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No, Regime Change in Iran Does Not Mean Another US War in the Middle East

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No, Regime Change in Iran Does Not Mean Another US War in the Middle East

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London, 12 Sep – As the US reviews its policy towards Iran and imposes tougher sanctions on the Iranian Regime and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), some Regime apologists have been taken it upon themselves to categorise any support of regime change in Iran to mean that all-out war is on the horizon.

This is total nonsense as human rights activist and Iranian Resistance member, Ali Safavi, point out in the op-ed for The Hill.

Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), wrote: “Let us be clear: The real issue is not war. There has never been any suggestion of military intervention.”

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Trump Considers More Aggressive Approach to Iran

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Trump Considers More Aggressive Approach to Iran

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London, 12 Sep – Donald Trump is currently considering a more aggressive US policy towards Iran and its proxies groups across the Middle East, according to six current and former US officials.

This policy suggestion was proposed to Trump by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and other top officials at a National Security Council meeting on Friday.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that this proposal could be made public by the end of September.

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Amnesty International: Iran Must Release Human Rights Activist

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Amnesty International: Iran Must Release Human Rights Activist

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London, 12 Sep – Amnesty International has issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of an Iranian human rights activist who was arrested on Sunday September 10.

Three officials, who did not identify themselves but are believed to be from the Ministry of Intelligence, arrested Raheleh Rahemipour without charges and took her in for interrogation at the notorious Evin prison in Tehran.

She has not been allowed contact with her lawyer since.

Rahemipour, who was featured in Amnesty International’s recent report Caught in a web of repression, has dedicated years of her life to finding out what really happened to her brother, Hossein, and baby niece, Golrou, who ‘disappeared’ whilst in prison in the early 1980s.

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UN Must Investigate 1988 Iranian Massacre

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UN Must Investigate 1988 Iranian Massacre

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London, 12 Sep – A statement relating to the 1988 Iranian massacre will be submitted to António Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, during the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council, which began on September 11.

The statement, entitled The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran: Time for the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, was written by three non-governmental organizations in special consultative status; France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Women’s Human Rights International Association, and Mouvement contre le racisme ET pour l’amitié entre les peuples.

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Iran’s Businesses Are Suffering Under Regime’s So-Called Management

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Iran’s Businesses Are Suffering Under Regime’s So-Called Management

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London, 11 Sep – Iranian business people are complaining that they receive a lack of support from their government, which is directly affecting their ability to stay afloat in the international market.

They state that the Regime has been so focused on its exports of oil and its derivatives (roughly 90% of Iranian exports), that they have neglected to invest in infrastructure for private sector exports (i.e. food).

This has led to Iranian businesses losing access to their neighbouring markets in the region, particularly when competing with countries like Turkey.

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Czech Government Rejects Bill to Lift Sanctions Against Iran

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Czech Government Rejects Bill to Lift Sanctions Against Iran

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London, 11 Sep – The Czech Republic has rejected a bill that would lift the nuclear ban against the Iranian Regime.

The Czech Parliament’s lower house (Chamber of Deputies) has rejected a proposal to abolish the ban on Czech companies selling equipment to Iran for its nuclear plant.

The main supporters of lifting the ban were the Czech Communist (KSCM) and Socialist (CSSD) Parties, while the main opponents were the Conservative parties.

In order to pass, the proposal needed 66 votes out of 130 but only achieved 47.

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UN Ambassador Haley Explains How to Strengthen America’s Hand Against Iran in Nuclear Deal

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UN Ambassador Haley Explains How to Strengthen America’s Hand Against Iran in Nuclear Deal

Iran Focus

London, 11 Sep – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivered a thoughtful and impassioned speech on the threat posed by the Iranian Regime and the future of the nuclear deal, last week.

In the speech, Hayley addresses that there are three main things to consider when talking about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); the deal itself, UN Resolution 2231, and the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (“the Corker-Cardin law”).

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Hayley points out that the deal is flawed (for example, it does not have the capability for anywhere/anytime inspections) but that Iran has still managed to violate the lax provisions that it has.

She said: “In February 2016 – just a month after the agreement was implemented – the [International Atomic Energy Agency] discovered Iran had exceeded its allowable limit of heavy water. Nine months later, Iran exceeded the heavy water limit again.”

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Iran Must Be Held to Account for Their Role in 9/11

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Iran Must Be Held to Account for Their Role in 9/11

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London, 11 Sep – The Iranian Regime must be held to account for their role in the 9/11 attacks, according to a human rights activist.

Heshmat Alavi, wrote an article for Al Arabiya, entitled “Revisiting Iran’s 9/11 connection”, in which he explored the links between the Iranian Regime and the biggest terrorist attack on American soil.

Alavi began by paying tribute to the over 3,000 people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, before explaining how the real perpetrators- the Iranian Regime- have escaped without prosecution.

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How to Challenge the Iranian Regime

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How to Challenge the Iranian Regime

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London, 11 Sep – If Donald Trump really wants to challenge the Iranian Regime, then he must support the Resistance, bring the Regime back to the negotiating table and end the destabilisation of the Middle East, according to a human rights activist.

Hamid Bahrami, a former political prisoner from Iran, wrote an op-ed for the American Thinker, in which he laid out how Trump and the US could challenge the Regime, rather than bow to their manipulations.

He wrote: “It is crucial to point out that as history reveals, the Iranian regime has consistently forced the West into submission and offering concessions by taking international security as a hostage. For example, the seizure of U.S. Embassy in 1979, the protraction of nuclear negotiations for nearly 10 years, and now by the [nuclear deal].”

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More Political Prisoners Participating in Hunger Strikes in Iran

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More Political Prisoners Participating in Hunger Strikes in Iran

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London, 11 Sep – It has been reported that the hunger strike in Rajai Shahr Prison is growing. More and more prisoners, from other prisons across Iran too, are joining in the strike.

The hunger strike was started in Rajai Shahr Prison, with around two dozen participants who are continuing indefinitely. Several prisoners in Ardabil Prison joined in solidarity, partaking in a two-week hunger strike.

Some reports say that the total number of prisoners on hunger strike is around 130, plus countless other activists inside and outside the country.

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