRHjXA57-nYD_54EbxE


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Indo-China conflict may lead to Global War

Two nuclear neighbours ’ reinforced their forces after developing tension on 3379.6224 Km ( 2100 Miles ) long Actual Line of Control ( ALC ) where killing of 20 Indian and some Chinese soldiers took placed in June 2020 .
The tension multiplied further when both the countries refused to step back on their actual position .
Starting from 1962 to till 2020 , four deadliest conflicts had been taken placed between China and India .
Meanwhile , American President Donald Trump contrary to the statement of his spokesman over China -Taiwan issue , offered to mediate in reducing military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in settling down territorial dispute between two Himalayan countries being faced even before their inceptions .
Actually , Trump such offers can not be taken as sincere and serious efforts because Washington real policy is totally different towards China than what he is portraying .
It is just a Trump campaign for winning Nobel Prize as he was nominated for it .
In 1914 , representatives from Britain , Republic of China and Tibet gathered in Simla and negotiated to conclude a treaty that would determine the status of Tibet and effectively settle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In this connection , 880KM ( 550 miles ) long line was demarcated and named as McMahon Line .
President of Demarcation Committee was British Colonial Administrator Sir Henry McMahon who proposed this line between North-East of British India and Tibat in 1914 .
The treaty was signed by McMahon and Lonchen Satra on behalf of Tibetan Government but on the other hand the same was not accepted by China .
However , India maintains that the McMahon Line , as frontier which extends through the Himalayas , is the official legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got independence in 1947 and China converted from Communist to Peoples Republic China under the leadership of Mao Zedong in 1949 .
Accordingly , border conflict along with other unresolved issues transferred to new rulers too .
The tensions with intervals continue to escalate between two populous nuclear neighbours .
It further provoked when China sought control of critical roadways near its western frontier in Xinjiang , while India and its Western allies considered Beijing presence as part of a wider plot to export Maoist-style Communism across the region .
In 1962 already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war between India and China .
In that more than 1000 Indian soldiers killed , 3000 injured and Chinese casualties were about to 800 soldiers .
Chinese forces entered deep enough into disputed territory and achieved total victory in that war .
Moreover , Pakistan being one of the newly emerged regional states of Himalayas Range was also directly affected due to Indian illegal claim over Kashmir .
History reveals , then Indian Prime Minister Pandat Jawar Lal Nehro requested to then USA President John F Kennedy for convincing Pakistan to remain neutral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also assured that Kashmir issue would be resolved bilaterally after the war .
Thus , then Pakistani President Ayub Khan gave assurance of nonintervention to USA President , even his foreign minister suggested Ayub to attack India for resurgence of Occupied Kashmir .
Later , as usual Indian Prime Minister after the war refused to abide by the promise made with Pakistan .
Recent clash of June 2020 over Galwan Valley ignited the issue again when Indian forces after leaving behind 20 causalities were pushed back by Chinese Forces .
In this connection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that China occupied 38000 sq km area in Eastern Sector , where Beijing claims approximately 90,000 sq km of Indian Territory in the state of Arunachal Pradesh .
According to “ Times of India ” in March 2020 , V Muraleedharan Indian Junior foreign minister admitted that Indian Territory under the occupation of China in Ladakh is approximately 38,000 sq km .
He also alleged that on March 2 , 1963 , Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian Territory in Kashmir to China .
Whereas , factual position is , both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adjusted their boundaries and willingly surrendered their own areas to each other .
In this regard , China handed over 1,942 sq km ( 750 sq mi ) to Pakistan and Islamabad recognized Chinese sovereignty over 90000 sq km included 5,189 sq km in Northern Kashmir and Ladakh .
But the stated agreement has never recognized by India , since she used to claim sovereignty over part of the land .
Notably , temperature between the forces of both countries is raising high day by day in Galwan Valley .
In this context @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spokesperson of Western Theatre Command , Stated , “ on September 7 , Indian army illegally crossed the LAC and entered in south bank of Pangong Lake and the Shenpao mountain area in Western Sector of Sino-Indian border.
” He added that India should be ready to face the consequences of intrusions in Chinese area .
Anyhow , after emergence of CPEC and Kashmir issue , Indio-China Conflict now converted from bilateral to trilateral conflict between India , China and Pakistan .
Though apparently , American President offered for mediation but his covert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to contain China , stop progress on CPEC , and create political , economic instability and unrest in Pakistan .
Extending militarily support to India and promoting Israeli relationship with Arab states , without satisfying Palestinian and Kashmiris where thousands of innocents people gun fired , hundreds of women raped and wounded would be considered against humanity and UN resolutions .
Washington official stance is to support Taiwan against China .
On first week of September this year , USA spokesman expressed that Washington is going to establish a new bilateral economic dialogue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per declassified six Reagan-era security assurances given to Taiwan .
The timings of strengthening ties with Taipei and supporting it , when China increasing pressure on Taiwan is amount to supplementing allies to narrow down clinch around China and containing Beijing expanding worldwide influence .
It is further added here that USA policies under President Trump are deteriorating and being unlike locally and globally .
But Trump popularity is declining speedily and chances are there that he may lose coming November elections .
Therefore , as preemptive and to neutralize prevailing suppositions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to take tough stand against China , so that loosing popularity could be stopped .
Thus , State Department brought Taiwan , Israel , India and some of Middle East states , close to each other against Iran , Pakistan and China .
In Second week of September 20 , while , launching campaign against China , The State Department ’ s top diplomat for East Asia , David Stilwell , told a virtual forum hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation the latest USA moves were not a policy shift , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adjustments ” within Washington ’ s longstanding “ one China ” policy .
Recently , India has also Inducted 36 French Dassault 4.5 generation Rafale Jets in Indian Air Force .
She bought these aircraft to bolster its air fleet , considering preparing the force for a possible two-front war .
India preferred these aircraft over American F35 aircrafts but Washington did not object or shown any annoyance over the deal between Delhi and Paris .
Despite having nuclear arsenals India is piling up stacks of heavy weapons and yearly defence spending is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fiscal year , it touched US $ 65.86 Billion .
In fact , the statement of American spokesman over prevailing Indo-China conflict , just reflect unending cold war between two super powers that may ultimately lead to global war .
Because , it believe that economic crisis , ulterior design of expansionism and domination were some major causes of global conflicts of past .
The current Indo-China Conflict , Taiwan issue , burning Kashmir dispute , excessive USA immersion , backing Israel and India are similar nature of reasons to ignite initially the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ) 2020 report , India had 150 , while China 320 and Pakistan 160 warheads .
Pakistan has edge over India because she has in possession of tactical nuclear arsenals which are good enough to destroy Corps level forces including armour deployed against Pakistani Forces .
In short , UN Security Council should interfere and take steps to lessen the tension through resolving Ladakh and Kashmir issues on priority .
In this connection both super powers particular Trump administration should show some responsibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tensed environment .
The writer can be approached through [ email protected ]

