Iran Focus
London, 6 Dec – United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, advocacy group that seeks to heighten awareness of the danger that the Iranian regime poses to the world, published an article on December 2, applauding the ten year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). The overwhelming Bipartisan Congressional Vote will enable the quick ‘snapback’ of sanctions if Iran violates the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iran Focus
London, 6 Dec – December 4, The Tower published an article about the dangers posed to dual nationals in Iran today.
For example, American-Iranian dual national Karan Vafadari, a Baha’i, and his wife Afarin Niasari were arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in July, and have been detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, without charge or access to a lawyer, said a New-York based human rights group on Friday.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 6 Dec – Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of four mourners arrested at a ceremony commemorating the lives of writers slain by the Iranian Regime.
On December 3, plainclothes Intelligence Ministry agents stormed the memorial service of Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh; they prevented access to the Emamzadeh Taher Cemetery in Karaj, then attacked and arrested mourners.
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London, 6 Dec – The Iranian Parliament have threatened to resume their nuclear activities after the US Congress voted to renew sanctions against the Regime.
Akbar Ranjbar Zadeh, a member of the Regime’s Parliament, called the renewal of US sanctions against the regime a “breach of JCPOA and violation of international law”.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 5 Dec – Fall in the value of Rial (Rs) in Tehran’s currency market has created many questions about its roots.
The dollar exchange rate in Tehran’s open market, which in recent months had fluctuated in the range of 3500 Rs, has rose over the past few days and reached the border of 4000 Rs since last month.
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London, 5 Dec – A non-profit dedicated to exposing the evils of the Iranian Regime has cautioned Italian leaders and businesses against working with the Regime as it presents significant financial, legal and reputational risks.
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) held a seminar, entitled “Italy-Iran Business Relations: A Cost-Benefit Analysis“, in the Italian Senate at the same time as the “Iran Country Presentation” exhibition in Rome.
Iran Focus
London, 5 Dec – A human rights charity has urged the EU to disclose whether it is helping to fund an Iranian anti-narcotics programmes linked to mass executions.
Reprieve are concerned that the EU and its member states could be funding UN programmes that support the Iranian drug police, who are linked to hundreds of executions.
Iran Focus
London, 4 Dec – On Saturday December 3, Saudi Arabia’s al-Madineh newspaper wrote: “Dr. Mohammad Saeed al-Saedi, Yemen’s minister of planning and international cooperation, with a fierce attack on Iranian regime said the regime has been planning to establish a military base in Yemen since Khomeini’s era. Currently, the regime in Iran is planning to completely dominate the region and is trying to invade the region by exporting something called (the so-called) Islamic Revolution.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 4 Dec – Sunday December 4, 2016, while Hassan Rouhani was making speech in regime’s parliament, retired teachers held a pre-planned and timed protest gathering in front of the building.
They were protesting against poor living conditions and low wages and pension benefits.
Iran Focus
London, 4 Dec – The Iranian regime was stirred by the news that Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. Shahriar Kia, for American Thinker, said that Iran’s lobbying groups in Washington are doing their best to influence Trump’s foreign policy with regards to the Iranian regime.
They want Obama’s appeasement policy to continue under Donald Trump’s presidency. Kia said that the “campaign is bent on convincing Trump and his cabinet that an Iran regime-change policy will strengthen the ‘hardliners’ and weaken the ‘moderates’”.
