Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – The Iranian Nuclear Weapons programme is still alive and well, despite reports to the contrary from the State Department.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference last week, to unveil the new site of the Iranian nuclear programme, which neither the UN or the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have had access to.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – Soon the US will once again begin ramping up pressure on Iran, which has lagged considerably over the past eight years.
While Donald Trump may not be quite ready to tear up the nuclear deal, which gave Iran considerable sanctions relief in exchange for stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons programme (which notably has not stopped the Iranian Regime’s programme at all), he may be ready to target the Gulf nation in other ways.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – A US destroyer was forced to alter its course in the Persian Gulf after it encountered a ship owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which was acting provocatively, on Monday.
Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, said that the Iranian vessel had its weapons manned and came within approximately 1,000 yards of the USS Mahan.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been disqualified from the current presidential race, but what could this mean for the future of Iran?
Shahriar Kia, a political analyst and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, wrote an op-ed for the Daily Caller in which he highlighted how unprecedented this move was.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – Jordanians gathered in the northern city of Mafraq to burn Iranian flags and pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday, April 14.
They also called for the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador from Jordan.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – Iran could soon achieve real positive change, if the US re-aligns itself with the Iranian Resistance forces, according to the political director of a non-profit that works to promote human rights and democracy in Iran.
Dr Majid Sadeghpour, from the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIACUS), wrote an op-ed for The Hill arguing that the Trump administration has made the right decision on holding the Iranian Regime to account for its use of ballistic weapons but pleaded with them to go further.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – The Iranian Election is drawing ever closer and people all over the globe are speculating what change this will bring for relations with the middle-eastern country, but they are wrong to expect any change from the Iranian Regime.
Heshmat Alavi, a human rights expert, wrote an op-ed on Al-Arabiya in which he asserted that this election would bring no significant changes for the middle-east, the international community and, most importantly, no changes for the people of Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir has publicly denounced a report by the Iranian News Agency (IRNA) which alleged that she was planning a visit to Saudi Arabia, during which she would collude with them in order to defame Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – The Obama administration reportedly released seven Iranians who posed a national security risk to the United States in order to get the 2015 nuclear deal agreed.
The Obama administration overruled prosecutors and lawyers in order to free these people who were charged as part of a weapons-procurement ring. They claimed that the prisoners had merely violated economic sanctions; although considering that money funnelled to Iran funds terrorism and repression, surely that’s bad enough.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – The final appeal of a British-Iranian woman falsely charged with attempting to overthrow the dictatorship in Iran has been rejected.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the charitable foundation Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested last April when she took her daughter, Gabriella, to celebrate Nowruz (Iranian New Year) with her family.
