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Iran is determined to end the “manufactured crisis” over its nuclear programme and drafting of a final deal with world powers, though hard, is progressing, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday.
The remarks, on Zarif’s official Twitter account, came two days after US Secretary of State John Kerry denounced what he said was “hysteria” from opponents of an agreement, which is due by June 30. MOREHERE
The investigative reporter and author Gareth Porter has recently published a book entitled A Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. An impressively written and researched work, it is also frightening in its implications. For if Porter’s allegations are accurate, it is not Iran that the American people should fear – it is their own politicians, bureaucrats and an “ally” named Israel.
According to Porter, there has never been a serious nuclear weapons programme undertaken by Iran. By the way, this is a conclusion that is supported by the heads of all American intelligence agencies reporting annually to Congress. Unfortunately, this repeated determination has been scorned by the politicians and poorly reported by the media. As a result, the American people lack the knowledge to independently judge Iranian actions as regards nuclear research, and so can be led to erroneous conclusions by those pursuing their own political or ideological ends or, as in the present case, the intrigues of a foreign government. MOREHERE
The possible 2016 presidential contender said that “no one is qualified to be president if they don’t respect the First Amendment and religious liberty.”
“This is the most bizarre thing,” Huckabee said. “This is a manufactured crisis by the left. If they manufactured as many products as they do crises, like this one, which is an utterly phony attempt to create some kind of division, 92 million Americans who are jobless would have jobs. MOREHERE