
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed economic penalties on six people and three companies accused of helping Iran’s government obtain hundreds of millions in U.S. currency or evade existing sanctions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed economic penalties on six people and three companies accused of helping Iran’s government obtain hundreds of millions in U.S. currency or evade existing sanctions.

The United States Senator John McCain has asked the Iraqi Prime Minister to expel the Iranian forces from Iraq, according to an Iraqi source.

The Iranian regime’s military involvement has dramatically increased in Iraq over the past year, the Washington Post reported citing U.S., Iraqi and Iranian sources.

Source: Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) – A sniper killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander who was training Iraqi troops and Shi’ite militia fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in the Iraqi city of Samarra, official Iranian media reported on Sunday.

There are currently thousands of Iranian Revolutionary Guards stationed in a number of Iraqi cities to help Tehran regime its loss in Iraq after the ouster former Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Source: The Wall Street Journal
A Washington Post reporter is going on his sixth month in an Iranian prison.

Source: THE DAILY BEAST
My father, an Iranian blogger, is being psychologically tortured and imprisoned—all for blogging about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Source: NEWSMAX
BY: James Morrison
The leader of the Iranian democratic resistance sent Christmas greetings to Christian supporters, calling the birth of Jesus a time of hope for “emancipation and liberty.”

Source: THE HILL
BY: Alejo Vidal-Quadras
Twelve years since the revelation of secret sites in Natanz and Arak, the international community still pursues an answer to the persistent question about the nature and objective of the Iranian nuclear program.

Source: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
This will be Pastor Farshid Fathi’s fourth Christmas in an Iranian prison, yet his fortitude, faith and indomitable spirit continues to impress and encourage.