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It’s Time To Reduce Iranian Influence In The Middle East

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It’s Time To Reduce Iranian Influence In The Middle East

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Tom Ridge
Mr. Ridge was the nation’s first Homeland Security Secretary and governor of Pennsylvania.

When in October 2013 then-Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki visited Washington for the last time, the administration was doing very little to confront his policies which eventually inflamed sectarian violence in Iraq. Washington was also reluctant to challenge Maliki’s close relationship with neighboring Iran.
Last week, Congress passed a resolution that gave it more oversight on a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Although Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ramped up the fiery rhetoric against what he described as “radicals in America,” Capitol Hill’s engagement on the issue will be essential. After all, Congressionally-mandated sanctions brought the mullahs to the negotiating table in the first place.

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IRAN: Executions in a week reaches 81

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IRAN: Executions in a week reaches 81

NCRI – Coincident with mass executions in the prisons of Ghezel-Hessar, Karaj and other cities, the anti-human regime of mullahs sent 16 other prisoners to the gallows in Mashhad and Birjand (northeastern Iran). Twelve of them were hanged collectively in Vakilabad prison of Mashhad on April 16, and the other four were executed in Birjand prison the following day. Thus, the number of executions from 12 to 18 April reached 81, meaning 12 executions per day.

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Khamenei calls Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons a myth

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Khamenei calls Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons a myth

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that attempts by Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons is a myth fabricated by the Americans and Europeans and some countries that follow them.

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Can Iran’s regional belligerence be rolled back?

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Can Iran’s regional belligerence be rolled back?

Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of National Council of Resistance of Iran held an online conference on Iranian regime’s interference in the region on April 16. Below is the text of his remarks.

Remarks of Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of National Council of Resistance of Iran in online conference
Can Iran’s regional belligerence be rolled back?
April 16, 2015

According to the latest reports coming out of Iran, massive protests by the nation’s teachers are continuing to develop, encompassing 27 of Iran’s 31 provinces so far, including Tehran. There are more than one million teachers in the country, serving 13 million students, and they have widespread influence in Iranian society.

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Iran: Khamenei describes regime’s attempt to acquire nuclear weapons a myth

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Iran: Khamenei describes regime’s attempt to acquire nuclear weapons a myth

Ali Khamenei, mullahs’ regime leader described attempts by Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons a myth fabricated by the Americans and Europeans and some countries that follow them.

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No Compromise on Iraq’s Authority

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No Compromise on Iraq’s Authority

On Tuesday, President Obama delivered a warning to the Iranian regime, one that urged them to respect Iraqi sovereignty, over the fight against Islamic State militants. After a White House meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, he said that Shiite fighters, ones that are backed by Iran and now battling the ISIS troops, should be directly answerable to government of Iraq.

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Details of Iran’s regional influence point to the need to confront it

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Details of Iran’s regional influence point to the need to confront it

By USA Gen. Hugh Shelton (ret.)

There is little doubt that the Middle East is passing through a transformative moment. As the movement of geopolitical fault lines shakes the region, hot spots are shaping new realities and players. It is clear that the Iranian regime is playing a pronounced role through its agents in almost all the major conflicts stretching from Iraq and Syria all the way to Yemen. Echoing deep regional resentment, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently characterized this as an Iranian attempt to “dominate” the region.

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A New Opportunity Mr. President

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A New Opportunity Mr. President

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Tom Ridge | Apr 14, 2015
Already 24 Camp Liberty residents have died because they were prevented from getting timely access to needed medical care and 1,300 are still coping with injuries from past attacks. Another resident, Safar Zakery, has been taken hostage since mid-March under the pretext of being involved in a car accident.

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Colonel Martin: Shiite militias get their directions from Iran’s Quds Force

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Colonel Martin: Shiite militias get their directions from Iran’s Quds Force

In an online conference, on Monday, a former senior US military commander in Iraq said Shiite militias in Iraq are getting their directions from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.

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8 prisoners hanged in iran

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8 prisoners hanged in iran

The Iranian regime’s henchmen in Central Prison in the city of Karaj hanged eight prisoners on Monday. The victims had been sentenced to death for drug related offence.

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