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Iran CIVIL WAR brewing: Fury at ‘corrupt’ regime – ‘they make us poorer every day’
With prices spiralling and President Hassan Rouhani at loggerheads with US opposite number Donald Trump, things got even worse this week with the reimposition of tough economic sanctions aimed at further undermining the Islamic fundamentalist republic.
Measures which target cars, gold and other metals trading, as well as the government’s ability to buy US dollars, came into force today.
The US has acted after Mr Trump pulled out of the JPCA nuclear agreement earlier this year, the deal which eased sanctions against Iran in exchange for no longer embarking on nuclear weapons development.
The Iranian rial has lost half of its value against the US dollar on the unofficial market this year, while the price of fruit and vegetables has increased by 50 percent since the start of the year.
Shops were closed during a recent strike in Iran (Image: GETTY)
God damn this regime and its corrupt rulers
In the current economic climate, low-income families are struggling to put food on the table. One woman, speaking to the Financial Times as she paid over the odds for a lettuce and a cabbage, said: “God damn this regime and its corrupt rulers.
“They have sent their children to the US and Canada while making us poorer every day.”
Recent months have been marked with protests across Iran on issues ranging from water shortages to joblessness, and the Trump administration is partly motivated by a desire to trigger a popular uprising and consequent regime change – something implied by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a speech delivered last month in which he characterised the country’s rulers as a “mafia”.
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has acknowledged the gravity of the situation, declaring that “domestic weaknesses and threats are more serious” than the foreign military threat posed by the US or other countries.
US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his contempt for Iran’s leaders (Image: GETTY)
The rank-and-file are infuriated by allegations of corruption, while reformist and hardline politicians routinely accuse each other of fraud and mismanagement.
Ali, 61, a former member of the Revolutionary Guards in the city of Amol, said: “Corruption is so high that it has penetrated everywhere.
“Why should we struggle with daily issues and risk our lives to fill the pockets of corrupt people?”
In anticipation of the sanctions, wealthier Iranians have been stockpiling basic commodities and buying up gold and cars in an bid to protect the value of their savings.
Another shopkeeper said: “Before, people who could not afford to eat meat were at least having bread and yoghurt.
“But now even yoghurt is becoming unaffordable for some families.”
Experts have warned Mr Trump’s sanction mean a price of a barrel of oil could rocket to $90.
Morgan Stanley estimates Iranian production will drop to 2.7 million barrels a day by the fourth quarter, with more than a million barrels taken offline.
67 Comments on "Iran CIVIL WAR brewing: Fury at ‘corrupt’ regime – ‘they make us poorer every day’"
MASTERMIND on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 7:48 pm
Express.com sounds like some fringe site Clogg would post..
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 8:09 pm
“American CIVIL WAR brewing: Fury at ‘corrupt’ regime – ‘they make us poorer every day’”
There! Fixed the title.
The imperial poodle, the UK, is barking again.
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:02 pm
US “Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglaries did last year”
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/08/06/the-real-thieves/#more-180978
“Asset forfeitures surpass burglaries”
Burglaries = ~$4 Billion.
Police grabs = ~$5 billion.
Slip slidin’…
fmr-paultard on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:09 pm
aswang u’re big fan of murderer duterte, i’m surprised you turned around and imply drugs is not a major part of assets forfeiture.
JuanP on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:13 pm
Davy, be a man and stop using your sock puppets! You are such a sad fuck!
JuanP on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:20 pm
This is a really bad article.
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:25 pm
fmr, it is a waste of my time trying to debate an idiot like you. I will ignore your retarded rants as I do Davy’s and some of Boat’s and MM’s.
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:31 pm
The United States of Drugs:
“Antianxiety drugs — often more deadly than opioids — are fueling the next drug crisis in US”
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/antianxiety-drugs-fuel-the-next-deadly-drug-crisis-in-us.html?recirc=taboolainternal
“… stress levels today are higher than ever across the United States. Overloaded work schedules, juggling family and a career and making ends meet financially can all lead to anxiety and can affect nearly everyone from time to time….
Even more of a crisis than the chilling number of people suffering from anxiety — 40 million in the U.S. — is the number of people who are addicted to the drugs that treat it, along with the rising number of people dying from overdoses.
