Washington, 4 Jun – In the wake of the admission from the United States State Department that it intentionally edited and deleted video from an archived press briefing to hide statements it made about the nuclear negotiations with Iran, ABC News has found that the White House has recently omitted a line from a transcript of a May 9 briefing that also involved questions from Fox News about Iran.
Washington, 4 Jun – United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry says he wants to find out “exactly what happened” with regard to the doctoring of a 2013 State Department news briefing video about the Iran nuclear deal — and that whoever altered the video was “stupid and clumsy and inappropriate.”
Iran Focus
London, 4 Jun – The following is a statement, released on Friday, by the Brussels-based European Iraqi Freedom Association on the crisis unfolding in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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London, 2 Jun – Eighteen people have been charged in Bahrain for contacting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, according to an article by Reuters.
It is alleged that their aim was to stir up unrest within the country as they also contacted Hezbollah, the Shi’ite Muslim Lebanese group which Bahrain designated as a terrorist cell. They wanted to incite Bahrainis against the monarchy and overthrow the government.
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London, 2 Jun – The violent crackdown on protests proves that dissent is thriving in Iran, according to a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords.
Lord Alton, a crossbench peer from Liverpool, said resistance activists within Iran were in great danger but still continue to fight against the oppressive government.
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London, 2 Jun – Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK) held a protest on Wednesday outside the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm to raise attention to human rights violations in Iran.
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London, 1 Jun – Some in the West contend that Hassan Rouhani’s presidency in Iran has been fairly moderate compared to previous administrations, but this is simply not the case, according to the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The council has explored how Rouhani’s presidency has fared on important issues like human rights, terrorism, and the economy.
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London, 1 Jun – The President of the Washington-based Iran Policy Committee (IPC) has criticised the Obama administration for ignoring valuable nuclear information whilst making the deal with Iran regarding the lifting of sanctions.
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London, 1 Jun – The following is an article by Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. and Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad published by the National Interest on United States policy towards Iran:
The National Interest
May 31, 2016
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Tehran, 31 May – Twenty-nine young people were arrested last weekend at a party in north-eastern Iran.
The youngsters were rounded up at a villa near Danesh Junction in Mashhad on the evening of Saturday, 28 May.