…by Zaheerul Hassan for VT
Two nuclear neighbours’ reinforced their forces after developing tension on 3379.6224 Km (2100 Miles) long Actual Line of Control (ALC) where killing of 20 Indian and some Chinese soldiers took placed in June 2020. The tension multiplied further when both the countries refused to step back on their actual position.
Starting from 1962 to till 2020, four deadliest conflicts had been taken placed between China and India. Meanwhile, American President Donald Trump contrary to the statement of his spokesman over China -Taiwan issue, offered to mediate in reducing military tension , Trump also offered to help in settling down territorial dispute between two Himalayan countries being faced even before their inceptions.
Actually, Trump such offers cannot be taken as sincere and serious efforts because Washington real policy is totally different towards China than what he is portraying. It is just a Trump campaign for winning Nobel Prize as he was nominated for it.
In 1914, representatives from Britain, Republic of China and Tibet gathered in Simla and negotiated to conclude a treaty that would determine the status of Tibet and effectively settle the borders between China and British India. In this connection, 880KM (550 miles) long line was demarcated and named as McMahon Line.
President of Demarcation Committee was British Colonial Administrator Sir Henry McMahon who proposed this line between North-East of British India and Tibat in 1914. The treaty was signed by McMahon and Lonchen Satra on behalf of Tibetan Government but on the other hand the same was not accepted by China. However, India maintains that the McMahon Line, as frontier which extends through the Himalayas, is the official legal border between China and India.
India got independence in 1947 and China converted from Communist to Peoples Republic China under the leadership of Mao Zedong in 1949. Accordingly, border conflict along with other unresolved issues transferred to new rulers too. The tensions with intervals continue to escalate between two populous nuclear neighbours.
It further provoked when China sought control of critical roadways near its western frontier in Xinjiang, while India and its Western allies considered Beijing presence as part of a wider plot to export Maoist-style Communism across the region.
In 1962 already prevailing, border tension led to all-out war between India and China. In that more than 1000 Indian soldiers killed, 3000 injured and Chinese casualties were about to 800 soldiers. Chinese forces entered deep enough into disputed territory and achieved total victory in that war.
Moreover, Pakistan being one of the newly emerged regional states of Himalayas Range was also directly affected due to Indian illegal claim over Kashmir. History reveals, then Indian Prime Minister Pandat Jawar Lal Nehro requested to then USA President John F Kennedy for convincing Pakistan to remain neutral in India – China War. He also assured that Kashmir issue would be resolved bilaterally after the war.
Thus, then Pakistani President Ayub Khan gave assurance of nonintervention to USA President, even his foreign minister suggested Ayub to attack India for resurgence of Occupied Kashmir. Later, as usual Indian Prime Minister after the war refused to abide by the promise made with Pakistan.
Recent clash of June 2020 over Galwan Valley ignited the issue again when Indian forces after leaving behind 20 causalities were pushed back by Chinese Forces. In this connection, Indian government accepted in the parliament that China occupied 38000 sq km area in Eastern Sector, where Beijing claims approximately 90,000 sq km of Indian Territory in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
According to “Times of India” in March 2020, V Muraleedharan Indian Junior foreign minister admitted that Indian Territory under the occupation of China in Ladakh is approximately 38,000 sq km. He also alleged that on March 2, 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian Territory in Kashmir to China. Whereas, factual position is, both China and Pakistan made an agreement, adjusted their boundaries and willingly surrendered their own areas to each other.
In this regard, China handed over 1,942 sq km (750 sq mi) to Pakistan and Islamabad recognized Chinese sovereignty over 90000 sq km included 5,189 sq km in Northern Kashmir and Ladakh. But the stated agreement has never recognized by India, since she used to claim sovereignty over part of the land.
