Obama moves against Iran

Obama freezes all Iranian assets in the US

RT

The United States has escalated tensions with Iran once again, this after President Obama called for a freeze of all Iranian assets held in the US. The executive order signed on Monday was in reaction to what the US is calling "deceptive practices" by Iran.

 Israel has also joined in by stepping up threats against Iran, and US Secretary Defense Leon Panetta has acknowledged Israel may attack Iran in the next 90 days. 

Vijay Prashad, director of International Studies at Trinity College, takes a deeper look on the escalated possibility of war.

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US threatens to auction Iran's cultural artifacts

Press TV

US threatens to auction Iran's cultural artifacts. These are invaluable Persian antiquities kept at the University of Chicago. The United States federal courts have ordered the seizure of them along with numerous other Persian antiquities kept in the Field Museum in Chicago.