Iran Focus
London, 13 Dec – Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), regarding the crime against humanity in Aleppo and the continuation of savage bombings and massacre of innocent people in the streets of this city, said:
This is the biggest crime against humanity of the 21st century and it is being perpetrated by Khamenei, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), their mercenaries and the Assad regime.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Dec – Some reports indicate that there are around 70,000 Iranian soldiers fighting in Iran. Other reports suggest that the number is double this – in excess of 140,000. Whatever the number is, Iran has been sending manpower in the form of its own troops and also militias to Syria, and has been footing the bill for it. The regime wants to control Aleppo and is nearly there; thanks to Russia. At the same time, Syrian dictator Assad has been using chemicals and gas to get rid of inhabitants in order to vacate the area.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Dec – Money poured into Iranian businesses will fund human rights abuses and terrorism, according to a British MEP.
Anthea McIntyre, MEP for the West Midlands, was one of the politicians invited to speak at a European Parliament conference regarding human rights in Iran last week.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Dec – The European Union’s policy towards the Iranian Regime has weakened considerably, since the current High Representative, took office two years ago, according to a former vice president of European Parliament
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, who is also President of International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ), stated that Federica Mogherini’s treatment of officials from Tehran has been far too accommodating for a government that effectively laughs in the face of human rights.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Dec – We will only be able to defeat ISIS if we confront the Iranian Regime, warns Iranian opposition leader.
Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, made these comments via a video message in a US Senate Briefing.
Iran Focus
London, 12 Dec – The son of the late former deputy Supreme Leader Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Ahmed Montazeri, was sentenced to six years in prison last month. He was charged by Iran’s Special Court of Clerics for “revealing state secrets” and “acting against national security” among others. What he really did was post an audio recording of his father condemning the “death committee” which ordered the mass murder of around 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. He told the members of the death committee that they were committing the “biggest crime in the Islamic Republic” that will go down in history.
Iran Focus
London, 12 Dec – Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and his government are discretely working towards striking a deal with Iran. When he became Prime Minister he lifted nearly all economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
It was reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion met with officials of the Iranian regime during the UN General Assembly meeting held in September to discuss the relations between Iran and Canada.
Iran Focus
London, 11 Dec – Political scientist Dr. Majid Rafizadeh has written an op-ed positing the idea of Iran without the Regime.
He highlights the recent Student Day protests in which students across Iran protested human rights abuses and the imprisonment of political prisoners.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Dec – Hardline Republicans, who were critical of the Obama administration’s outreach to Iran throughout his presidency were optimistic as they took over a Senate caucus room on Thursday to promote their cause. This is because they believe that the incoming administration under Donald Trump, understands the threat posed by the Iranian regime far better than President Obama did.
David R. Sands writes in an article for the Washington Times on December 8, that Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, were among the lawmakers saying that Mr. Trump and his team will be skeptical of Iran and ready to call out any violations of the nuclear deal Mr. Obama helped negotiate in 2015.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Dec – The big worry over fall of Aleppo is the way in which it will fall.
Will there be a bloodbath, or can Secretary of State John Kerry negotiate a way out for the civilians trapped with the rebels in the eastern portion of the city? Additionally, although Aleppo’s fall won’t end the war, the US and the moderate rebels want to frame the surrender of the city as something other than a defeat.
On December 8, CBS News published an article by Margaret Brennan looks at how the surrender of Allepo will affect the Middle East.
