Iran to Send Warship to the Gulf of Mexico

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London, 30 Nov – Iran will send a fleet of warships to the Gulf of Mexico in order to strengthen their ties to terrorist groups in several South American states, the commander of Iran’s navy said on Tuesday to Iranian state-run media outlets.

Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, who only recently assumed his post, said that the warships would be deployed to the area, via the Atlantic Ocean, despite what he claims are US objections.

He said: “[Our fleet] will berth in the friendly states in Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico in the near future by deployment in the Atlantic Ocean.”

US Tough Line on Iran Is Being Implemented

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London, 30 Nov – According to several reports, the Trump administration has put a block on the country buying nuclear material from Iran. The policy started during the previous administration and was a way of trying to ensure that Iran stays compliant with the 2015 nuclear deal.

Towards the end of 2016, the Obama administration announced that the United States was going to purchase $8 million dollars’ worth of heavy water from Iran to make sure that it stays in compliance with the terms of the nuclear deal that imposes restrictions on the amount of heavy water it can have.

Will Western Prisoners Be Freed From Iranian Jails?

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London, 30 Nov – There are numerous foreign nationals locked up in Iran, mostly on sedition or espionage charges. They are being tortured, mistreated and denied essential medical attention.

The situation with these prisoners is getting even more delicate as US President Trump is threatening to reimpose crippling sanctions and derail the 2015 nuclear deal.

Almost two years ago, several Americans who were jailed in Iran were released when the nuclear deal came into effect. At the same time, several Iranians that were being held in the United States were sent back to Iran.

Why Is Assad Nervous About Iran’s Demands?

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London, 29 Nov – When Iranian chief of staff, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, visited Syria, last month, it was supposed to be a show of unity between the two violent regimes, to show what dictators could achieve if they worked together to crush their people, but it now appears that Bashar Assad is getting cold feet about the partnership.

During the meeting with his Syrian counterpart General Ali Abdullah Ayoub, Bagheri presented the Iranian Regime’s list of demands for helping the Syrian dictator to destroy his own country; namely a 50-year lease on a Mediterranean naval base, the establishment of Iranian air bases in Syria, phosphate mining concessions including for uranium, and more.

Worrying Relationship Between Iran and North Korea

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London, 29 Nov – Meetings between high-ranking officials from North Korea and Iran are raising concerns in the US government about the deep military ties between the two rogue nations.

The suspicious meetings began in August, when Kim Yong-Nam, North Korea’s number two political leader and head of its legislature, visited Iran. Officially, he was attending the inauguration of President Hassan Rouhani, but the length of the visit and the size of his delegation set off alarm bells in the US.

Confront Iran on Terrorism Before Nuclear Deal

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London, 29 Nov – The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) think-tank has urged Donald Trump to focus on the Iranian Regime’s regional destabilisation and terrorism, rather than renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal.

It was argued that with better enforcement of the terms of the deal, it is possible to hold Iran to account as it is.

In a paper for the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) think-tank on Tuesday, Ya’alon wrote: “Reopening the [nuclear] deal is superfluous, mostly because it is possible to exercise pressure on the Iranian regime already today, without reopening the nuclear deal, on the basis of its violations of UN Security Council resolutions regarding arms sales, terror, its ballistic missiles program and human rights violations.”

Iran Regime Spends Over $30 Billion Annually Supporting Terrorism Through Its Proxies

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London, 29 Nov – In his address to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Joint Seminar of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group and the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Defense and Security Cooperation at the Italian Parliament headquarters in Rome on Monday, Mohammed bin Amin Al-Jeffery, deputy chairman of the Shoura Council, said Tehran spends over $30 billion annually in supporting and promoting terrorism through its proxies. Al-Jeffery said Tehran is interfering in the internal matters of Arab countries and has a long history of supporting terrorism and armed groups. He added that Iran is utilizing all its resources to spread chaos in a number of countries in the region.

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Calls Iran’s Supreme Leader, “Hitler of the Middle East”

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London, 29 Nov – There have been policy changes occurring in Saudi Arabia. King Salman provides direction and guidance, and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, provides determination. The crown prince has been describes as smart leader, who listens to opinions, but makes his own decisions.

The prince spoke about a number of issues, including the problem of Iran, during his recent interview with American journalist Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. He talked about Iran, saying that the Supreme Leader of Iran is “the new Hitler of the Middle East. We learned from Europe that appeasement doesn’t work. We don’t want the new Hitler in Iran to repeat what happened in Europe in the Middle East.”

Iran Hackers Target Lebanon

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London, 28 Nov – Iran is in the midst of a large-scale cyber piracy operation designed to expand its influence across the Middle East- most notably in Lebanon- according to a new report from Western intelligence.

The Iranian hackers- who are most certainly approved by the Regime- recently attacked the offices of Lebanese president Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri and gained access to their email accounts, following Hariri’s resignation, according to Le Figaro, a French newspaper.

Iran Continues to Destabilise the Middle East

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London, 28 Nov – As ISIS continues to lose territory in the Middle East, the Iranian Regime is gearing up to pose a much bigger danger to the region and the world as a whole.

While the Regime has been a danger since its inception in 1979, many people are only waking up to it now as its role in various regional conflicts across the Middle East (including Syria and Yemen).

Syria

In Syria, Iran and its terrorist proxy militia Hezbollah have sent fighters (including refugee children) to fight on behalf of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and to suppress the Syrian people’s legitimate cry for freedom.