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‘Fire on Iran & US will be opening the gates of hell’ – George Galloway in video address
Published time: 21 Jun, 2019 16:52 Edited time: 21 Jun, 2019 17:07
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Washington maintains its UAV was shot down while patrolling over international waters in an “unprovoked attack.” On Friday President Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim the US were 10 minutes away from bombing three Iranian sites, before calling off the strikes.
Galloway believes that many Iranians would see it as a great “pleasure to fight the United States and its allies in the region."
In a stark warning to US allies such as Qatar, the UAE and Saudia Arabia, Galloway insisted that any country that allows “its land to be used for the launching for an American attack on Iran will itself be immediately in flames.”
The former Labour MP concludes his passionate message to the world by declaring:
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'There will be obliteration': Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran
Published time: 21 Jun, 2019 22:45 Edited time: 21 Jun, 2019 23:48
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“You can’t have nuclear weapons,” Trump said, implying anything else was open to discussion – and if Tehran doesn’t want to talk, “you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come.” The statements come after Trump said he had cancelled a Thursday night strike on Iran at the last minute in retaliation for the American spy drone shot down over Iranian airspace.
Also on rt.com US planned to hit 3 different sites in response to Iran, was told 150 people would have died – Trump
In remarks to NBC’s Meet the Press, scheduled to air on Sunday, the president stressed that learning that “150 Iranians” would be killed if he called for the prepared airstrikes made him think twice, realizing that the deaths would not be “proportionate” to the loss of a single unmanned surveillance vehicle. While planes were not yet in the air, the operation was nearly at the point of no return, he said.
The drone’s demise has set off a number of responses from the US. The Federal Aviation Administration banned all American civil aircraft from flying over Iranian airspace above the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, claiming “numerous” planes had been in the area when the surveillance craft was shot down. On Friday, Iraqi military sources reported US contractors were preparing to evacuate Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad, where about 400 Americans currently provide security, training and other basic services for the Iraqi military.
Unlike in previous "attacks" blamed on Tehran, like the mysterious assault on two Japanese-linked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month, Iran immediately claimed responsibility for the downing of the drone, claiming it had been repeatedly warned against entering Iranian airspace and its presence – operating in "stealth mode" – was a violation of international law.
Tensions have been escalating between the US and Iran ever since Trump pulled out of the multilateral nuclear deal in May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, despite Tehran holding up its end of the bargain.
Also on rt.com ‘If Trump doesn’t want war, he has to ease sanctions’ – Iranian presidential adviser
The atmosphere of hostility mounted as Trump removed the sanctions waivers that had allowed a handful of countries to continue buying Iranian oil. The "maximum pressure campaign" supposedly designed to drive Tehran to the negotiating table has so far proven little more than a guarantee of bad faith on the part of the US. Iran has condemned the sanctions as "economic terrorism" and demanded they be eased as a prelude to any negotiations.
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US planned to hit 3 different sites in response to Iran, was told 150 people would have died – Trump
Published time: 21 Jun, 2019 13:08 Edited time: 21 Jun, 2019 14:22
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Despite being “cocked and loaded” to launch an assault on Iran, President Donald Trump says that he eventually decided the strike would have been “not proportionate” to the downing of the unmanned US drone.
Accusing the Islamic Republic of shooting down the US surveillance drone over “international waters”, Trump tweeted Friday that he had pulled the plug on an attack 10 minutes before the strike was to take place.
"10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world," Trump said in a series of tweets. "Sanctions are biting & more added last night."
Also on rt.com A lost drone is no justification for war with Iran, even for Trump’s squawking hawks
The called-off attack comes at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, with blame for the recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf pinned by the US on the Islamic Republic, coupled with Thursday’s shoot-down of an American spy drone off the coast of Iran.
While the US military argued that the drone was attacked "unprovoked" over international waters, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday provided exact coordinates of the location of the aircraft when it was intercepted by Iran's air defenses, well within the country's airspace.
Washington has imposed several new layers of economic sanctions on Iran in recent months, including on the country's oil and nuclear sectors, part of its so-called "maximum pressure campaign" designed to coerce the country's leadership to renegotiate the nuclear pact signed between Iran and world powers in 2015.
Also on rt.com Iran has ‘indisputable’ evidence US drone violated airspace, FM says
US President Donald Trump then stepped away from the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, last year, though the rest of the deal's signatories remain within the agreement and Iran has consistently been deemed compliant.