Slip slidin’…
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:08 pm
“…the real unemployment rate in the US is 21.4%.” http://www.shadowstats.com/
“So-called “image management” agencies deliberately change the entries presented in Wikipedia.” Gee! Didn’t I just mention that yesterday? LOL
” The ultimate in totalitarian power (thus far in this, the illustrious history of Homo sapiens) means having the ability to pervert reality by redefining the following:
Measurement >>> data >>> media ownership >>> élitist access to news >>> goals”
Slip slidin’…
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:10 pm
Ref for above: https://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2018/08/04/the-saturday-essay-how-reality-is-being-redefined-to-prepare-for-dictatorship/
LOL
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:29 pm
Freedoms? What freedoms?
“The US moves ahead with its project to adopt the China model of propaganda and media control.”
https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/31/democrats-tech-policy-plans-leaked
“Senate Democrats Are Circulating Plans for Government Takeover of the Internet: Reason Roundup”
Slip slidin’…
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:58 pm
Moving away from the US:
““If EU companies abide by U.S. secondary sanctions they will, in turn, be sanctioned by the EU,””
“Rouhani also scoffed that despite his offer for talks, Trump “is someone who, without any negotiation, has withdrawn from all of his international commitments,” from trade accords to the Paris climate agreement.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-07/eu-threatens-eu-firms-comply-trumps-iran-sanctions
Americans are hypocrites and liars and the world is beginning to realize it.
MASTERMIND on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:06 pm
Mak
Reason is a Koch brothers propaganda outlet..You dummy..
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:16 pm
Prove it retard. You just don’t like the message because the truth hurts. Slip slidin’…
Boney Joe on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:55 pm
Mak:
Why even waste a breath on someone who proudly identifies as being retarded- former, present, or future.
Anonymouse1 on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 12:08 am
Iran CIVIL WAR brewing:
The Zionnist.co.uk wishes. Still butthurt over that fact the Anglo ‘Iranian’ Oil company no longer controls Iran’s oil. MI6 MI5, Mossad, and the CIA have been trying to set up a ‘civil war’ in Iran for the last 30 years. Hows that working out for them?
Fun Fact: Did you know Anglo-Iranian Oil is still around? It’s true. These days, it is known as…..
‘British’ Petroleum (Yea those guys.)
PSA: You are desperate need of mental health counseling exceptionalturd. Call that toll-free number right away.
Slip slid’n dumbass, as Mak likes to say.
Cloggie on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 12:52 am
Express.com sounds like some fringe site Clogg would post..
Huh? According to Antius, Express is a Zionist owned rag. More poisening of the wells by millimind.
Typical war monger newspaper. It is the worst of the worst of the UK tabloids of hate mongers:
https://tinyurl.com/ya3xngf8
Will be glad when Brexit is carried out.
The coming war on Iran could be Trump’s intent to bring the US in conflict with the entire world… in order to blow up the US empire, he isn’t interested in anyway.
#AmericaFirst
The message I pick up is that Iran is closing the ranks. It is true that a lot of younger people in Iran would like a free-er western life style, but that does not imply treason towards their own country if they are under attack. The American regime is absolutely not popular in Iran and has no credibility.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 5:45 am
Antius, here you go the gang starting shit. So if you want to say something about the attack ads then you need to point the fingers at the gang. I ma not even part of this thread.
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:25 pm
fmr, it is a waste of my time trying to debate an idiot like you. I will ignore your retarded rants as I do Davy’s and some of Boat’s and MM’s.
Anonymouse1 on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 12:08 am
PSA: You are desperate need of mental health counseling exceptionalturd. Call that toll-free number right away.
JuanP on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:13 pm
Davy, be a man and stop using your sock puppets! You are such a sad fuck!
Boney Joe on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:55 pm
Mak: Why even waste a breath on someone who proudly identifies as being retarded- former, present, or future.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 5:46 am
Well, here is some documentable evidence of spamming the board. MY god billy 3rd world. Get a life you senile idiot of an man
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 8:09 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:02 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:25 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:31 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:08 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:10 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:29 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 10:58 pm
makati1 on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:16 pm
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 5:52 am
Boney Juan, takes handles and uses sock puppets which are examples of poor board behavior. He talks like an adolescent with his “fucks”. He brags about his playboy self with his beach frolics. He supports and enables asswipes like Billy 3rd world board spamming. BTW, no comments to document from this unintellectual trolling Facebook gamer nor his sock puppet Boney Joe. Boney Joe has never given us a real comment to document.
