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Maryam Rajavi to Arab summit: Coalition against occupation of Yemen should be elevated to evicting Iranian regime from the entire region

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On the eve of the Arab summit, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance reiterated on the need for joint action and unity against the religious terrorist dictatorship ruling Iran and its export of terrorism and belligerence. She said: “The coalition against occupation of Yemen by the mercenaries of the Iranian regime was necessary and inevitable. But this legitimate and just defense should be expanded to throughout the region to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere. The religious dictatorship ruling Iran and its mercenaries should be evicted from these countries.”

Maryam Rajavi: Arab countries action against Iran regime aggression in Yemen is extremely essential

The leader of Iranian opposition, described the joint action by Arab countries against the Iranian regime’s ‘aggression and occupation’ in Yemen as ‘extremely essential’ and called for ‘expansion of this just and legitimate defense against’ the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism.

“Iran must make difficult choices” France tells the UN

This Tuesday France warned the UN that “insufficient” progress is being made towards forming a nuclear deal that is said to take place between Iran and the six World Powers with specific conflict over the issues of research and development and the issue of the sanctions imposed on Iran by the west.

A Potential Sectarian War

As the deadline to the nuclear talks approaching, Iran is desperate to move forward with its nuclear plans and an end to the sanction. But it might not be bale to get both, thus, it seems, regional expansion is the other option.

Iran faced with deadly water crisis

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According to official figures the reservoirs of Iran are only forty percent complete. And nine cities which include the capital of Iran, Tehran are threatened with water restrictions after an unusually dry winter.

Human Rights: The First Casualty of Iran’s Nuclear Program

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Hamid Yazdan Panah is an attorney focused on asylum and immigration in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also a human rights activist focused on the Middle East and Iran.

The nuclear issue in Iran represents a threat to many countries around the world. Yet the ongoing negotiations may have already claimed its first victims. As the international community focuses on the nuclear talks, little attention has been paid to Iran’s deteriorating human rights situation. As a result Iran’s domestic population continues to pay a heavy price while the international community ignores the atrocities committed by the regime in Tehran.

U.S. Senate to vote on nuclear agreement

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote as soon as next week on a bill requiring U.S. President to submit any possible nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime to the U.S. Congress for approval. This was stated by Senator Bob Corker on Monday.

Arab states call for an end to Iran’s intrusions

State held the 134th session of the GCC Ministerial Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Saud al-Faisal, led the delegation from On Thursday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab Saudi Arabia.

UN special rapporteur concerned over human rights violations in Iran

On Thursday, the United Nations special rapporteur on Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaeed, revealed that no less than 753 people were executed in Iran last year, which is the highest number since 2002. This news is especially concerning as it points towards the reality of Iran under Rouhani’ presidency, who some still consider a moderate in Western countries while the evidence proves otherwise.

French Foreign Minister Finds Iranian Commitments Lacking

Commitments offered by Iran in nuclear talks with 5+1 powers, do not go far enough and more work needs to be done, was the opinion of the French Foreign Minister last Friday.

He said that, “We are in favour of a solid agreement … for now there remain difficulties.” The Foreign Minister was in Riga where he was taking part in a European Union foreign ministers’ meeting. Talking to reporters he said, “There has been progress but as far as the volume, checks and duration of the envisaged commitments are concerned, the situation is still insufficient, so there is more work to be done.”