The Trump Administration Will Have to Clean Up a Mess with Iran in 2017
Trump has the chance to correct a litany of mistakes of trying to appease the Iranian regime.
Iran: 10 Models Detained
Iran Focus
London, 22 Jan – Following the detainment of dozens of models, the Public Prosecutor of Qazvin Province visited the Cyber Police.
Iran: Scores of people dead and many injured following blaze and collapse of building
Iran Focus
London, 21 Jan – On Thursday, a multi-story building in Iranian capital Tehran collapsed following a fire. The 17-story Plasco building was completely destroyed. Firefighters were inside the building at the time it collapsed. Teams of rescuers spent the whole night and much of Friday trying to rescue the firefighters and anyone else trapped inside the building.
State news said on Thursday that 30 people have died in the tragedy, but it is not known if this figure has increased.
Iran: How Can the US Deal With the Nuclear Threat?
Iran Focus
London, 21 Jan – In September 2015, Donald Trump said that the Iran nuclear deal was a “bad” deal. He said that if he was elected president he would renegotiate with Iran to make it better. But it must be recognised that the Iranian regime’s plans are not just with regards to nuclear weapons. It is developing ballistic missiles and technology transfers and the nuclear deal does not include these.
The Iran nuclear deal was laid out by John Kerry Secretary of State and was validated by the UN Security Council. It is thus improbable that Britain, France, Russia and China will agree to changing the deal. These countries have already started to do business with Iran worth billions of dollars. Boeing in the US has also started doing business with Iran meaning that if the deal was scrapped or amended, sanctions would be applicable again meaning the US and allies would be economically damaged.
Iran: Victim of state-sponsored terrorism reacts to death of Rafsanjani
Iran Focus
London, 20 Jan – In an article on the Diplomat’s website, Hossein Abedini – a member of the Iranian resistance and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) – has given his take on the death of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the number two man in the ruling theocracy.
Remove Iran from Syria to prevent more bloodshed
Iran Focus
London, 20 Jan – Bana al-Abed a seven year-old Syrian girl and her mother Fatemeh have used Twitter to update the international community about the horrors of being in Syria. At the height of the siege their account went silent. Given their frequent posting, followers became very worried, especially because the last few messages had a dark tone suggesting the two had become resigned to death. Thankfully we know the pair have since been safely removed from Aleppo and they are back to using social media to raise awareness about the Syrian war.
“Iran should be held accountable for Sanction Violations” says Trump’s Nominee for United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Iran Focus
London, 19 Jan – In her January 18 article for Reuters, Michelle Nichols reported that outgoing U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said on Wednesday that Iran needs a push by the United Nations Security Council, to abide by an arms embargo, amid U.N. concerns that Tehran has supplied weapons and missiles to Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah.
Alberto Nisman’s Sacrifice Should be Honored by Continuing His Probe of Iran
Iran Focus
London, 19 Jan – In their January 18 article for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Toby Dershowitz, vice president for government relations and strategy at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Gardner Lange, research assistant, write about Argentine terrorism prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in what was almost certainly murder, not suicide, two years ago, on January 18, 2015.
Iranian Resistance Leader Addresses French Parliament Over Iranian Regime’s Destruction of the Middle East
Iran Focus
London, 19 Jan – Maryam Rajavi, the distinguished leader of the Iranian Resistance, addressed the French Parliament over the threat that the mullahs’ Regime still poses to the middle east, on Tuesday, January 17.
She noted that the death of former Iranian President Rafsanjani, the Regime became imminently more fragile, and in response, would become more defensive and more extreme. They will up their terrorist activities, their oppression of their own people and their quest for a nuclear bomb in the coming months.