JuanP on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 9:13 pm
Davy, be a man and stop using your sock puppets! You are such a sad fuck!Boney Joe on Tue, 7th Aug 2018 11:55 pm
Mak: Why even waste a breath on someone who proudly identifies as being retarded- former, present, or future.
DEPORT BONEY JUAN BACK TO FAILED SOUTH AMERICAN
ohanian on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 6:58 am
Relax, don’t do it.
Iran will last for another 10-20 years before it collapses.
twocats on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 7:24 am
now playing all the neocon hits you know and love, like:
they’ve got WMD (mushroom cloud a-bloomin)
terror regime (me, you and Houthi too)
and now
welcome me as a liberator, baby
Notice how they’ve lost the ability to incite popular and/or international fervor for war/regime change.
If you starve dogs long enough they will turn on their masters.
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 7:30 am
Delusional Davy, You are doing a great job documenting the trolling here, Exceptionalist! Keep up the good work! Hopefully someone will put that data to good use someday! ROFLMFAO! God, you are a pathetic fuck!
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 7:57 am
“Turkey vows business as usual with Iran despite US sanctions”
https://www.rt.com/business/435395-turkey-iran-gas-us-sanctions/
Antius on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:03 am
“Huh? According to Antius, Express is a Zionist owned rag. More poisening of the wells by millimind.
Typical war monger newspaper. It is the worst of the worst of the UK tabloids of hate mongers:”
The Daily Express is owned by Richard Desmond, the son of Ukrainian and Latvian Jews.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Desmond
The man’s politics appear somewhat complicated. He is apparently a Eurosceptic and a UKIP donor. However, he has been a fierce opponent of Racial Nationalism in the UK. Before elections, the Express would start what came to be known as ‘Hate Week’ in which it would run articles attempting to divert support away from the BNP. It will be noted, that whilst the BNP was officially an anti-EU party, most of the people within it understood the need for European cooperation in the opposition of Marxism and it formed alliances with mainly East European nationalists.
Desmonds’ support for UKIP may be understood in this way. One way of preventing the rise of a genuinely nationalist party, is to ensure that another useless and ineffectual puppet party occupies the same political space; one that enjoys just enough media support to be considered ‘acceptable’ by the public, without presenting a genuine prospect of becoming a nationalist force. Hence, UKIP; which pretends to be nationalist by being anti-EU, without really embodying any of the ideology or understanding of a nationalist party.
So Cloggie is correct. The Daily Express is the worst kind of rag. Manipulative and with evil purposes. One of the reasons that I believe that a frontal assault on the political sphere will not work in Britain. We need underground movements.
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:25 am
“‘Impossible’ to halt Iran’s oil exports”
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201808081067040833-iran-us-oil-trade/
I don’t know! Impossible is a very definitive word. I hardly ever use it. I don’t think it applies in this case. Insane? Yes, definitely. I don’t think the US can stop oil exports from Iran without crashing the global financial system. Risking crashing the GFS at this point in time would be insane since there are no guarantees that we could save much of it. But November is midterm elections time in the USA, and some kind of bullshit was to be expected. I guess the idea is to cash in the political benefits of this decision in November and pay the consequences after the elections or backtrack then. I don’t see Trump backing down, but he won’t jeopardize his 2020 candidacy if he can avoid it.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:28 am
Boney Juan references an article but as ususal is unable to put content to it or a comment contribution. All this prickhead doe me is troll and try to glorify himself.
Deport Boney Juan m
Ban Boney Juan
Antius on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:28 am
This analysis by ‘Geopolitical Futures’ predicts that China will decline economically and that the dominant power in East Asia by 2040 will be Japan. They also believe that US global hegemony will continue.
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-in-2040/
Their logic is that China will be consumed by internal conflict and that Japan, with its strong internal social stability and strong military, will emerge as the dominant power.
I find this point of view difficult to reconcile with the reality of Japan’s shrinking population, its lack of domestic energy resources, and its retreat from nuclear power and above all, the fact that its population is roughly a tenth that of China.
