Talk Nation Radio for July 1, 2009
Has the US been fomenting unrest in Iran?
An interview with editor Jeremy R. Hammond of Foreign Policy Journal about his June 23rd story: “Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest During Iran’s Election?” It offers a kind of history of US propaganda and covert operations aimed at regime change in Iran.
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Produced by Dori Smith
TRT: 29:44
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Other topics include US support for Iranian opposition groups through NED, the National Endowment for Democracy and US AID, the twitter phenomenon, use of anonymous sources, the CIA in Iran, US support for militant organizations operating in Iran, Bush policy on Iran seems to be continuing under President Obama.
During the run up to the Iraq War, Hammond criticized Bush administration arguments about WMD. He then founded Foreign Policy Journal to cover US policy. See this link to Foreign Policy Journal featuring critical analysis of U.S. foreign policy from at home and abroad. It features writing by Jeremy Hammond and Iranian writer Kourosh Ziabari, Pakistani, Shalid R. Siddaqi, investigative reporter Greg Palast, Nima Shirazi of Wideasleepinamerica.com, and others.
Recent articles by Jeremy R. Hammond June 23, 2009 Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest During Iran’s Election?
Follow up report from Hammond: July 3, 2009 State Department Grant for News Website Targeting Iran. Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond in Iran, Propaganda, U.S. Foreign Policy Tags: David Denehy, Iran, IRI, Media, MEMRI, NED, State Department
The document states “Action Award Number S-NEAP1-07-CA-217 supports the work of ICG, LLC. (herein referred to as Recipient) entitled, “Peyman Online: News in Motion/strong>” as described in the attached Statement of Work.” –The wiki appears to have at least temporarily crashed as of 3 PM 7-3-09. References at various web sites already, some mentionIran Visual News Corp In the graphics version a photo of Hillary Clinton appears with a video news story.
The US State Dept funded web site with Iran news features this paragraph: “Iran Visual News Corps: Beyond Images
The president and the Majlis [parliament] continue to differ on the reported overdrawn budget of Iranian calendar year 1385 [2006-2007]
July 1, 2009 US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’. A former US national security adviser has told Al Jazeera that US intelligence agents are working in Iran.
April 23, 2009 Clinton Says Iran Policy Goal to Gain Support for “Crippling Sanctions”
See also: June 25, 2009. In Fraud We Trust? by Nima Shirazi.