Iran Focus

London, 4 Dec – Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis was commander of U.S. Central Command for the Obama administration but was forced to retire five months early because he was too aggressive with regards to Iran. So his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump as secretary of defense will probably cause some uproar with the Iran nuclear deal, said Saagar Enjeti for The Daily Caller.

Although Mattis was not against the actual deal, he did raise his concerns about how the deal would work in the long run.

Iran Focus

London, 3 Dec – Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi stated that the appeasement policy with Iran must end as it only allows the elites to prosper at the expense of the public.

Rajavi made that point at a conference in Paris on November 26. The conference, named “Call for Justice: Ending Impunity for Perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity in Iran and Syria,” attracted politicians and lawmakers from Europe and the middle east.

Iran Focus

Tehran, 3 Dec – The head of the coordination council of the extremist “Hezbollah of Tehran” group has claimed in his official Instagram page that there have been ‘immoral’ relationships between a woman and five ministers in Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet.

The so-called “Martyrs of Iran” news network wrote on 29 November: “Hossein Allah Karam named a woman by her initials as A.Ch. that led to the resignation of a minister.”

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London, 2 Dec – Now that the end is in sight for the Obama administration, the Iranian regime, Iran apologists and Iranian regime lobbies are concerned about the continuation of the appeasement policy. Amir Basiri, an Iranian human rights activist, said in the Washington Examiner that those wanting rapprochement with Tehran are setting propaganda in motion.

Iran Focus

London, 2 Dec – Iran wants to establish naval bases in Yemen and/or Syria according to a high ranking military official.

Iranian General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri told a crowd of Iranian naval commanders that they needed distant bases on the shores of other foreign countries like Syria and Yemen, or even “floating” bases.