Iran Focus
London, 22 Feb – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are working together to curtail the Iranian Regime’s expansionist agenda within the middle east.
The collaboration of these Gulf Cooperation Council (GGC) countries has increased since the withdrawal of American troops from the region, as the Regime seized the chance to destabilise the middle east further.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – The Iranian Regime has finally allowed political prisoner, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, to see a qualified doctor at Iranmehr Hospital in Tehran.
The specialist neurologist warned the guards that without urgent treatment the British mum ran the risk of permanent physical disability.
However, the prison guards did not allow this and took Nazanin back to prison.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – Since Donald Trump took office and made it clear that “there’s a new president in town”, tensions have been rising between America and Iran.
In the past four weeks alone, there have been major strikes by both countries.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – As the price of the US dollar rises, yet again, against the Iranian Toman, the Iranian economy feels the impact but what does this mean for Iran?
Poverty
According to state-run Shahrvand newspaper (09.02.17), 11% of Iranians (or nearly 9 million people) are below the absolute poverty line and a further 30% (24 million) are below the relative poverty line.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – The Iranian Resistance exposed the secret terrorist training camps that are operated within Iran by the Iranian Regime and their terror squad, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
On February 14, the Deputy Director of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) – US Representative Office, Alireza Jafarzadeh, held a press conference in Washington DC to reveal information about the terror training camps.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – Iran has seen fit to test Donald Trump’s resolve in the days since his national security advisor, Micheal Flynn, left the White House and their terror squad should be punished for it.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, which are effectively the Iranian Gestapo, should be punished by the Trump administration for its flagrant violations of the 2015 nuclear deal, according to political scientist Ariel Cohen on The Hill.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – The Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 19, in which he claimed that “we live in the post-Western global order”.
Zarif said that because of this ‘post-Western’ age, the zero-sum approach no longer works.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – Senator Lindsey Graham revealed plans for new economic sanctions on Iran, it was announced on Sunday by Reuters.
Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, first mentioned increased measures during the 2017 Munich Security Conference.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – Iranian state television has admitted the Regime’s barbarous attempts to assassinate political dissidents abroad.
This revelation came during Vahid Yaminpour’s talk show on February 16, on which Anis al-Naqqash was a guest.
Iran Focus
London, 21 Feb – Iran’s Tasmin news agency announced that the Iranian Regime has vowed $300,000 (or 1 million Toman) to anyone who kills Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
This announcement was made on the anniversary of the fatwa issued on Rushdie for ‘blasphemy’ in 1989 by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Iranian Regime.
