Iran Focus
London, 24 May – As the US stalls on whether or not to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), the Iranian Regime builds more terrorist training camps.
Colonel Wes Martin (ret.), who served as the first senior antiterrorism officer for all Coalition Forces in Iraq, wrote an op-ed for Forbes pleading with the US Congress and the Trump administration to speed up the designation of the IRGC as a terror group, before it is too late.
Iran Focus
London, 24 May – Following last Friday’s sham elections in Iran, incumbent Hassan Rouhani emerged the winner and once again the Iranian people lost.
The Regime has claimed that almost 40 million turned out to vote, an impressive, if ridiculous, lie considering how low voter turnout is in actual décor and that Rouhani won by a margin of 8 million votes.
Iran Focus
London, 24 May – On Friday, the Iranian Regime announced that Hassan Rouhani had won a second term in the elections but, according to a political analyst, these elections do not represent the will of the people, rather the failures of Iran’s supreme leader to achieve the result he wanted.
Iran Focus
London, 24 May – The new President of the United States, Donald Trump, began his first overseas trip with a visit to Saudi Arabia. He next moved on to Israel, where he worked on partnerships that once seemed improbable. Both countries are allied with America, but the two have a tradition of being regional adversaries. However, both are concerned about Iran’s involvement in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
Iran Focus
London, 23 May – Donald Trump has rightfully taken every opportunity to blast the Iranian Regime and its aggressive behaviour during his inaugural trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel, and Trump’s comments certainly appear to have unified the US allies in the region, who are constantly threatened by the Iranian mullahs.
Iran Focus
London, 23 May – The leader of the Iranian Resistance has publically welcomed the positions adopted by the Arab Islamic American Summit regarding the conduct of the Iranian Regime.
Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) noted that the Iranian Regime has done nothing but undermine peace in the Middle East and further afield, since its formation in 1979.
Iran Focus
London, 23 May – Amnesty International has released an updated Urgent Notice about a political prisoner who is being threatened with an extended prison sentence for seeking justice for her family members who were illegally executed by the Regime in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 23 May – Last Friday, the Iranian Regime held its ‘elections’ and Hassan Rouhani emerged the victor but despite the claims of the ruling mullahs, this is not a victory for either the Iranian people or democracy.
Shahriar Kia, an Iranian dissident and political analyst, wrote an op-ed for the Daily Caller where he revealed that the so-called elections do not represent the views of the Iranian people but the decision of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran Focus
London, 22 May – At the US-Islamic summit, President Trump made it very clear that Iran is the main loser. In a new fight against extremism, he rejected the idea that it is a fight against religions.
He and Saudi King Salman said that the US is going to work with the Muslim world in an effort to put an end to extremism and terrorism.
The Saudi King also reiterated that Islam always has been, and still is, “a religion of tolerance and peace”. He said Iran is at the centre of the conflict and it is their responsibility, and that of the whole world, to “fight the forces of evil and extremism wherever they are”.
Iran Focus
London, 22 May – Donald Trump accused Iran of fuelling the “fires of sectarian conflict and terror” in the Middle East, during a speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Trump, who is on his inaugural foreign visit, gave this speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, one day after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was‘re-elected’ to serve a second term.
