Islamist state of Iran: leader in human rights violation

Basij forces beating protestorsFront Page: The Iranian military published a flimsy and unsubstantiated 28-page report this week criticizing human rights in the United States. Intriguingly, the report was supported by the Basij, a militia governmental group that is a leader in human rights violations.

Senate is right to not trust Iran in nuke ‘deal’

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NJ.com: I was so shocked at the recent deal Iran brokered with world powers. It is a betrayal of international law, it sends a message of weakness and it makes the chances of an unthinkably terrible conflict far more likely.

The Iranian threat & Obama’s deception

Front Page: Obama made the following patently false claim about the implementation of the interim agreement: ”As we gather here tonight, Iran has begun to eliminate its stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium.” Iran has not eliminated anything.

Hard-line Iran website publishes names of fighters killed in Syria

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Al-Monitor: While Iranian officials have admitted to having sent “advisers” into Syria, that Iran has active fighters is addressed only when the hard-line media mention that a fighter has been killed in Syria.

Iran’s severe water shortage may lead to rationing

Fox News: Iran is facing a water shortage so severe residents of the capital Tehran and other major cities may face rationing in the coming year. Nowhere is the shortage more apparent than in western Lake Urmia—once Iran’s largest lake.

Are Syria, Iran playing Obama for a fool?

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CNN: Remember Syria’s chemical weapons? All of the “priority one” the most dangerous of those weapons, were supposed to be gone by December 31 last year. They’re not. Almost all of them — more than 95% — are still in Syria.

UK Parliamentary delegation urges caution and realism on Iran

Huffington Post: Of course Rouhani is Iran’s current Ayatollah-sanctioned President and should have every good reason to be at such a prestigious forum; however the man addressing Davos appeared only to share the real Rouhani’s appearance.

Next Iran nuclear talks set for February 18 in Vienna

AFP: World powers will hold their next talks on Tehran’s contested nuclear programme February 18, top Iranian and European Union diplomats agreed during Friday talks.

Former Marine Corps commandant warns Capitol Hill about a nuclear Iran

PRNewswire/ Retired Marine Corps General James Jones, former commandant of the Marine Corps, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and President Obama’s first National Security Advisor, warned of the dangers posed by a nuclear-armed Iran.

Time to tackle ‘more difficult’ issues with Iran, IAEA head says

AFP: After recent progress with Iran, it is time to tackle “more difficult” nuclear issues such as allegations of past weapons work, the head of the UN atomic watchdog told AFP in an interview.