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Iran Arrests Six Zumba Teachers On “Morality” Charges

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Iran Arrests Six Zumba Teachers On “Morality” Charges

Iran Focus

London, 12 Aug – Iran has arrested six people for attempting to teach Zumba classes to children, which the totalitarian Regime equates to an attempt to “change lifestyles”.

Four men and two women have been charged for their choice in excercise, which the Iranian Sporting Federation described as “rhythmic motions and dance and are unlawful in any shape and title”, and for not adhering to Iran’s strict hijab dress code.

Hamid Damghani, an official with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said: “The members of a network teaching and filming Western dances have been identified and arrested.”

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Amnesty International Condemns Iran for Execution of Juvenile Offender

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Amnesty International Condemns Iran for Execution of Juvenile Offender

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London, 12 Aug – Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian Regime’s “shameful” execution of a man arrested and sentenced to death at 15.

Alireza Tajiki, who reported that he was tortured into confessing, was executed on Thursday, August 10. He was the fourth person, arrested as a child, to be executed in Iran so far in 2017.

Amnesty International reported that this is part of a horrifying pattern where children are sentenced to death in Iran after grossly unfair trials.

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Trump: Iran Is Not Compliant With Nuclear Deal

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Trump: Iran Is Not Compliant With Nuclear Deal

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London, 11 Aug – The Iranian Regime is not upholding its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal, according to Donald Trump on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters at his private golf club in New Jersey, Trump said that he doesn’t believe that Iran is “living up to the spirit of the agreement”.

He said: “They are not in compliance with the agreement and they certainly are not in the spirit of the agreement in compliance, and I think you’ll see some very strong things taking place if they don’t get themselves in compliance.”

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Tensions Rise as Tajikistan Accuses Iran of Several Assassinations in the 1990s

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Tensions Rise as Tajikistan Accuses Iran of Several Assassinations in the 1990s

Iran Focus

London, 11 Aug – Tensions are growing between Iran and Tajikistan following a Tajik state-TV broadcast which accused Iranian Regime officials of carrying out political assassinations across its country in the 1990s.

On August 8, in a primetime documentary, the Tajik Interior Ministry accused Iran of instigating the 1992-97 Tajikistan civil war, providing support to the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), which made up part of the Tajik parliament after 1997 but was banned in 2015 and branded a terrorist group, and training IRPT militants on Iranian soil.

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The Strange-But-Deadly Relationship Between North Korea and Iran That Threatens Us All

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The Strange-But-Deadly Relationship Between North Korea and Iran That Threatens Us All

Iran Focus

London, 11 Aug – At Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration last week, one guest in particular sparked a lot of attention; Kim Yong Nam, the speaker of the North Korean parliament.

Iranian state media clamoured at the idea that Yong Nam was second only to Kim Jong UN, the country’s leader, in terms of importance but Arash Azizi on The Daily Beast called foul.

Azizi stated that no one can be entirely sure what the power structures are in such a closed-off and isolated state, and assessed that Yong Nam’s powers were mostly ceremonial.

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Rouhani Is No Moderate in Iran Regime

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Rouhani Is No Moderate in Iran Regime

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London, 11 Aug – Many in the West have described Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a ‘reformer’ or ‘moderate’ within the Iranian Regime and even cheered his victory in the sham elections this May.

The academics, media personalities, and even diplomats who like to make this false distinction between moderates and hardliners within the despotic Regime have made the ultimate mistake of judging a politician on his campaign promises rather than his actions once in office.

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“Mother of All Sanctions” Deeply Concerning for Iranian Regime

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“Mother of All Sanctions” Deeply Concerning for Iranian Regime

Iran Focus

London, 10 Aug – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has remained silent about the recent sanctions specifically targeting the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) that were ratified by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

President Hassan Rouhani, however, has stated, “…first, the Majlis (parliament) will take steps in this regard. If they have the Congress, we have the Majlis.”

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US Sanctions Against IRGC Should Be Joined by EU

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US Sanctions Against IRGC Should Be Joined by EU

Iran Focus

London, 10 Aug – Hassan Rouhani’s second presidential term began this week. Rouhani described his plans to have high level relationships with world in his inauguration speech. Rouhani claims that he is pursuing a detente policy with US and Arab countries.

However, following this speech, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called for standing against America. In Iran, it is the Supreme Leader who makes all final decisions.

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How Iran Fears MEK as Its Opposition

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How Iran Fears MEK as Its Opposition

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The regime in Iran has come under immense domestic and international pressure recently. Most vivid are the sweeping sanctions imposed by US Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

These developments are sparking an endless stream of reactions from Iran’s senior officials and various media outlets. Over 500 interviews, reports, posts, sessions, book introductions and others events have been discussed in this regime’s official outlets, all regarding the opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

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Iran Regime Attempts to Smear Resistance in Retaliation for Exposing Crimes Against Humanity

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Iran Regime Attempts to Smear Resistance in Retaliation for Exposing Crimes Against Humanity

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London, 10 Aug – The Iranian Regime is yet again seeking to slander the good name of the Iranian Resistance for bringing to light the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Regime once more.

The Iranian regime’s Council for Coordinating Propaganda (CCP) has recently announced that smearing the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) with (long disproved) accusations of terror links and murder, will be at the top of their agenda.

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