Notably, temperature between the forces of both countries is raising high day by day in Galwan Valley. In this context, PLA Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, spokesperson of Western Theatre Command, Stated, “on September 7, Indian army illegally crossed the LAC and entered in south bank of Pangong Lake and the Shenpao mountain area in Western Sector of Sino-Indian border.” He added that India should be ready to face the consequences of intrusions in Chinese area.
Anyhow, after emergence of CPEC and Kashmir issue, Indio-China Conflict now converted from bilateral to trilateral conflict between India, China and Pakistan. Though apparently, American President offered for mediation but his covert policy toward China and Pakistan is; to contain China, stop progress on CPEC, and create political, economic instability and unrest in Pakistan.
Extending militarily support to India and promoting Israeli relationship with Arab states, without satisfying Palestinian and Kashmiris where thousands of innocents people gun fired, hundreds of women raped and wounded would be considered against humanity and UN resolutions. Washington official stance is to support Taiwan against China.
On first week of September this year, USA spokesman expressed that Washington is going to establish a new bilateral economic dialogue with Taiwan and ready to support as per declassified six Reagan-era security assurances given to Taiwan.
The timings of strengthening ties with Taipei and supporting it, when China increasing pressure on Taiwan is amount to supplementing allies to narrow down clinch around China and containing Beijing expanding worldwide influence. It is further added here that USA policies under President Trump are deteriorating and being unlike locally and globally.
But Trump popularity is declining speedily and chances are there that he may lose coming November elections. Therefore, as preemptive and to neutralize prevailing suppositions, he probably tasked his State Department Team, to take tough stand against China, so that loosing popularity could be stopped. Thus, State Department brought Taiwan, Israel, India and some of Middle East states, close to each other against Iran, Pakistan and China.
In Second week of September 20, while, launching campaign against China, The State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, David Stilwell, told a virtual forum hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation the latest USA moves were not a policy shift, but part of a set of “significant adjustments” within Washington’s longstanding “one China” policy.
Recently, India has also Inducted 36 French Dassault 4.5 generation Rafale Jets in Indian Air Force. She bought these aircraft to bolster its air fleet, considering preparing the force for a possible two-front war. India preferred these aircraft over American F35 aircrafts but Washington did not object or shown any annoyance over the deal between Delhi and Paris.
Despite having nuclear arsenals India is piling up stacks of heavy weapons and yearly defence spending is over shooting every year. During this fiscal year, it touched US$65.86 Billion. In fact, the statement of American spokesman over prevailing Indo-China conflict, just reflect unending cold war between two super powers that may ultimately lead to global war.
Because, it believe that economic crisis, ulterior design of expansionism and domination were some major causes of global conflicts of past. The current Indo-China Conflict, Taiwan issue, burning Kashmir dispute, excessive USA immersion, backing Israel and India are similar nature of reasons to ignite initially the flash then griddling complete world into fire.
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2020 report, India had 150, while China 320 and Pakistan 160 warheads. Pakistan has edge over India because she has in possession of tactical nuclear arsenals which are good enough to destroy Corps level forces including armour deployed against Pakistani Forces.
In short, UN Security Council should interfere and take steps to lessen the tension through resolving Ladakh and Kashmir issues on priority. In this connection both super powers particular Trump administration should show some responsibility instead taking actions to further provoke already tensed environment.
The writer can be approached through zameer36@gmail.com


