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Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, Greenland, and the U.S. Heist of the World's Oil and Gas Supply
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley, Richard Medhurst
05 Jun 2026
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Richard Medhurst discusses his latest investigative reporting, “The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War," an analysis of the latest iteration of U.S. hegemony. The U.S. is waging wars in order to control the world's supply of energy and to defeat multipolarity.

Iran
natural gas
Petro-gas dollar
West Asia
Middle East
energy
Multipolarity

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