Iran Focus
London, 18 Jan – Donald Trump reopened the debate on the Iranian nuclear deal, last week, when he announced that he would waive the sanctions until May, but after that something would need to change.
As of yet, Trump isn’t pulling the US out of the 2015 pact between six world powers and Iran, but he is demanding that Congress produce legislation to fix the deal and ensure that if the US remains a party to it, Iran will not be able to create a nuclear weapon.
Iran Focus
London, 18 Jan – At the beginning of 2018, Citing Iran’s “state television”, AFP reported that while making a clear allusion to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Rouhani told President Macron, “We criticize the fact that a group has a base in France and acts against the Iranian people and encourages violence. We expect the French government to act against this terrorist group “.
These remarks reflected above all the anxiety of the mullahs’ regime in the face of the expansion of the uprising against the religious dictatorship and the growing popularity of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).and the Iranian Resistance. Rouhani accused the MEK of violence, while the European Union, its member countries, as well as the United States, strongly criticized the Iranian regime for the repression of demonstrations, killing and seriously injuring many people and President Macron has expressed concern on the death of the protestors. To date, dozens of unarmed protesters have been killed by Revolutionary Guards and thousands more arrested.
Iran Focus
London, 17 Jan – The Iranian Resistance has urged Germany to shut down the Iranian Regime’s embassy for its role in terror and espionage and praised the German police for raids on Iranian spies.
The German office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) released a statement early Wednesday morning praising German authorities for their Tuesday raids on the homes and workplaces of 10 people who are suspected of spying on behalf of the Iranian Regime and its secret services.
Iran Focus
London, 17 Jan – A leaked United Nations report states that the ballistic missiles fired by the terrorist Houthis in Yemen were indeed made by Iran, which may give the US additional reasons to crack down on Iran and pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal.
The weapons fragments inspected by the UN appear to include debris from a ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia in November, which was fired by the Houthis.
The report appears to confirm the US’s long-held suspicions that the Iranian Regime has breached two UN resolutions about the launching of ballistic missiles (which enshrines the nuclear deal) and supplying weapons to the Houthis.
Iran Focus
London, 17 Jan – Human rights abuses are systematic under the repressive Iranian regime, with even the right to life being routinely ignored.
As a result, the so-called justice system often executes people for crimes (sometimes minor offences or made up crimes) based on circumstantial evidence or confessions extracted through torture.
In December, for example, a 22-year-old prisoner was executed in Mashhad Central Prison for murder, but there is little chance that he received a fair trial with access to legal representation. Another two people were hanged in front of a judge in a retribution killing.
Iran Focus
London, 16 Jan – Since late December, the streets of Iran have been filled with tens of thousands of protesters demanding an end to the clerical regime.
At least 50 have been killed and 8,000 imprisoned so far, while the Regime has brought back its mercenaries and terrorist proxies from Syria, where they fought on behalf of Bashar Assad, to quell the protests.
So why is the West, as a whole, reluctant to comment on this clear abuse of human rights?
Simply, they’re more concerned with preserving the Iran nuclear deal and prefer to appease the Regime rather than criticise them over human rights violations.
Iran Focus
London, 16 Jan – The Iranian people have once again taken to the streets of Iran to protest against the malign Regime. It’s the biggest protest since 2009 and possibly even since the start of the Regime itself.
The people are protesting over corruption at every level of government, widespread economic problems, and many other things besides. Simply, they want an end to the Regime.
Many promised that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal would improve the Iranian economy by removing sanctions and releasing frozen funds. However, the lifting of sanctions and the release of assets couldn’t do much to help the economy when the Iranian Regime was content to funnel the money into their own pockets or use it to fund malign projects abroad.
Iran Focus
London, 16 Jan – Donald Trump renewed the Iranian nuclear deal last week by extending overall sanctions relief for another 120 days and vowed that this was Iran’s last chance. There would be no more waivers. The deal either had to deliver on promised improvements, go through some serious changes, or he would pull the US out of the deal.
At the same time, the US issued targeted sanctions against people and entities for non-nuclear issues, like human rights.
Iran Focus
London, 16 Jan – Donald Trump has given the Iran nuclear deal one final chance by extending sanctions relief for 120 days, while issuing target sanctions against specific Regime members.
However, he warned that if nothing is better by May and Congress cannot make major changes to the agreement, then the deal will be dead.
Meanwhile, leading Iranian dissidents are urging the US not to save the flawed deal at all.
Iran Focus
London, 15 Jan – Several young men who were arrested during the anti-government demonstrations in Iran have died in custody. The Iranian regime has reported that two committed suicide and another was a terrorist that was killed during a clash with security forces.
However, many people in the country are saying that these allegations are completely false.
Scores of people have died during the protests that swept across Iran in the past few weeks.
The people are calling for an investigation into these three deaths, claiming that circumstances are suspicious and the regime’s account of the facts are doubtful.