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--#UNRIG Video (28:09) Dr. David Martin on Fake Virus, Massive Money Laundering, Plan to Take Trump Do

#UNRIG Video (28:09) Dr. David Martin on Fake Virus, Massive Money Laundering, Plan to Take Trump Down in October

Dr. David Martin founded M·CAM® in 1998 and has served as its CEO and Chairman since that time .
M·CAM® has been an international intangible asset underwriter and analyst firm spanning work in innovation finance , trade , and intangible asset finance .
Dr. Martin is the developer of several innovation-based quantitative indices of public equities and is the Founder of the Purple Bridge Funds .
He managed the Innovation Alpha ETFs ( NYSE : INAU ; NYSE : INAG ; and NYSE : TWAR ) .
He is the creator of the public equity index – the CNBC IQ100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a leading economic indicator for the U.S. and Global Innovation Economy published by The Conference Board .
As a spokesperson for global financial and intangible asset accountability and quality reform , Dr. Martin has worked closely with the United States Congress and numerous trade and financial regulatory agencies in the United States , Europe , and Asia in advocating and deploying infrastructure to support growing reliance on contract and proprietary rights in business transactions .
Learn more at https : //www.m-cam.com/ For Robert Steele ’ s original analysis on the scamdemic and @ @ @ @ @ @

Dr. David Martin founded M·CAM® in 1998 and has served as its CEO and Chairman since that time. M·CAM® has been an international intangible asset underwriter and analyst firm spanning work in innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance.
Dr. Martin is the developer of several innovation-based quantitative indices of public equities and is the Founder of the Purple Bridge Funds. He managed the Innovation Alpha ETFs (NYSE:INAU; NYSE:INAG; and NYSE:TWAR). He is the creator of the public equity index – the CNBC IQ100 powered by M·CAM® which now is reported as a leading economic indicator for the U.S. and Global Innovation Economy published by The Conference Board.
As a spokesperson for global financial and intangible asset accountability and quality reform, Dr. Martin has worked closely with the United States Congress and numerous trade and financial regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe, and Asia in advocating and deploying infrastructure to support growing reliance on contract and proprietary rights in business transactions. Learn more at https://www.m-cam.com/
For Robert Steele’s original analysis on the scamdemic and insider trading read https://tinyurl.com/Steele-Wuhan


