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In trouble, Iran tries to discredit the MEK – dissidents

Iran Focus

London, 7 Feb – As President Donald Trump’s new US administration steps up pressure on Iran over its belligerent activities, Iranian opponents are arguing that Tehran is now targeting its main organised opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI or MEK), with disinformation in order to discredit its role as a potential alternative to the theocratic regime.

The MEK, established over 51 years ago, as an opposition movement to the Shah’s regime, soon fell out with the clerical government that took over with the 1979 revolution. Since 1981, the MEK has been considered as the ruling theocracy’s main nemesis. The MEK is also the leading force in the main opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

USA and Iran set to clash in Yemen

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Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – Eight armies, including Iran and the USA, are fighting for supremacy in Yemen but new sanctions against Iran by the US could lead to the two facing off.

The war rages on between the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents and the Yemeni Army, who are loyal to President Abdulrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and supported by Saudi, Egyptian and UAE forces and their hired Colombian mercenaries.

Trump: Iran nuclear accord is ‘worst’ deal ever negotiated

Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – Donald Trump has yet again called the nuclear deal with Iran, one of the worst ever negotiated but still refuses to tell us what he plans to do about it.

During an interview with Fox News that was telecast during the Super Bowl, Trump said: “They [Iran] are the number one terrorist state.

How to defeat the Iranian Regime

Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – The Iranian Regime has been significantly weakened in the past two weeks since Donald Trump took office, but how can we go further?

Heshmat Alavi, a human rights expert, wrote an op-ed on American Thinker about bringing the Iranian mullahs ‘to their knees’.

What’s next for Iran?

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Iran Focus

London, 6 Feb – The Jerusalem Post speculates that Iran’s leaders must have had a terrible weekend; as in just a few days the US’s feeling towards them has soured greatly- and it wasn’t that good, to begin with.

On Friday, February 3, the US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said: “The days of turning a blind eye to Iran’s hostile and belligerent actions toward the United States and the world community are over.”

Iran: Will the regime remain cautious towards the US for long?

Iran Focus

London, 5 Feb – Iran is seemingly being very cautious with regards to the United States. Before President Trump was inaugurated, the regime chanted “Death to America” and signed a deal worth $16.6 billion. The Iranian regime appears to be concerned about the possibility of military conflict.

However, the Iranian regime is not easily intimidated. Will the current caution it is showing last?

Iran: The Supreme Audit Court Reveals, More Financial Corruptions in Rouhani’s Government

Iran Focus

London, 5 Feb – On Wednesday February 1st 2017, the state-run Vatan Emrooz Newspaper in a report exposed the clashes and corruptions in Rouhani’s government regarding the subsidy reform plan.

The news reads: “the Supreme Audit Court of Iran released a report on the violations of the government regarding the subsidy reform plan.

Latest in Iran tensions: US Navy destroyer dispatched to patrol Yemen coasts

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Iran Focus

London, 5 Feb – US officials announced on Friday that waterways off the coast of Yemen are now being protected against hostile activity. The officials said that the US sent a Navy destroyer to patrol the waters and to provide protection from Houthi militia that are backed by Iran.

This news comes just shortly after tensions mounted between the United States and Iran.

Research scientist sentenced to death in Iran

Iran Focus

London, 4 Feb – An Iranian-born researcher has been sentenced to death in Iran for supposed security-related offences. Mr. Ahmadreza Djalali is a scientist researching disaster medicine at the Free University Brussels (VUB) and at the Research Centre in Emergency and Disaster Medicine (CRIMEDIN) at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Novara, Italy.

Trump Must Pressure Iran

Iran Focus

London, 4 Feb – United States President Donald Trump ought to team up with Congress under a new bipartisan effort aiming to curb Iran’s destabilizing role in the region, argues Iranian dissident analyst Heshmat Alavi.

Writing for the American Thinker on 3 February, Alavi said:

Iran was involved in a long slate of aggressive measures up to the very doorsteps of President Donald Trump taking the helm in Washington. This concerning pattern of escalating extremism ironically increased following the Iran nuclear deal sealed between the P5+1 and Tehran, despite many in the West arguing such an accord would rein in the mullahs. And now, a new U.S. president has rightfully pinpointed “radical Islamic terrorists,” of which the root lies in Iran.