The United States Works on Strategy to Remove Iran From Syria

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The United States Works on Strategy to Remove Iran From Syria
The United States works on strategy to remove Iran from Syria

Iran Focus

London, 18 Oct – Iran’s interference in the civil war in Syria has been bloody. It has propped up Bashar al Assad and it has prolonged the war that would have ended years ago had it not got involved.

The United States has been urging Iran, including its numerous proxies and militias, to leave Syria. And it is true that Iran is standing in the way of Syria from being able to properly start the process of reconstruction.

It is thought that the Trump administration is actively working towards pushing Iran and its proxies out of Syria. Several people with insider information told NBC News that a new strategy revolving around diplomatic and political moves would be put into place with the employment of economic pressure that would leave Iran with no choice.

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New Research Reveals Iran’s Attempted Manipulation of Public Opinion on Twitter

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New Research Reveals Iran’s Attempted Manipulation of Public Opinion on Twitter
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London, 18 Oct – Earlier this year, Twitter had to suspend 770 accounts for engaging in “coordinated manipulation” that appeared to originate in Iran. According to research published on Wednesday, the accounts were made to appear as those of foreign journalists and concerned U.S. citizens, and were being used to spread political propaganda.

YouTube, which is co-owned by Facebook and Google similarly spotted and took down Iranian content, some of which had been linked to state-owned media, according to an analysis by FireEye, a security firm that first uncovered the activity.

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U.S. to Increase Pressure on Syria to Kick Iran Out

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U.S. to Increase Pressure on Syria to Kick Iran Out
U.S. to increase pressure on Syria to kick Iran out

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London, 17 Oct – The Donald Trump administration is reportedly planning to increase economic pressure on Syria in order to push Iranian troops out of the war-torn country.

This new plan, which is part of an overall push by the US government to contain Iran’s malign behaviour in the Middle East, does not endorse military force against Iran or any of its proxy forces in Syria.

Instead, it cleverly uses targeted sanctions and the threat of withholding reconstruction aid in order to increase pressure on Syria to kick the Iranian forces out.

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Iranian City Councillor Arrested for Speaking out Against Repression

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Iranian City Councillor Arrested for Speaking out Against Repression
Arrest of Baha'is in Iran

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London, 17 Oct – Over the past two months, Iranian intelligence officials have increased arrests of the Baha’i religious minority with no clear charges, according to Human Rights Watch.

During August and September, Iranian agents arrested over 20 Baha’i citizens, as well as a city council member who had reportedly offered support for those arrested. This includes 12 people arrested in Shiraz, 4 of whom are still being held in an Intelligence Ministry detention centre, 11 from Isfahan and Karaj provinces, who were transferred to the Shiraz detention centre, and Mehdi Hajati, a member of Shiraz City Council who was trying to secure their release.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Issues a Lofty Vision for the Troubled Country

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Issues a Lofty Vision for the Troubled Country
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei

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London, 17 Oct – In a document published on his official website, his vision for the Islamic Republic in the year 2065 was outlined by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The document is officially called the “Islamic-Iranian Blueprint for Progress” (IIBP), and according to Khamenei, “has laid the main foundations and ideals of progress and has drafted the ideal horizon of the country for the five decades to come.”

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Iran Teachers Strike Goes Viral

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Iran Teachers Strike Goes Viral
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London, 17 Oct – Teachers across Iran went on strike on October 14 and 15, holding sit-ins at their schools to demand better pay and conditions and an end to the detention of education activists. They are also demanding equal access to education for all Iranian children.

Social media has been flooded with pictures of striking teachers from all over Iran, including Amol, Eslam Abad, Garmeh, Gonabad, Hamadan, Ilam, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Marivan, Mashhad, Sanandaj, Sarvabad, Semirom, Tabriz, Torbat Heidarieh, Yasouj, Zarin Shahr, and Tehran, all using the hashtags #nationwide teachers’ sit-in, #teachers_sitin and #nationwide_strike.. The videos and photos being shared show teachers holding up placards and banners with their demands on them.

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Iran Threatens US, While Their Children Live in the Land of the Free

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Iran Threatens US, While Their Children Live in the Land of the Free
Iran threatens US, while their children live in the land of the free

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London, 16 Oct – The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, has said that the United States is a “threat to the entire world”, so it is a strange thing indeed that he allows his daughter, Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, to live and study in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Iran Upholds Death Penalty for Tortured Man After Unfair Trial

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Iran Upholds Death Penalty for Tortured Man After Unfair Trial
Hedayat Abdollahpour

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London, 16 Oct – The highest court in Iran has upheld the death sentence for an imprisoned Kurdish man, who faced an unfair trial and was tortured in custody, which has increased the number of Kurdish prisoner on death row in Iran to 100.

Hedayat Abdollahpour, 25, was arrested on June 15, 2016, in Oshnouyeh after clashes broke out between the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces and members of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), but has always maintained his innocence. He has now exhausted all of his appeals.

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Iran’s Hidden Radiation Threat

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Iran’s Hidden Radiation Threat
BTS installation sites

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London, 15 Oct – In the past 20 years, since Iran’s cellular network infrastructure was first installed, the number of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) has multiplied in line with consumer demand and now they crowd urban skylines, but some fear that the radiation emitting contraptions are a greater risk to human health than anyone imagined before.

Shirin, who wished for her last name to be kept secret, reported that a few months after she and her mother moved into an apartment with a rooftop BTS, her mother began suffering from headaches and fatigue. When they consulted a doctor, they were told to evacuate.

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The Problem of Iran in Lebanon

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The Problem of Iran in Lebanon
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London, 15 Oct – Lebanon is a crumbling Arab state, where the Iran-backed Hezbollah reign supreme and a once-rich country is failing to meet even the most basic needs of its people.

A Lebanese activist recently ran laboratory tests on the drinking water source in the southern suburbs of Beirut and found it was contaminated with human faeces. Thanks to a lack of supervision by the state, Lebanon’s once-rich water supply is now so scarce that the people do not have any other drinking options.

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