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Biden Unleashes: Trump paid (and is paying) Zero Taxes, a social parasite…

Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War .
He is a disabled veteran and has worked @ @ @ @ @ for decades .
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of @ @ @ @ @ .
He manages the world ’ s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with @ @ @ @ @ has traveled extensively , is published around the world and is a regular guest on @ @ @ @ @ than “ several ” countries .
He is also a trained chef , wine enthusiast @ @ @ @ @ specializing in historical weapons and restoration .
Business experience and interests are in energy and @ @ @

I’ve dealt with guys like Donald Trump my whole life.
Guys who look down on you because they’ve got a lot of money.
Guys who think they’re better than you.
Guys who inherited everything they ever got in life — and then squandered it. pic.twitter.com/o4q5M6VuJC
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 23, 2020


veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Reader Obit: Andre Vltchek’s death a major loss to China, the US and the globe

It was Andre Vltchek , legendary Russian-American war correspondent/journalist found dead in Turkey today , leading the CHARGE in New Eastern Outlook Magazine which became easily the best global journal on the planet .
Andre and Gordon Duff were easily the stars and getting good support from a host of other journalists…..ANDRE was that sacred bridge between the USA and CHINA that will be extremely difficult to replicate .
Because of his love of the down and out and dispossessed in America , he had a totally unique understanding of that relationship between the USA and China , because he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Yet , he was also King “ of the alternative West ” which has deep roots in progressive movements….. ANDRE was perhaps one of the most vital cogs for future CHINA/USA friendship and developing new ties from the current INSANITY between these two countries .
He was the perfect USA envoy into China , utterly unflinching in his criticism of western fascism yet deeply sympathetic to what he described as those tens of millions of Americans literally rotting in hell .
Andre truly loved China with all his heart and was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defending Chinese communism from western smear campaigns and attacks , especially in Hong Kong .
Andre ’ s work in Africa was extraordinary and his major journalism in exposing the full genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1996 and 2003 , where more than 10 million people were slaughtered , was perhaps the most important journalism of the past 100 years .
He was fearless , he loved doing his job and lived off a shoestring budget constantly travelling the globe covering wars that the USA and NATO started .
His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was utterly groundbreaking .
His novels were beautiful portrayals of non western countries under attack from western imperialism .
His books of philosophy are as important as any philosopher in recent history .
Andre was a trailblazing maverick of the highest order defending the poor and the oppressed .
He saw China , Vietnam and increasingly Russia and Iran as great symbols of resistance to western imperialism .
He was a friend of mine and I loved him .
His compassion for the American underbelly was amazing .
He published widely around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the China Daily in Beijing .
He loved Beijing and would often write about it being the arts capital if the world .
Just recently he told me after being put into a heavy Covid lockdown in Chile , where he was stuck for five months in a tiny flat , his health was destroyed .
He escaped out of there with the aid of a walking stick .
He proudly covered the rise of socialism in Latin America like no other journalist .
He gave me great support in my alien/ET/New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often discussed poetry and literature .
He was utterly intrigued I had had alien/ET contact and wanted to interview them .
He was a committed communist with a huge heart and great soul .
CHINA and the USA both needed Andre Vltchek alive .
This point in history is critical now for world peace .
Andre was that torch for renewed China-USA peace .
His understanding of China was totally extraordinary , better than any journalist I have known .
He is a great loss to BOTH countries .

