Iran Focus
London, 9 Jun – The Governor of Chabahar in Southeastern province of Sistan & Baluchestan, confessed that 79% of the 283 thousands of inhabitants are deprived of water supply network.
The appointed governor of Chabahar on Tuesday, June 6 admitted to the deteriorating situation of people in this area while stating, “400 villages of this city lack water network system and the drinking water of the residents is maintained with tankers.
Iran Focus
London, 8 Jun – Donald Trump has released a statement in which he offered solace to the innocent victims of the two terror attacks in Iran on Wednesday but criticised the Iranian Regime for its support of terror cells.
His statement read: “We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.”
Iran has been designated as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1984 and is currently regarded the world’s leading state sponsor of terror.
Iran Focus
London, 8 Jun – The Iranian Regime forces are fighting the Americans to gain control of a former ISIS stronghold in southeastern Syria.
The American troops are using the garrison in Deir al-Zour province to train Syrian rebels in the fight against so-called Islamic State, so that they are able to fight back once the US withdraws.
Iran Focus
London, 8 Jun – The Iranian Regime hacked the US State Department emails and social media accounts whilst the nuclear deal was being debated in Congress in 2015, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
The cyber-attack took place in the days before the nuclear deal was passed through Congress, while the negotiators from Iran, the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia met in the US to hash out agreements or “side deals” but has not been revealed to the public until now.
Iran Focus
London, 8 Jun – Qatar’s disputes with other countries in the Middle East are far more serious than we originally thought, according to one regional expert.
Abdulrahman al-Rashed, the former General Manager of Al Arabiya News Channel, wrote an op-ed for Al-Arabiya is which he lamented trivialising Qatar’s past disputes with its neighbouring states, noting that now he realises it would not just blow over.
Iran Focus
London, 8 Jun – Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and the tomb of Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people in a twin assault in Tehran, state media and news agencies reported.
“Islamic State claimed responsibility and released a video claiming to show gunmen inside the parliament building and one body, apparently dead, on the floor.” said Reuters in a report from inside Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 7 Jun – Rumours are circulating about a possible confrontation between the United States and Iran, with Syria being the launch site. It cannot be denied that US President Donald Trump has increased his harsh rhetoric towards Iran with the recent visit to Saudi Arabia.
Iran Focus
London, 7 Jun – Paul McLeary wrote a report for Foreign Policy on the conflict between Iran and the US in Syria over a tiny tract of land on the Iraq-Syria border, which has already resulted in military action, according to US officials.
McLeary wrote: “American warplanes bombed an Iranian-backed militia that entered a supposed no-go zone near a US garrison in southern Syria on Tuesday…The strike marked the second by a U.S. aircraft in less than a month and signals a growing risk of direct conflict between American and Iranian forces and their partners in Syria. The air raid came after the militia aligned with the Syrian regime and Iran failed to heed a warning to leave the area.”
Iran Focus
London, 7 Jun – The leaders of the Iranian Regime have come out in full force against Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia, following Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East, but they are masking weakness according to a human rights activist.
Shahriar Kia, who is also a political analyst specialising in Iran and the Middle East, wrote a strongly worded op-ed for Practical Politicking in which he stated that the public pressure on Iran was having more of an impact on the Regime than they will admit. That is why they lash out at other countries and crack down on their own people.
Iran Focus
London, 7 Jun – Following the expulsion of the so-called Islamic State from a corner of south-eastern Syria, tensions have been rising between the Iranian Regime and the United States over a small patch of highway, which contains a US military garrison and a border crossing.
According to the US military, both the US and Russia have deployed warplanes and fired shots.
