Iran Focus
London, 30 Mar – President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), Struan Stevenson, spoke in the House of Commons in the UK on Tuesday 28th March, for the Persian New Year – Nowruz.
He said that Nowruz is an opportunity for an end to conflict and the beginning of a peaceful and free society.
Iran Focus
London, 30 Mar – For more than a decade, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, has been pursuing what could be described as a privatisation campaign. The aim is to gain more and more control over the economy of Iran so that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Supreme Leader can take control of the country’s vast natural resources.
Iran Focus
London, 30 Mar – Many experts are warning that Iran is the single-most threatening force in the Middle East and say that it is exporting terror to neighbouring countries. However, it is becoming increasingly destabilising and is becoming more and more of a threat to the United States.
On Wednesday 29th March, one of the United States’ top military officials told the House Armed Services Committee that the threat of Iran must not be underestimated. Commander of the U.S. Central Command, Army Gen. Joseph Votel, said that the actions of Iran are provocative and could be “unsafe”.
Iran Focus
London, 29 Mar – Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday 28th March that Iran has been displaying an alarming increase of threatening behaviour since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal.
He made these comments during a hearing that was dealing with the United States’ policy towards Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 29 Mar – It has been reported that Iran is in the process of sending military advisors and sophisticated weaponry to the Houthis in Yemen in a bid to increase its support for Shiite allies.
In Yemen, Saudi Arabia is leading a Sunni Arab coalition to combat the Houthi movement that is supported by Iran and experts say the war in Yemen is sure to change the balance of power in the Middle East.
Iran Focus
London, 29 Mar – Last week, officials in the United Stated announced the introduction of new legislation that has the goal of countering the threat coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The legislation has bipartisan support and gives the Trump administration a comprehensive method to deal with the threat of Iran being nuclear-equipped and its damaging activities that are causing chaos in the Middle East and further afield.
Iran Focus
London, 28 Mar – On Sunday 26th March, the Foreign Ministry of Iran announced through the state-run IRNA news agency that it was imposing sanctions on 15 American companies, claiming that they support terrorism, Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the repression. This is the latest in rising tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic.
The statement from the Foreign Ministry said: “The sanctioned companies have, directly and/or indirectly, been involved in the brutal atrocities committed by the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
Iran Focus
London, 28 Mar – At the AIPAC conference in Washington on Monday, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was warmly received by the audience. She spoke about Iran and its negative influence in the Middle East and the dangerous consequences of the nuclear deal signed in 2015.
Haley, on several occasions, criticised the Obama administration’s treatment and enforcement of the nuclear deal, saying: “When the Iran deal took place, all it did was empower Iran and it empowered Russia.”
Iran Focus
London, 28 Mar – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, spoke about Iran yesterday at the 2017 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington. His rhetoric was tough and firm and he said that the Islamic Republic poses a great danger to the national security of the United States.
He called for non-nuclear sanctions to be imposed on Iran’s ruling regime and advised that the country’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) should be designated as a foreign terrorist organisation.
Iran Focus
London, 27 Mar – The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair spoke at the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) annual policy conference which is taking place in Washington.
He said on Sunday that the Iranian regime is at the centre of the crises in the Middle East, emphasising that if Iran stopped interfering in the region, there would be a good chance of resolving conflict.