…by Michael Dargaville for VT
It was Andre Vltchek, legendary Russian-American war correspondent/journalist found dead in Turkey today, leading the CHARGE in New Eastern Outlook Magazine which became easily the best global journal on the planet.
Andre and Gordon Duff were easily the stars and getting good support from a host of other journalists…..ANDRE was that sacred bridge between the USA and CHINA that will be extremely difficult to replicate.
Because of his love of the down and out and dispossessed in America, he had a totally unique understanding of that relationship between the USA and China, because he was loved and genuinely respected in Beijing. Yet, he was also King “of the alternative West” which has deep roots in progressive movements…..
ANDRE was perhaps one of the most vital cogs for future CHINA/USA friendship and developing new ties from the current INSANITY between these two countries. He was the perfect USA envoy into China, utterly unflinching in his criticism of western fascism yet deeply sympathetic to what he described as those tens of millions of Americans literally rotting in hell.
Andre truly loved China with all his heart and was the most famous non-Chinese journalist on the planet defending Chinese communism from western smear campaigns and attacks, especially in Hong Kong.
Andre’s work in Africa was extraordinary and his major journalism in exposing the full genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1996 and 2003, where more than 10 million people were slaughtered, was perhaps the most important journalism of the past 100 years.
He was fearless, he loved doing his job and lived off a shoestring budget constantly travelling the globe covering wars that the USA and NATO started. His work in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan was utterly groundbreaking.
His novels were beautiful portrayals of non western countries under attack from western imperialism. His books of philosophy are as important as any philosopher in recent history.
Andre was a trailblazing maverick of the highest order defending the poor and the oppressed. He saw China, Vietnam and increasingly Russia and Iran as great symbols of resistance to western imperialism.
He was a friend of mine and I loved him. His compassion for the American underbelly was amazing. He published widely around the world and was a major regular contributor to the China Daily in Beijing. He loved Beijing and would often write about it being the arts capital if the world.
Just recently he told me after being put into a heavy Covid lockdown in Chile, where he was stuck for five months in a tiny flat, his health was destroyed. He escaped out of there with the aid of a walking stick.
He proudly covered the rise of socialism in Latin America like no other journalist. He gave me great support in my alien/ET/New Age journalism that I promoted and we often discussed poetry and literature. He was utterly intrigued I had had alien/ET contact and wanted to interview them. He was a committed communist with a huge heart and great soul.
CHINA and the USA both needed Andre Vltchek alive. This point in history is critical now for world peace. Andre was that torch for renewed China-USA peace. His understanding of China was totally extraordinary, better than any journalist I have known. He is a great loss to BOTH countries.
Kind regards
Michael Dargaville
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veteranstoday--2020-09-23--Russia ready to send SU 57 to Iran

