By Pooya Stone
Iran warned this week that it would take a ‘third step’ away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers by starting to develop centrifuges to speed up its uranium enrichment.
Europe Should Be Wary of Aiding Iran’s Terror Machine
By Jubin Katiraie
When it comes to dealing with Iran, the West should always think where the money is going. One of the significant expressions heard a lot this week in the media was “oil for terror”, referring to the ship network that is supporting financially Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) like the oil tanker ‘Adrian Darya 1’.
Iran’s Government Destroy Country’s Ecosystem
By Pooya Stone
The deforestation disaster in Iran has been kept silent.
In Iran, when we talk about the ecosystem, this phrase only evokes words like disaster, destruction, vanishing and annihilation! This is so serious that some experts predict that many parts of the Iranian plateau will become uninhabitable for decades if the current destructive trend continues!
Iran Destabilizes Lebanon
By Jubin Katiraie
Iran is steadily expanding its destructive influence in the Middle East. One of the areas that the regime has made its frontline to cover its domestic weakness is Lebanon, where Iran continues to support Hezbollah and has caused nothing but sufferance for the Lebanese people, leaving them in a constant fear of war.
Woman Arrested for Flouting Stadium Ban Sets Herself on Fire
By Jubin Katiraie
Since the current government came to power in Iran, women in the country are facing higher repression. In Iran, every day, in the media, we have sad news of acid spraying on women, self-immolation and suicide.
Iran’s Adrian Darya Oil Tanker: US Offers Captain Millions to Hand Over Ship
By Pooya Stone
The captain of the Iranian oil tanker “Adrian Darya 1” was offered money by the United States if he sailed the ship to a country that would seize it on behalf of the US. The offer was made days before the ship was subject to US sanctions.
US Government Will Not Back Down From Pressure on Iran
By Jubin Katiraie
The Trump administration stepped up pressure on Iran on Wednesday, imposing fresh sanctions on an oil shipping network with ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and offering a reward of up to $15 million for information that could disrupt its faltering economy even further.
Fox News: Iran Building New Classified Military Base in Syria
By Jubin Katiraie
On September 3, Fox News reported about an Iranian Al-Quds Forces camp in Syria: “Iran has established a new military base in Syria and has plans to house thousands of troops at the location, according to multiple Western intelligence sources.”
Pressure and Sanctions Continue on Iran
By Jubin Katiraie
US State and Treasury departments imposed sanctions on Tehran’s space program to continue the pressure on the Iranian government
On Wednesday, September 4, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a statement: “The United States will not allow Iran to use its space-launch program as cover to advance its ballistic-missile programs.”
Pompeo’s Visit to Europe May Yield a Unified Iran Strategy
By Pooya Stone
The two-day visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Brussels is an incredible opportunity to address several important issues regarding cross-Atlantic relations, especially the threat posed by Iran, and create a unified strategy to deal with them, according to former Italian foreign minister Giulio Terzi.