But generally, the idea that the future is Pax China, would appear to be equally questionable.
Cloggie on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:38 am
@Antius – PVV/Geert Wilders and Tommy Robertson and EDL same story: always agitating against Islam but never racialist. Here is the PVV room in Dutch parliament. Dutch flag? Nope:
https://goo.gl/images/VF32Vt
Questions? Wilders doesn’t want to reveal who is funding him. Answer: US neocon circles a la Pamela Geller. Wilders wants to destroy Islamic ideology… so the darkies without ideology can stay. Wilders plays the rightwinger in order to prevent real rightwingers (Nationalists) to take his place.
Cloggie on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:45 am
@Antius – “my” geopolitics:
EU wil hold minus perhaps UK
US will balkanize after Trump due to ethnic strife
China will de facto replace US as new #1
In response EU and Russia will merge, containing China
Result multipolar world with Greater Europe and China as leading poles and balancing each other.
Cloggie on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:50 am
@Antius – that geopolitical vision you link to is from (((George fokking Friedman))) LOL
Always check the author
TheNationalist on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 8:56 am
Oi fuckers!, this shit aint iimportant. They just found out that U.S. president “the donald” has REAL HAIR!!!!!
Yeah I know, its so exciting I could shit….
GetAVasectomryAndPissedOffGod on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:00 am
This world is a white world building by white people, Just look at the number of patent that are filled by white people.
Once western world goes down, the rest of the world will follow, including Asia.
The collapse of the western countries will collapse the rest of the world.
Antius on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:01 am
“@Antius – that geopolitical vision you link to is from (((George fokking Friedman))) LOL
Always check the author”
Darn. I thought it sounded a bit suspect. All too often forecasts reflect the forecasters wants and fantasies, rather than being a logical prediction based upon extrapolation of facts. This reference appeared to reinforce neocon dreams for the future. Now I know why.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:05 am
Wrong neder. Eu is balkanizing as we speak. China is imploding. The US is also imploding but might be
The last man standing. Sorry neder, your fantasy is self serving without basis in geopolitical reality. Spam the board all you like with tabloid discussions does not change reality. There will be no winners especially overpopulated and violent Eurasia.
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:11 am
Delusional Davy “Boney Juan references an article but as ususal is unable to put content to it or a comment contribution. All this prickhead doe me is troll and try to glorify himself.”
I wonder if you understand what you were trying to say, Exceptionalist? LOL?
TheNationalist on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:13 am
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU
A song about Iran, it was the Ayatollah Khomeinis favourite when the CIA killed him.
The darkies are more worried about that than climate change Vasectomy. The ones with a brain anyway…..
GetAVasectomyAndLetTheHumanSpecieDie on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:27 am
Mass immigration by Western countries is an attempt to stop the collapse. Western countries are now collapsing and the only thing that they could think of is to bring immigrants and hope that this will generate growth.
The are doubling down with a failed strategy by increasing immigration numbers. The best thing will be to stop immigration, deported all immigrant and contract your economy while trying to maintain social cohesion.
Arthur Demarest talk about collapsing societies doubling down on a failed strategy to prevent collapse, In the case of Western countries it is mass migration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMP8f-q0Ts
deadly on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:46 am
Don’t the Iranians hate the people of Israel, the Chosen?
The Twelve Tribes have some clout, they don’t need the US to get into the middle of the fight if it is only the Chosen who don’t see eye to eye with the Iranians.
Goldman Sachs is running the presidency, Trump is a dunce who thinks he’s smart.
He should hoist himself on his own petard.
Although, a few million Iranians who might meet their maker a little earlier than expected won’t hurt the cause for humanity.
All for the benefit of the good.
Permanent war for the masses, brought to you by dumbasses. lol
Antius on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:53 am
Davy, truth be said, none of us know what is going to happen and we are deluding ourselves by pretending. But it is fun to speculate. In truth, no one here, or anywhere else, has a complete picture of what is going on, day to day, in terms of politics and geopolitics. There is too much information for any one man to really comprehend. We each get bits and pieces of information. Personally, I find it overwhelming, and I don’t really have time to build up a full understanding; though I am more confident of some developments. It is a foregone conclusion for example, that individual living standards will soon decline in the US and Europe and are also likely to see a fall in China.
