Iran Focus
London, 21 Apr – Six politicians were approved to run in Iran’s presidential election, but the former hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wasn’t one of them. The list of candidates who had applied to run for president ran to more than 1,600 other nominees, including 137 female candidates, as well as Ahmadinejad. According to the final list of approved candidates announced on Thursday, all but six have been disqualified.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Apr – The National Council of Resistance of Iran In a press conference in Washington, DC on Friday revealed that the “nerve center” of the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project, responsible for designing a nuclear bomb, has been continuing its work.
The engineering unit for the regime’s nuclear weapons program is named the Organization of Defensive Innovation and analysis best-known by its Persian descriptor SPND.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Apr – Yesterday, Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, stated that the US will be carrying out a thorough review of policy towards Iran.
He slammed the Iran nuclear deal (which will also be reviewed), saying that it did not do anything but delay Iran’s nuclear goals.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Apr – Issues with Israel have been at the core of meetings with the United Nations Security Council for some time now, prompting criticism from US Ambassador Nikki Haley. She wants to take the focus off Israel and tackle the issues regarding Iran.
Iran has been the subject of recent criticism by President Trump and his administration and now Haley is keen to tackle the threat posed by the country.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Apr – Last week, Senator John McCain went to Albania where he met a number of the former residents of the Camp Liberty base. The dissidents were finally released from the former US military base last year and many of them have now made Albania their permanent residence. The dissidents at Camp Liberty had been victim to numerous attacks planned by the Iranian regime.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Apr – The Iranian Regime blocked access to a free voice messaging feature, from the Telegram messaging app, just days after its release.
This new encrypted voice calls service was rolled out to users around the world last week, but in a statement released on Monday, Telegram announced that the feature was being blocked by internet service providers as soon as one day after release.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Apr – The US Government have imposed new sanctions on the Iranian Regime and Congress Members from both sides of the aisle are applauding the effort.
The sanctions were levied on the Tehran Prisons Department for violating the human rights of those held there and committing brutal crimes, like torture, rape, and murder.
Iran Focus
London, 19 Apr – Leading members of the Iranian Regime are bragging in Iranian media that the 2015 nuclear deal- which was supposed to limit Iran’s attempts to create nuclear weapons- has actually helped them to develop advanced centrifuges and increase production of some advanced nuclear missiles.
In the year following the nuclear deal; the West has removed sanctions on the volatile Gulf nation and Iran has still been able to create nuclear missiles, ironically with the money that was previously frozen in bank accounts in the West.
Iran Focus
London, 19 Apr – Four years ago, the Iranian Regime bragged about its Qaher F-313, and many people who worked in the defence industries mocked the Gulf nation for its “poorly executed propaganda stunt”.
The craft was described as too small for a human pilot and lacked a nozzle for the engine- which would have set the plane alight.
Iran Focus
London, 19 Apr – Hundreds of babies in Iran were born addicted to drugs during 2016, according to government officials.
The state official, quoted in the state-run paper, Qanoon, on April 9, said: “In [the first nine months of 2016], 384 infants were born influenced by addictive drugs.”