Russia ready to send SU 57 to Iran

VT/Press TV : Russian foreign minister Lavrov announced that as of October 18 any and every Russian weapon system would be available to Iran up to and including the S400/500 and the SU 57 stealth fighter .
Round trip range for an SU 57 stealth fighter is around 3700 miles .
The two maps below show weapons launch capability that reaches Rome or almost the entire Mediterranean in the West and south into the Southern Indian Ocean .
The SU 57 will give Iran a survivable anti-naval capability that would reach not only well into the Indian Ocean but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Iranian Navy , Admiral Hussain Khanzadi , announced that the Islamic Republic is close to obtaining hypersonic missiles , and that the production of these weapons is on the agenda .
Khanzadi said : “ The engines of the naval forces of the army missiles will undergo inevitable changes and should withstand more heat for a long time.
” “ We will definitely have changes for the refueling systems and the marine navigation system in the marine force.
” He continued : “ We have succeeded in achieving missile production with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will soon reach more exciting ranges , and the manufacture of new generation missiles is part of the army ’ s naval power program.
” He explained , “ The Navy will soon obtain a generation of hypersonic missiles , in which new jet engines are used to move at supersonic speeds several times.
” “ The Iranian naval forces are looking forward to launching the missiles vertically , which will enable them to place more missiles on the deck of ships to hit more diversified targets.
” Should Iran obtain hypersonic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the handful of nations in the world that possess these weapons.
” These hypersonic weapons with extremely high kinetic energy , would be undefeatable carrier killers at ranges where US aircraft would not be able to hit Iran .
America ’ s conventional missile capability until the US fields its own hypersonic missiles is extremely limited and failures against Syria during Trump ’ s terror attacks on that nations population failed miserably .
Key is Iran ’ s ability to erase the UAE and Saudi Arabia while Israel is engaged and totally besieged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defense into depending on divisions between Arabs and Kurds and in helping Saudi Arabia direct its formerly vast financial resources toward funding al Qaeda and ISIS under US protection .
Press TV : Iranian naval forces wave Russian and Iranian flags as a Russian navy ship arrives in Chabahar Port for a joint drill with Iran and China , December 2019 .
Russia has played down the US threat of sanctions over any arms trade with Iran following the expiry of a UN arms embargo that Washington failed to keep in place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth of Moscow-Tehran defense cooperation .
“ We are not afraid of US sanctions , we are used to them , ” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency on Monday .
He also predicted that Moscow-Tehran defense ties will develop regardless of any US restrictive measures .
The US arms embargo on Iran “ will not affect our policy in any way .
Our cooperation with Iran is multifaceted , defense cooperation will progress depending on the two countries ’ needs and mutual willingness , ” he said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach.
” Earlier , the administration of US President Donald Trump announced an executive order and new unilateral sanctions against Iran after an abortive push to reinstate UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic .
It named 27 individuals and entities , including officials at the Iranian Defense Ministry , the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and anyone found trading in conventional weapons with Tehran .
American officials said they had enforced an indefinite ban on weapons sales , which allows for sanctions on any international companies or individuals that seek to violate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followed Washington ’ s failure to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at re-imposing UN sanctions against Iran .
The UN Security Council member states challenged Washington ’ s rationale that it was still a participant state to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) , citing its withdrawal from the multilateral agreement in May 2018 .
A month earlier , the Trump administration suffered yet another embarrassing loss as it failed to keep the UN arms embargo in force against Iran through a resolution at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lifted on October 18 under UNSC Resolution 2231 , which endorsed the JCPOA .
Lavrov : US statements on Iran sanctions null and void Separately on Monday , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the US endeavor to prevent the lifting of the Iranian arms embargo did not make sense .
“ There is no such thing as an arms embargo against Iran , ” he clarified in an exclusive interview with the Al Arabiya news channel .
The UN Security Council reiterated the ban will end on October 18 , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the expiration of this timeframe , ” he added .
The top Russian diplomat also noted that Washington ’ s reasoning behind bringing back the UN sanctions against Iran looks “ funny ” as the absolute majority of UNSC members — 13 out of 15 — do not support activating the “ snapback ” mechanism .
The Security Council “ clearly stated that there is no legal position or moral reasons for anything close to the snapback and all the statements to the contrary are null and void , ” he emphasized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in diplomacy , unfortunately ; they used to have excellent experts , [ but ] now what they ’ re doing in foreign policy is to put a demand on the table , whether they ’ re discussing Iran or anything else , ” Lavrov said .
Lavrov went on to explain how the US diplomacy usually works when a party goes against its will in dealing with Iran .
If their counterpart disagrees , “ they ( the Americans ) put an ultimatum , they give a deadline and then they impose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extra-territorial , ” he pointed out , expressing regret that the European Union is also “ engaging in the same tricks more and more.
” “ I can only remind them that they should respect the hierarchy of the American administration , because their boss , President Trump , has personally signed an official decree withdrawing the United States from the JCPOA , ” Lavrov said sarcastically .
On Sunday , the three European signatories to the JCPOA — France , Germany and Britain — said the US claim that it has restored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mechanism has no legal effect .
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres , for his part , said “ uncertainty ” prevents him from taking any action on a US declaration that all UN sanctions have been reinstated against Iran .


veteranstoday--2020-09-24--Feet First? Trump Says He Won’t Leave White House When He Loses Election

