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.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Feb – Amid heightened political tensions between the United States and Iran, there is huge unrest in Khuzestan – Iran’s main oil field province.
The Iranian oil supplies are essential to the survival of the clerical regime running the country. Depriving it of the oil supplies spells the end of the regime.
Iran Focus
London, 20 Feb – Vice President Mike Pence said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday February 18th that the United States will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon that could be used against the US or Israel.
He said: “Under President [Donald] Trump, the US will remain fully committed to ensuring that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon capable of threatening our country [or] our allies in the region, especially Israel.”
Iran Focus
London, 20 Feb – Despite the recent sanctions imposed on Iran for ballistic missile testing and despite clear warnings from the United States, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) is planning to carry out military drills.
The drills are said to be planned for next week.
Iran Focus
London, 18 Feb – Repeated periods of asphyxiating dust storms, lately accompanied by crippling power and water supply cuts, have aggravated public protests in the city of Ahvaz, southwestern province of Khuzestan, over past week.
Holding up placards saying “don’t kill Khuzestan”, “Ahvaz in blackout”, “Karun River is dead” and asking for their right to breathe in a clean air along with people wearing masks, the crowd of dissenters demonstrated their opposition towards the city current situation.
Iran Focus
London, 18 Feb – The European Parliament group – Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI) – held a conference on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1979 revolution in Iran. The conference took place on 15th February in Strasbourg and was chaired by MEP Gérard Deprez.
The guest speaker at the event was Mohammad Mohaddessin – renowned writer about Islamic fundamentalism and Iran and the chairman of the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr Mohaddessin was also a political prisoner under the shah’s dictatorship.
Iran Focus
London, 17 Feb – Those who were in favour of the Iran nuclear deal claimed that it would help the economy as the Iranian regime would lose much of its hold and control over the country’s economy.
The deal went ahead and sanctions were lifted. So why now are state-owned companies in Iran the ones that have benefited most from the deal? Why is the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) reaping the benefits?
At the minute, of 110 deals worth around $80 billion in total, around 90 of them have links to state-run companies.