‘Fire on Iran & US will be opening the gates of hell’ – George Galloway in video address
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George Galloway has warned the US and its allies in the Gulf that if they were to start “World War III” with an attack on Iran they will live to regret it because, unlike Iraq in 2003, they are capable of fighting back.
Washington maintains its UAV was shot down while patrolling over international waters in an “unprovoked attack.” On Friday President Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim the US were 10 minutes away from bombing three Iranian sites, before calling off the strikes.
Galloway believes that many Iranians would see it as a great “pleasure to fight the United States and its allies in the region."
In a stark warning to US allies such as Qatar, the UAE and Saudia Arabia, Galloway insisted that any country that allows “its land to be used for the launching for an American attack on Iran will itself be immediately in flames.”
The former Labour MP concludes his passionate message to the world by declaring:
No more war. No more war in the Gulf. No war on Iran.
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'There will be obliteration': Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran
Published time: 21 Jun, 2019 22:45 Edited time: 21 Jun, 2019 23:48
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“You can’t have nuclear weapons,” Trump said, implying anything else was open to discussion – and if Tehran doesn’t want to talk, “you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come.” The statements come after Trump said he had cancelled a Thursday night strike on Iran at the last minute in retaliation for the American spy drone shot down over Iranian airspace.
Also on rt.com US planned to hit 3 different sites in response to Iran, was told 150 people would have died – Trump
In remarks to NBC’s Meet the Press, scheduled to air on Sunday, the president stressed that learning that “150 Iranians” would be killed if he called for the prepared airstrikes made him think twice, realizing that the deaths would not be “proportionate” to the loss of a single unmanned surveillance vehicle. While planes were not yet in the air, the operation was nearly at the point of no return, he said.
The drone’s demise has set off a number of responses from the US. The Federal Aviation Administration banned all American civil aircraft from flying over Iranian airspace above the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, claiming “numerous” planes had been in the area when the surveillance craft was shot down. On Friday, Iraqi military sources reported US contractors were preparing to evacuate Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad, where about 400 Americans currently provide security, training and other basic services for the Iraqi military.
Unlike in previous "attacks" blamed on Tehran, like the mysterious assault on two Japanese-linked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month, Iran immediately claimed responsibility for the downing of the drone, claiming it had been repeatedly warned against entering Iranian airspace and its presence – operating in "stealth mode" – was a violation of international law.
Tensions have been escalating between the US and Iran ever since Trump pulled out of the multilateral nuclear deal in May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, despite Tehran holding up its end of the bargain.
Also on rt.com ‘If Trump doesn’t want war, he has to ease sanctions’ – Iranian presidential adviser
The atmosphere of hostility mounted as Trump removed the sanctions waivers that had allowed a handful of countries to continue buying Iranian oil. The "maximum pressure campaign" supposedly designed to drive Tehran to the negotiating table has so far proven little more than a guarantee of bad faith on the part of the US. Iran has condemned the sanctions as "economic terrorism" and demanded they be eased as a prelude to any negotiations.
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US planned to hit 3 different sites in response to Iran, was told 150 people would have died – Trump
Published time: 21 Jun, 2019 13:08 Edited time: 21 Jun, 2019 14:22
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Despite being “cocked and loaded” to launch an assault on Iran, President Donald Trump says that he eventually decided the strike would have been “not proportionate” to the downing of the unmanned US drone.
Accusing the Islamic Republic of shooting down the US surveillance drone over “international waters”, Trump tweeted Friday that he had pulled the plug on an attack 10 minutes before the strike was to take place.
"10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world," Trump said in a series of tweets. "Sanctions are biting & more added last night."
....proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night. Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2019
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2019
Also on rt.com A lost drone is no justification for war with Iran, even for Trump’s squawking hawks
The called-off attack comes at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, with blame for the recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf pinned by the US on the Islamic Republic, coupled with Thursday’s shoot-down of an American spy drone off the coast of Iran.
While the US military argued that the drone was attacked "unprovoked" over international waters, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday provided exact coordinates of the location of the aircraft when it was intercepted by Iran's air defenses, well within the country's airspace.
Washington has imposed several new layers of economic sanctions on Iran in recent months, including on the country's oil and nuclear sectors, part of its so-called "maximum pressure campaign" designed to coerce the country's leadership to renegotiate the nuclear pact signed between Iran and world powers in 2015.
Also on rt.com Iran has ‘indisputable’ evidence US drone violated airspace, FM says
US President Donald Trump then stepped away from the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, last year, though the rest of the deal's signatories remain within the agreement and Iran has consistently been deemed compliant.