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Iran Holds Third Closed Session of Environmentalist Trial

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Iran Holds Third Closed Session of Environmentalist Trial

Iran Holds Third Closed Session of Environmentalist Trial

Iran Focus

London, 13 Feb – The Iranian Regime has said that it held the third session of the closed-door trial of eight environmentalists, held in prison for over a year on bogus espionage charges.

The Mizan news agency, which is affiliated with the Iranian judiciary, reported that on Tuesday the third session of the trial that began last month was held.

The report said that the prosecutor read out more of the 300-page indictment against the defendants – Sam Rajabi, Niloufar Bayani, Taher Ghadirian, Houman Jowkar, Sepideh Kashani, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, Abdolreza Kouhpayeh and Morad Tahbaz.

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Iran-Backed Militia Profiting From Wartorn Iraq’s Scrap Metal

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Iran-Backed Militia Profiting From Wartorn Iraq’s Scrap Metal

Iran-Backed Militia Profiting From Wartorn Iraq's Scrap Metal

Iran Focus

London, 13 Feb – Iran-backed Iraqi militia is seizing scrap metal from car bomb vehicle wrecks and other debris left by the war in Iraq in order to make a quick buck from scrap dealers and funnel the money back to the Iranian Regime.

Scrapyard owners, steel plant managers and lawmakers from Mosul said that the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) are making millions of dollars from wrecked cars, damaged weapons, water tanks, window frames, and whatever they can find to trade in.

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Iranian Opposition Holds Rally Outside Warsaw Summit

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Iranian Opposition Holds Rally Outside Warsaw Summit

Iranian Opposition Holds Rally Outside Warsaw Summit

By Mehdi

The Warsaw summit started on Wednesday 13th February and the main focus is peace and security in the Middle East. One of the most significant threats to peace and security in the region is Iran.

While the Warsaw summit is taking place, Iranian communities are gathering in the city. They are ensuring that the calls for freedom and democracy from the people of Iran are heard.

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Iran’s Anti-MEK Disinformation Campaign

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Iran’s Anti-MEK Disinformation Campaign

Iran's Anti-MEK Disinformation Campaign

By Jubin Katiraie

In the run-up to the Warsaw Conference on international policy toward the Middle East, which is expected to focus very strongly on the various ways that the Iranian Regime destabilises the region, the mullahs have ramped up their disinformation campaign against their opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

Why is the Iranian Regime doing this?

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U.S. Voices Support for the People of Iran

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U.S. Voices Support for the People of Iran

U.S. Voices Support for the People of Iran

Iran Focus

London, 12 Feb – It has been 40 years since the Islamic Revolution. It started off as a time of hope for the people, but it quickly turned into something that was going to negatively impact the people for many years to come.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a message on Twitter with a photo of a protester. The image included the caption: “40 years of corruption. 40 years of repression. 40 years of terror. The regime in Iran has produced only #40YearsofFailure. The long-suffering Iranian people deserve a much brighter future.”

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Iran Trying to Destabilise South America, Says US

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Iran Trying to Destabilise South America, Says US
Iran Trying to Destabilise South America, Says US

Iran Focus

London, 11 Feb – The head of US South Command has issued a warning about the Iranian regime’s attempts to destabilise South America, including Venezuela, through its Hezbollah proxy and the threat this poses to the US and the West in general.

In a written statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Craig Faller said: “Iran has deepened its anti-U.S. Spanish language media coverage and has exported its state support for terrorism into our hemisphere…As the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world, Iran’s activities in the region are also concerning.”

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Iranian in Paris Call for Regime Change in Large Rally Marking 40th Anniversary of Revolution

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Iranian in Paris Call for Regime Change in Large Rally Marking 40th Anniversary of Revolution

Iranian in Paris Call for Regime Change in Large Rally Marking 40th Anniversary of Revolution

By Jubin Katiraie

Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in Paris on 8 February 2018. They marched through the streets chanting messages against the Iranian regime.

Most importantly, they made calls to the international community to stop appeasing the regime and to hold Tehran accountable for its many crimes and abuses of power.

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Iranian-Swedish Doctor Held in Iran Facing Serious Health Problems

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Iranian-Swedish Doctor Held in Iran Facing Serious Health Problems

Iranian-Swedish Doctor Held in Iran Facing Serious Health Problems

Iran Focus

London, 9 Feb – An Iranian-Swedish doctor on death row in Iran, accused of collaborating with a hostile government, is suffering from major health conditions and is on the brink of death, according to his wife.

Vida Mehran Nia, speaking from her home in Sweden, explained that her husband, Ahmad Reza Jalali, recently had surgery to repair a hernia, but the operation was botched and now Jalali is suffering from anaemia and has lost a lot of weight.

Jalali, who is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison, was arrested in April 2016 after flying in to attend a conference at the University of Tehran on disaster medicine, his speciality.

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Iran: Possible Second Satellite Launch Despite Warnings From U.S.

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Iran: Possible Second Satellite Launch Despite Warnings From U.S.

Iran: Possible Second Satellite Launch Despite Warnings From U.S.

Iran Focus

London, 7 Feb – In January, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Iran had conducted a satellite launch despite being urged not to by the United States. The rocket containing the Payam satellite did not succeed in its mission because, according to the country’s Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, it did not gather enough speed.

Mike Pompeo said at the time that Iran is shamelessly disregarding the UN Security Resolution that bans it from participating in activities related to ballistic missiles that are capable of delivering a nuclear weapon.

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

Iranian Judiciary Chief Rejects INSTEX

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London, 7 Feb – Iranian judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani said that the Iranian regime will not accept the new European initiative for trade – INSTEX – because one of the requirements is that Iran must adopt the conventions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and end its missile programme.

Larijani, who is also head of the regime’s Expediency Council, said: “These insulting conditions will never be accepted by the Islamic republic and we should not accept them. Our government officials should take into notice that we must not succumb to whatever they wish to only to gain a small stream of water.”

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