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.

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”.

Iran Focus

London, 4 Apr – Iran has placed sanctions on 15 US companies for their supposed links to terrorist organisations.

It is more likely, however, that Iran made claims about these companies, none of which do business in Iran, in an attempt to get back at the US for expanding sanctions against Iran at the start of 2017.

Ali Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, who wrote about this ludicrous news on The Hill, summed the story up perfectly.