Iran Focus
London, 12 Dec – Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and his government are discretely working towards striking a deal with Iran. When he became Prime Minister he lifted nearly all economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
It was reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion met with officials of the Iranian regime during the UN General Assembly meeting held in September to discuss the relations between Iran and Canada.
Iran Focus
London, 11 Dec – Political scientist Dr. Majid Rafizadeh has written an op-ed positing the idea of Iran without the Regime.
He highlights the recent Student Day protests in which students across Iran protested human rights abuses and the imprisonment of political prisoners.
Iran Focus
London, 10 Dec – Hardline Republicans, who were critical of the Obama administration’s outreach to Iran throughout his presidency were optimistic as they took over a Senate caucus room on Thursday to promote their cause. This is because they believe that the incoming administration under Donald Trump, understands the threat posed by the Iranian regime far better than President Obama did.
David R. Sands writes in an article for the Washington Times on December 8, that Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, were among the lawmakers saying that Mr. Trump and his team will be skeptical of Iran and ready to call out any violations of the nuclear deal Mr. Obama helped negotiate in 2015.
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London, 10 Dec – The big worry over fall of Aleppo is the way in which it will fall.
Will there be a bloodbath, or can Secretary of State John Kerry negotiate a way out for the civilians trapped with the rebels in the eastern portion of the city? Additionally, although Aleppo’s fall won’t end the war, the US and the moderate rebels want to frame the surrender of the city as something other than a defeat.
On December 8, CBS News published an article by Margaret Brennan looks at how the surrender of Allepo will affect the Middle East.
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London, 9 Dec – The British Prime Minister Theresa May and leaders from six Arab countries have agreed to work together to counter the “destabilizing activities” of Iran.
This pledge is designed to calm nerves following last year’s nuclear deal with Iran and six world powers, including Britain.
Iran Focus
London, 9 Dec – The European Parliament has invited international human rights advocates to meet regarding the situation of human rights in Iran.
The event, which took place in the same week as International Human Rights Day, featured the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Maryam Rajavi, as its keynote speaker.
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London, 9 Dec – During My Five-Year Imprisonment I Witnessed Numerous Crimes of Iran Regime
A former Iranian political prisoner has told The Express about the barbaric way she was treated and why the West must support the democratic alternative to the Iranian Regime.
Shabnam Madadzadeh, 29, was imprisoned for seven years for her support of the political opposition group, the People’s Mojaheidn Organisation of Iran (MEK).
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London, 8 Dec – The Iranian Resistance has provided an in-depth look into why the Iranian economy has plunged into recession despite the lifting of sanctions.
Since the nuclear deal was signed, export restrictions against Iran were lifted and international bank transfers have been allowed and yet the Iranian recession has deepened. One factor is the decrease in oil price, which has reduced the country’s revenue but that may be the least of the problems facing Iran’s economy.
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London, 8 Dec – The Iranian President has claimed that he will not allow Donald Trump to tear up the nuclear agreement and the Iran would react strongly to any sanctions imposed by the US.
Hassan Rouhani went so far as to call the US an “enemy” who wants to pressurise Iran, following the vote in Congress to extend the Iran Sanctions Act. The act, which allows the US Government to punish US companies who do business with Iran, has been repeatedly extended since it was first passed in 1996.
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London, 8 Dec – MSNBC host Joe Scarborough heavily criticised the weakness of the Iranian nuclear deal on his show Morning Joe, this past Wednesday.
Scarborough had read a story from the New York Times regarding Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivering a speech on the 2015 nuclear deal, signed by Iran and five world powers including the US and the UK, in front of a crowd chanting “death to America”.
