Iran Complains That US Already In Violation Of 10-Point Ceasefire, As White House Declares 'Total Victory'

Israel Seeks To Disrupt Russian-Iranian Arms Transfer Route In The Caspian Sea Russia and Iran have long had positive bilateral relations, which deepened in the context of the Ukraine war, and now in the midst of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, where Moscow is said to be sharing vital intelligence and targeting information with Tehran. Fresh reporting in The Wall Street Journal suggests that recent large-scale Israeli attacks in the Caspian Sea could mean flirting with WW3 and potential attacks on Russian interests and assets. "An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in...

US Removes Syria, Including Al-Nusra Front, From Its List Of Terrorism Sponsors Following a decade-and-a-half of a Washington-led full economic siege of the Syrian state, and after a fierce CIA-backed proxy war (Timber Sycamore) to oust Assad over that same period, this week has witnessed the huge milestone of the United States finally removing Syria from its state sponsors of terrorism list. The designation itself had stretched back several decades, and it placed major hurdles in the way of international investment, but with the Monday move by the State Department many of...

Whirlpool Crashes After Iran Shock Sparks "Recession-Level" Appliance Slump Whirlpool shares crashed as much as 20% in premarket trading after the appliance maker slashed its full-year outlook and posted weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. Management directly blamed the three-month war in the Middle East for triggering a collapse in U.S. appliance demand. Whirlpool began the earnings release with this statement: "War in Iran resulted in a recession-level industry decline in the U.S. as consumer confidence collapsed in late February and March." For the first quarter, the maker of refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, ovens, ranges, cooktops,...