“ Get rid of the ballots and you ’ ll have a very peaceful — there won ’ t be a transfer , frankly .
There will be a continuation .
The ballots are out of control .
You know it .
And you know who knows it better than anybody else ?
The Democrats know it better than anybody else.
” WASHINGTON ( Times of Israel ) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election .
“ We ’ re going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump said at a news conference , responding to a question about whether he ’ d commit to a peaceful transfer of power .
“ You know that I ’ ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots , and the ballots are a disaster.
” Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top storiesFREE SIGN UP The president , who uses mail-in voting himself , has tried to distinguish between states that automatically send mail ballots to all registered voters and those , like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters who request a mail ballot .
Trump on Wednesday appeared to suggest that if states got “ rid of ” the unsolicited mailing of ballots there would be no concern about fraud or peaceful transfers of power .
“ You ’ ll have a very peaceful — there won ’ t be a transfer frankly , ” Trump said .
“ There ’ ll be a continuation .
The ballots are out of control , you know it , and you know , who knows it better than anybody else ?
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” In a July interview , Trump similarly refused to commit to accepting the results , and he made similar comments ahead of the 2016 election .
“ I have to see .
Look … I have to see , ” Trump told Chris Wallace during a wide-ranging July interview on “ Fox News Sunday.
” “ No , I ’ m not going to just say yes .
I ’ m not going to say no , and I didn ’ t last time either.
” It is highly unusual that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confidence in the American democracy ’ s electoral process .
But Trump four years ago , when in the closing stages of his race against Hillary Clinton , also declined to commit to honoring the election results if the Democrat won .
When asked during an October 2016 debate about whether he would abide by the voters ’ will , Trump responded that he would “ keep you in suspense.
” It ’ s unlikely that any chaos in states with universal mail-in voting will cause the election result to be inaccurately tabulated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five states that already have such balloting have had time to ramp up their systems , while four states newly adopting it — California , New Jersey , Nevada and Vermont — have not .
Washington , D.C. , is also newly adopting it .
Of those nine states , only Nevada is a battleground , worth six electoral votes and likely to be pivotal only in a national presidential deadlock .
California , New Jersey , Vermont and D.C. are overwhelmingly Democratic and likely to be won by that party ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

WASHINGTON (Times of Israel) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.
“We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.”
Trump has been pressing a monthslong campaign against mail-in voting this November by tweeting and speaking out critically about the practice. More states are encouraging mail-in voting to keep voters safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The president, who uses mail-in voting himself, has tried to distinguish between states that automatically send mail ballots to all registered voters and those, like Florida, that send them only to voters who request a mail ballot.
Trump has baselessly claimed widespread mail voting will lead to massive fraud. The five states that routinely send mail ballots to all voters have seen no significant fraud.
Trump on Wednesday appeared to suggest that if states got “rid of” the unsolicited mailing of ballots there would be no concern about fraud or peaceful transfers of power.
“You’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer frankly,” Trump said. “There’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control, you know it, and you know, who knows it better than anybody else? The Democrats know it better than anybody else.”
In a July interview, Trump similarly refused to commit to accepting the results, and he made similar comments ahead of the 2016 election.
“I have to see. Look … I have to see,” Trump told Chris Wallace during a wide-ranging July interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either.”
The Biden campaign responded Wednesday, as it did after Trump’s July comments: “The American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.”
It is highly unusual that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American democracy’s electoral process. But Trump four years ago, when in the closing stages of his race against Hillary Clinton, also declined to commit to honoring the election results if the Democrat won.
When asked during an October 2016 debate about whether he would abide by the voters’ will, Trump responded that he would “keep you in suspense.”
It’s unlikely that any chaos in states with universal mail-in voting will cause the election result to be inaccurately tabulated, as Trump has suggested.
The five states that already have such balloting have had time to ramp up their systems, while four states newly adopting it — California, New Jersey, Nevada and Vermont — have not. Washington, D.C., is also newly adopting it.
Of those nine states, only Nevada is a battleground, worth six electoral votes and likely to be pivotal only in a national presidential deadlock.
California, New Jersey, Vermont and D.C. are overwhelmingly Democratic and likely to be won by that party’s nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden.