Iran Focus
London, 29 May – Huda al-Saleh wrote an analysis on Al-Arabiya comparing the Iranian Regime to Qatar. Through his analysis, he found that the two nations have incredibly similar political outlooks, especially with regard to support for terrorism and extremist leaders.
The Iranian Regime supplies money, arms, training and troops to various terrorist cells in the Middle East, including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and al-Qaeda under the pretence of helping the “vulnerable”.
Iran Focus
London, 29 May – Christopher Booker wrote an op-ed for The Telegraph, entitled: “If you think a ‘moderate’ has won in Iran, think again”, in which he made clear that the Iranian Regime is, and will always be, comprised of the hardest of hardliners, no matter who is President, because they are under the control of their Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Iran Focus
London, 29 May – The Italian Parliament held a press conference, last week, in which they agreed that they need to find a decisive policy to counter the Iranian Regime.
The conference, which was chaired by the former Italian Foreign Minister, Giulio Terzi, and attended by both Italian senators and MPs, reviewed the consequences of the sham elections in Iran and the Regime’s link to terrorism.
Iran Focus
London, 29 May – Over the past six years, the US and Iran have maintained an uneasy peace in Syria but this may be about to end as their forces draw closer in the east and south of the country.
The unspoken truce was broken on May 18, when the US-led coalition, which supports the Syrian Opposition forces, carried out an air strike against an Iranian proxy group near the base of Al-Tanf (close to the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordon).
Iran Focus
London, 29 May – The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has made some shocking claims about the kingdom of Saudi Arabia following their recent hosting of Donald Trump.
On Saturday, he claimed that Saudi Arabia’s monarchy is facing “certain downfall” for aligning itself with the US and that the Saudi government could be overthrown soon.
Iran Focus
London, 27 May – When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was re-elected for his second term, Western media was quick to portray him as a moderate. Again. This is how he was described during his first term.
However, the reality is much different. He was not a moderate during his first term because he was in office when there was an unprecedented amount of executions being carried out. And Iran’s involvement in conflicts in the Middle East was what earned the country the title of the main exporter of terrorism in the world.
Iran Focus
London, 26 May – The President of an NGO representing freedom for those in the middle east has criticised the Iranian Regime for their sham elections, noted that the cracks in their ‘democracy’ are showing and indicated that the fall of the Regime could not be far off.
Iran Focus
London, 26 May – The Iranian Regime claims that 10 of its provinces have crossed what they refer to as a “Hijab red line” meaning that more women there are improperly veiled according to the Regime’s modesty police.
Ahmad Sehat Ghol, a director in Iran’s Islamic Media Organization, told the semi-official Tasnim news agency, on Wednesday that this constituted an “alarm bell” for the Regime.
Iran Focus
London, 26 May – There has been plenty of interaction between the ruling parties in Iran which indicate that the tides may be about to turn on the Iranian Regime.
According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), there are three main components that imply that the end is near for the Regime: fights between the rival factions in the Regime, confrontation from the Iranian people, and international pressure.
Iran Focus
London, 25 May – Iran’s penitentiary chief refers to a 333 percentage increase in prisoner figures between 1985 and 2017. Accordingto Tasnim agency, Asghar Jahangiri said on Monday that Iran holds the second place for prison population among Islamic countries and 6th among Asian countries. Saying that Iran’s world ranking is 41st he added: “prisoner population rate is 174 per100 thousand in Asia and 168 in the World. According to his statement, in Iran this number is 283 persons per 100 thousand.
