Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Amazon.com announced it plans to stop selling and delivering goods to Iranian individuals and entities subject to sanctions by the US government.
Tasnim news agency quoted Seattle Times that Amazon.com disclosed this week that it may have violated the law by selling and delivering goods to Iranian individuals and entities covered by U.S. sanctions.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister announced that the country will not be in any of the international and regional conflicts.
Reuters reports on Saturday February 11th that Mr. Abadi made the remarks on state television.
These remarks came after the first telephone conversation between Iraqi Prime Minister and the US President Donald Trump, where there were some talks about tensions between Iran and the US.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Mohammad Reza Bahonar, Iran’s former MP said even if all the sanctions were lifted, only 30 percent of the problems would be resolved.
Bahonar added that the army of the unemployed in our country was a serious threat to the nation’s assets, and unfortunately every family has a couple of unemployed at home.
Iran Focus
London, 11 Feb – Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to renegotiate the terms of the Iran Deal but what impact will that have on the mullahs’ Regime?
Could it force them to back down and engage in peaceful relations with the rest of the world? Or could they bear down more on their already oppressed people?
Iran Focus
London, 11 Feb – The Iranian regime test-fired ballistic missiles at the end of January. Through this test-firing, Tehran was also testing President Trump – testing to see how far he could be pushed and how he would react to such a defiant reaction.
Tehran knew that during Obama’s time in office it could get away with anything. No matter what actions Tehran took, it could be safe in the knowledge that not a whisper of consequences would be actioned.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Feb – The “golden era” of the Obama administration has ended for the Iranian regime. Iran was left to act as it pleased, creating chaos across the Middle East and spreading terrorism – without having to face any consequences. To be fair to Obama’s administration, it did sometimes reproach the Iranian regime’s activities, but it never acted on any threats or did anything but tip-toe around it.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Feb – There has been a lot of discussion about threats to the United States with regards to national security since the executive order regarding immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries was implemented. Many have been quick to say people already inside the US could be potential threats.
Iran – the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world – has been mentioned a lot.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Feb – A female political prisoner, Narges Mohammadi, has bravely described the horrors of being a mother in Iran’s notorious Evin prison in the country’s capital. She spoke about the one special hour a week in which the prisoners who are mothers can meet with their children.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Feb – Human rights in Iran has always been a point of contention and friction between Iranian official and international bodies. Last November, the United Nation General Assembly’s human rights committee passed a draft resolution which voiced concern over continued rights abuses in Iran and urged the ruling regime to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention.
