Iran Focus
London, 7 Apr – Saudi Arabia has called on international human rights and humanitarian organisations, including the United Nations, to take action with regards to Iran and its many militias that are carrying out ethnic cleansing and related sectarian activities that are creating demographic changes in Syria.
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – Founder of the Iranian-American National Council, the pro-Tehran lobby in Washington, Hooshang Amirahmadi, has said that the relations between Iran and the United States and the other signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have gone “back to the starting point”.
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – An international marathon is due to take place in the Iranian capital tomorrow, but a top sports official in the country, Majid Keyhani, has said that women will not be allowed to run alongside the men – they will be forced to race in the Azadi sports centre. Nor is he able to confirm whether the 28 Americans who have registered will be allowed to participate in the race.
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – With Iran’s presidential election looming close, there’s a lot of debate and controversy over who is going to occupy the country’s top political role. With tight restrictions on candidates, a supreme leader who can override the results, and institutions that can manipulate the popular vote, there’s not much to say about the credibility of Iran’s presidential elections.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t hurt to know who might be at the front of Iran’s showcase of politicians for the next four years. Here’s what you need to know about the potential candidates for Iran’s presidency in May’s elections.
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – The Bahrain Foreign Minister told Reuters, on Tuesday, that Donald Trump understands the Middle East and the threat posed by the Iranian Regime better than Barack Obama.
Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said that Bahrain, a U.S. ally, was confident that the Trump administration would soon clarify its foreign policy stance.
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – In the past two months, there have been several incidents of Iran harassing navy ships in the Persian Gulf, but according to a leading political scientist, they’re probably acting aggressively to make themselves seem like a strong county.
Dr Majid Rafizadeh, president of the International American Council, wrote on The National that Iran is attempting to show the Trump administration that they should not be messed with.
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London, 6 Apr – Following the deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this week, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged Russia and Iran to prevent the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons against his own people.
He released a statement on Tuesday, in which he said: “While we continue to monitor the terrible situation, it is clear that this is how Bashar al-Assad operates: with brutal, unabashed barbarism.”
Iran Focus
London, 6 Apr – The Saudi-led military alliance is fighting against terrorism, not Iran, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister.
Tehmina Janjua made this clear to Pakistani parliamentarians at a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
The alliance, which comprises of 41 members, is being headed by Pakistan’s former Army Chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif.
Iran Focus
London, 5 Apr – All wars have complex and nuanced causes and it would be silly to pretend that they are based on a single issue. Some wars, however, have a common thread linking them: for most current conflicts in the middle east, that thread in the Iranian Regime. Iran very rarely gets confronted on their meddling, despite how overt it can get.
If you look at the Yemeni Civil War, which has been going on for two years now, you’ll see that the main cause is the fact that the ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh launched a coup on a democratic government, put in place by the United Nations.
Iran Focus
London, 5 Apr – Iran is building workshops and weapons-making facilities within Lebanon that are capable of making advanced rockets, according to reports seen by the director-general of the Israeli Intelligence Ministry.
At a Monday briefing, organised by The Israel Project, Chagai Tzuriel said that this continued a “whole new kind of threat”.
