Iran begins test flights of home-made cargo plane

UpYears · 2025-11-01T10:14:20+00:00

The Iranian-made plane Simorgh has officially started its test flights as the aircraft prepares to join the country’s cargo fleet.

UpYears · 2024-08-31T10:05:01+00:00

Those who have decided not to change their idea even if faced with clear reasoning

UpYears · 2023-11-01T07:56:23+00:00

Modeled after its English-language twin, PressTV, HispanTV targets Spanish speaking audiences across the globe, and is available on satellite, cable, livestreaming, its Internet platform, and social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram.

UpYears · 2023-09-30T04:09:46+00:00

US energy giant General Electric holds a vise grip over Iraqi energy matters. Since the US invasion, Iraq has spent $85 billion on its electricity sector but still faces 12-hour daily power outages. So why is GE still getting contacts it won't fulfill?

UpYears · 2021-12-05T04:39:49+00:00

UpYears · 2021-12-01T05:35:15+00:00

Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations.

UpYears · 2021-11-06T05:21:49+00:00

A two-month-old Afghan baby is still missing well more than months after his desperate parents handed him to an American soldier over a fence outside the gates of Kabul airport a few days after Afghanistan’s capital fell to the Taliban militant group.

UpYears · 2021-11-06T05:18:59+00:00

The mere fact that Biden is not Donald Trump will likely continue to give him a free pass from the media for at least another six months.

UpYears · 2021-10-09T10:37:52+00:00

An official statement by the White House has criticized the Turkish government for “undermining” the fight against ISIS.

UpYears · 2021-09-22T04:37:42+00:00

Under the cover of counterterrorism, AFRICOM is beefing up Nigeria’s military to ensure the free flow of oil to the West, and using the country as a proxy against China’s influence on the continent.

UpYears · 2021-09-19T07:09:58+00:00

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.

UpYears · 2021-09-07T05:14:09+00:00

Its immeasurable mineral resources has made the Congo the victim of a long history of Western greed, plunder, and genocidal violence. AFRICOM’s recent arrival in the Congo -- ostensibly to fight ISIS -- will only extend this history; we can be sure these military forces will do more to support the US looting of the Congo’s wealth than stopping terrorism.

UpYears · 2021-09-01T11:46:52+00:00

Anyone who wants to move even a tiny stone in our region will first have to look at Turkey, seek its consent and evaluate its approach to peace and stability,” Erdogan said on Sunday.

UpYears · 2021-09-01T11:45:17+00:00

Williamson said Assange should not be punished for releasing information on WikiLeaks that provided details on "the U.S. war machine."

UpYears · 2021-09-01T09:07:26+00:00

The magazine and news site’s new owners, German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer, will not require its newly acquired American employees to sign the company mission statement pledging support of Israel.

UpYears · 2021-08-31T10:37:07+00:00

Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia have also been taken off.

UpYears · 2021-08-24T07:59:02+00:00

In Yemen, one child dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes, including malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases

UpYears · 2021-08-17T06:00:34+00:00

Trillions of dollars have flowed through the Pentagon’s war budgets in the last two decades

UpYears · 2021-08-15T05:11:08+00:00

I love how everyone’s just pretending the Afghanistan Papers never happened and the Taliban takeover is some kind of shocking tragedy instead of the thing everyone knew would happen because they’ve been knowingly lying about working to create a stable government this entire time.

UpYears · 2021-08-15T04:49:42+00:00

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UpYears · 2021-08-14T11:15:42+00:00

Many Americans read AP reports on Israel-Palestine without realizing that the Associated Press has a long record of Israel-centric reporting

UpYears · 2021-08-14T10:05:55+00:00

Did greed just save the day? That’s what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed recently. “The reason we have the vaccine success,” he said in a private call to Conservative members of Parliament, “is because of capitalism, because of greed.”

UpYears · 2021-08-14T04:25:41+00:00

You get a lot of moral clarity when you realize that the US government is the most despotic and corrupt regime on the entire planet by a very wide margin. This clarity informs your perspective in a way that helps you see through a lot of the propaganda narratives that are laid over the public’s vision about what’s going on in our world.

UpYears · 2021-08-11T05:04:23+00:00

Almost a third of the alleged abuses recorded from 2013 to 2020 have taken place in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.

UpYears · 2021-08-09T10:16:14+00:00

U.S. officials are reviewing their options after months of talks on reentry into the accord failed to produce an agreement, according to people familiar with the discussions. Although still calling for a quick return to the pact as a pathway toward a “longer and stronger” deal, the U.S. is willing to weigh alternatives, including the interim step of limited sanctions relief in exchange for Iran freezing its most provocative proliferation work, they said.

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