When the next big recession hits, how the big players cope will give us a better idea as to which major power (US, Europe, China) will be the dominant player in the second quarter of the 21st century. If China is going to collapse or decline as an economic power, that is when it will happen. Ditto, the US and Europe. So we have perhaps a year to wait, before the general path of the future becomes clear.
GregT on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 9:59 am
“In anticipation of the sanctions, wealthier Iranians have been stockpiling basic commodities and buying up gold and cars in an bid to protect the value of their savings.”
Sanctions attack the poor and the innocent of a society, with the intention of creating societal unrest and civil war to pressure the upper echelons. Sanctions seldomly achieve their desired results, are immoral and unjust, and are more often than not a precursor to broader based conflicts and wars.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:14 am
I am on the same page Antius. It has been a lifelong passion to follow the collapse process. I believe that civilizations like ecosystems cycle in and out of collapse and regeneration. It is the process of succession that assures the end of an ecosystem or a civilizations. Now that we are global and interconnected the fact is we are one big ecosystem. This includes nations and the planetary ecosystem. This planetary ecosystem is the web of life and the various cycles and forces that the planet drives. We are now part of this and the prime mover of all this as the climax species. Yet, all life lives within geological acquiescence and this is why the carbon cycle destabilization by humans is so ominous. Good or bad the fate of the planet is in our hands now. On the smaller level the fate of civilization is in the hands of the major powers. What the leadership in the US is doing currently is extremely dangerous and why being critical of this activity is so important.
GregT on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:22 am
“What the leadership in the US is doing currently is extremely dangerous and why being critical of this activity is so important.”
Then please, stop attacking others who are being critical of the extremely dangerous actions of the U.S. ‘leadership’.
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:34 am
“Washington receives widespread criticism for reimposing sanctions on Iran”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/08/c_137376153.htm
Boat on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:57 am
Yo anti America
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/05/22/Here-are-the-12-conditions-US-demands-from-Iran-to-review-sanctions.html#
Seems simple. All Iran has to do comply.
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:05 am
Cloggie “EU wil hold minus perhaps UK
US will balkanize after Trump due to ethnic strife
China will de facto replace US as new #1
In response EU and Russia will merge, containing China
Result multipolar world with Greater Europe and China as leading poles and balancing each other.”
Interesting theory! Here’s mine. I don’t see the EU surviving long term, a core, maybe, but nothing like it is today. For historical, geographical, and cultural reasons it makes sense that the UK be one of the first to leave. The USA will likely be divided into a few smaller entities; I have no idea when. China will regain the #1 position which it held for most of the last two millenia. I don’t know if Russia and the EU will ever join forces, but it is a possibility. The EU needs to take the initiative and change the way it has been treating Russia for this to happen. This will never happen while the US has military control of Europe as it does today. A multipolar world seems like the next logical step. That could eventually lead to an even smaller, more regional world.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:10 am
“Then please, stop attacking others who are being critical of the extremely dangerous actions of the U.S. ‘leadership’.”
I only attack virulent extremist anti-Americanism like what is practice by the group censorship committee. This committee includes GregT, JuanP, Makati1, and Anonomouse1. It is these people that make proper, balanced and effective discussions impossible. It is these people that are destroying this board
JuanP on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:16 am
Delusional Davy “I only attack virulent extremist anti-Americanism like what is practice by the group censorship committee. This committee includes GregT, JuanP, Makati1, and Anonomouse1. It is these people that make proper, balanced and effective discussions impossible. It is these people that are destroying this board.”
Anti-Americans are a product of your imagination, Exceptionalist. This is the first I hear about my being appointed as a member of said committee. When did that happen? Who appointed me? The members of the board? Anyway, thanks for the honor to those who got me selected.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:25 am
“China will regain the #1 position which it held for most of the last two millenia.”
China is likely to be the first of the major power to implode from a combination of multiple destabilizing factors including overpopulation, environmental degradation, water scarcity, and food insecurity.
Davy on Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:27 am
“Anti-Americans are a product of your imagination, Exceptionalist.”
Hardly, they are extremist who butcher the truth for their own emotional agenda