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Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

Iran Focus

London, 7 Feb – Iranian judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani said that the Iranian regime will not accept the new European initiative for trade – INSTEX – because one of the requirements is that Iran must adopt the conventions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and end its missile programme.

Larijani, who is also head of the regime’s Expediency Council, said: “These insulting conditions will never be accepted by the Islamic republic and we should not accept them. Our government officials should take into notice that we must not succumb to whatever they wish to only to gain a small stream of water.”

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How to Contain the Growing Threat Iran Poses to Europe

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How to Contain the Growing Threat Iran Poses to Europe

How to Contain the Growing Threat Iran Poses to Europe

By Jubin Katiraie

German authorities arrested an Afghan-German dual national for spying on behalf of an Iranian intelligence agency last January.

German authorities also arrested four individuals and the mastermind of a plot to set off explosives at a large gathering organized near Paris by the Iranian opposition.

High-ranking Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was extradited to face charges in Belgium along with the operatives to whom he had provided the explosives.

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Dismal Report by the Iran Human Rights Monitor for January 2019

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Dismal Report by the Iran Human Rights Monitor for January 2019

Dismal Report by the Iran Human Rights Monitor for January 2019

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London, 6 Feb – While the Iranian regime denies the use of torture, reports confirm its use. Numerous instances of torture and human rights abuses were reported by the Iran Human Rights Monitor for the month of January.

Following a labor activist’s Instagram post alleging that he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, human rights activists have been publishing reports about detainees being tortured during interrogations under the Farsi hashtag of “I was tortured too”.

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Iran Judiciary Chief Claims: No Political Prisoner in Iran

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Iran Judiciary Chief Claims: No Political Prisoner in Iran

Iran Judiciary Chief Claims: No Political Prisoner in Iran

Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani claimed that there are no political prisoners in Iran, during a meeting with Judiciary officials in Tehran on Monday.

Iran plans to pardon 50,000 prisoners to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, but the Regime has faced growing calls to free political prisoners, so Larijani claimed that there were none.

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Environmental Activist Imprisoned in Iran Alleges Torture for Forced Confessions

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Environmental Activist Imprisoned in Iran Alleges Torture for Forced Confessions

Environmental Activist Imprisoned in Iran Alleges Torture for Forced Confessions

Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – Iranian environmental activist, Niloufar Bayani, who has been held for more than a year by IRGC intelligence, alleged in a court session headed by Judge Salavati that she was repeatedly threatened and attacked by authorities, and was forced to make confessions. She said the ‘confessions’ were made under physical torture and intense psychological pressure, and that she had retracted all of them after the first round of investigations.

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EU Advised to Strengthen and Toughen Policy on Iran Faced With Terror Plots

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EU Advised to Strengthen and Toughen Policy on Iran Faced With Terror Plots

EU Advised to Strengthen and Toughen Policy on Iran Faced With Terror Plots

Iran Focus

London, 5 Feb – A conference was held in Brussels on Monday discussed the Iranian state terrorist activity that is posing a great threat to Europe.

The event was moderated by a former European Parliament Vice President Dr. Alejo Vidal Quadras. He stressed the involvement of high-level officials in Iran who are clearly coordinating terrorist attacks in Europe.

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EU’s SPV for Iran: Failed Already?

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EU’s SPV for Iran: Failed Already?
EU's SPV for Iran: Failed Already?

By Jubin Katiraie

The EU announced the establishment of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to handle trade between EU countries and the Iranian regime on January 31, but this received significantly less positive media attention than some of its defenders would have liked. In fact, many in the media questioned why INSTEX was even created and what good it would do. This is far from the miracle cure that Iran was hoping for and more akin to putting a band-aid on a bullet hole.

Why was INSTEX created?

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Trump Vows to Keep Troops in Iraq to Watch Iran

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Trump Vows to Keep Troops in Iraq to Watch Iran

Trump Vows to Keep Troops in Iraq to Watch Iran

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London, 4 Feb – Donald Trump has vowed to keep US troops in Iraq to watch Iran, according to comments he made in a CBS “Face the Nation” interview but denied wanting to strike or go to war with Iran.

Trump said: “One of the reasons I want to keep [the military base] is because I want to be looking a little bit at Iran because Iran is a real problem… This is what a lot of people don’t understand. We’re going to keep watching and we’re going to keep seeing and if there’s trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we’re going to know it before they do.”

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EU Should Stop Appeasing Mullahs in Iran

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EU Should Stop Appeasing Mullahs in Iran

EU Should Stop Appeasing Mullahs in Iran

By Jubin Katiraie

In 1979, the anti-monarchical revolution by the Iranian people was usurped by the theocratic regime that still holds power in Iran today. But how long can this regime remain in power before the mullahs, like the Shah, are deposed?

Currently, Iran is facing several crises on domestic and international levels that are limiting the mullahs’ power. First, increased economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation from the US are reducing the flow of money and political legitimacy that Iran relies on to expand its influence across other countries in the Middle East. Second, and more importantly, the Iranian people’s uprising, which began in December 2017 and continues despite a violent crackdown, is showing the world that the mullahs and their malign behaviour are not supported by the Iranian people, thus increasing the countries that wish to join the US in sanctioning and isolating the regime.

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Iran Nuclear Head Brags About Violating JCPOA

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Iran Nuclear Head Brags About Violating JCPOA
Iran Nuclear Head Brags About Violating JCPOA

By Pooya Stone

The head of Iran’s Atomic Agency has bragged about violating the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, by never fully dismantling their nuclear sites.

Ali Akbar Salehi told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday that the country had not filled its reactor with cement, but had instead only destroyed the tubes that the fuel goes through, having already bought replacement tubes that they hid from the West.

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