Iran Focus

London, 4 Jan – The anti-regime protests in Iran are now in their second week and the US is currently deciding on the best way to support the demonstrators.

Members of the Donald Trump administration (and many other politicians) have already voiced their support for the Iranian people and their fights for freedom via social media, with Trump warning the Regime that the “world is watching”.

This has been lauded as a great first step by political pundits, including Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior Iran analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

Iran Focus

London, 3 Jan – Anti-regime protests are going strong across Iran; from the big cities to rural areas, the Iranians want an end to the theocratic Regime that has held them hostage for almost 40 years.

The protests began over the failing economy (high unemployment, rising cost of living) but grew into a rally against the violent Regime and all of its major problems.

Now, the protesters are crying out for political freedom, the removal of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and an end to Iranian imperialism in the Middle East.

Iran Focus

London, 3 Jan – Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi tweeted on Tuesday that he supported the Iranian people in their fight for freedom and their recent protests.

He said: “We wish the aspirations of the Iranian people succeed in achieving freedom and stopping foreign ventures.”

He said that the Iranian uprising was the result of Iranians wanting to live in peace and prosperity with the other people of the Middle East; a direct contrast from the Regime’s horrifying dreams of exporting terrorism, spreading destruction, and creating a Shiite Crescent across the Middle East.

Iran Focus

London, 3 Jan – Donald Trump has praised the Iranian people for standing up against the brutal mullahs that head the Regime and cited that the money that Iran got as a result of the nuclear deal has been used to fund terrorism and expansionism, rather than to benefit their own people.

The spending of this money on the export of terrorism and wars via proxy groups is part of the reasons for the protests.

On January 2, Trump tweeted: “The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime. All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their ‘pockets.’ The people have little food, big inflation and no human rights. The U.S. is watching!”

Iran Focus

London, 3 Jan – Donald Trump has tweeted his support for the anti-regime protesters in Iran but he can solidify that support through US policy on Iran.

In just two weeks, Trump must decide whether or not to reimpose US sanctions on Iran’s oil exports that were waived under the nuclear deal; a decision that he handed to Congress in October after decertifying Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear pact and that Congress returned to him without a verdict in December.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Jan – At the start of a new year, the Iranian people certainly seem to have made their resolution to get rid of the brutal Regime that punishes them. Their protests- which were widespread and prominent throughout 2017- have taken on a new, bigger turn within the past couple of weeks.

Although it is unclear whether these widespread protests will spell the end of the Iranian Regime and their terrorist Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), we can but hope. One thing is clear though- the protests have already gained worldwide attention and the Regime’s future is in jeopardy.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Jan – A secret meeting between high-ranking mullahs in the Iranian establishment (including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, political leaders and heads of security) revealed that the widespread civilian protests that have taken over Iran in the past week have severely damaged the economy and threaten the security of the state.

These notes- which covered several meetings up until December 31- were leaked to Fox News by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), who have informers within the top ranks of the government.

The meeting notes showed discussions about the rising protests and how to stop them from going further-apparently stopping executions, raising employment, and ending regional interference was not how the Government wanted to tackle it.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Jan – At least 30 people have now been killed in clashes between the Iranian people and the security forces as anti-Regime protests continue to grow.

The death toll stood at 12 on January 1, and before that the Iranian Regime had only confirmed four deaths. This number has risen dramatically after tens of thousands of people joined the protests, which began last week.

Two protesters were shot dead by security forces on Sunday night, adding to the two killed on Saturday. Hundreds have been arrested for taking part in the demonstrations.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Jan – In a DW interview, Paulo Casaca prominent political analyst and a former member of the European Parliament said the theocratic regime in Iran is domestically and internationally isolated and cannot hold on to power for long.

Explaining the factors that have taken the Iranian people to the street, Mr. Casaca said: “Economic issues ignited a protest movement that quickly translated into something bigger, with people demanding the regime change, an end to theocracy and its replacement with a democratic form of government”.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Jan – Some 30 protesters have been killed by the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as nationwide uprising of the Iranian people enter its sixth day, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Fearful of overthrow and desperate to confronting the popular nationwide uprising, the clerical regime has started blind arrests and so far detained at least 1,000 in the first to forth days of the uprising.

On Monday, despite brutal suppression by the Mullahs’ regime, people took to the streets en mass in Tehran and dozens of other cities across the country, chanting, “Death to Khamenei”, “Khamenei, shame on you, Let go the country”.