Iran Focus
London, 8 Aug – It is time for the US to challenge the misbehaviour of the Iranian Regime, argues a political science instructor at Central Texas College.
Ted Gover, who also teaches at the US Marine Corps Base Camp in Pendleton, California, wrote an op-ed for the Jerusalem Post in which he welcomed the stronger stance against the Regime shown by the Trump administration and argued that there are seven main areas in which the US should amend its policy on Iran.
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London, 8 Aug – The United States and its allies must recognise the severity of the threat posed by the Iranian Regime warns the Saudi Ambassador to the United States.
In his first interview since being appointed the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prince Khaled bin Salman told The Washington Post that the US and its allies have to understand how big a threat the Iranian Regime poses to international security and advised that they all come together to contain the expansionist policies and actions from the mullahs.
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London, 8 Aug – To paraphrase the Henry Kissinger quote, the Iranian Regime is looking less like a nation and more like a cause, according to an expert in the Iranian Regime.
Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United against Nuclear Iran, wrote an op-ed for the Jerusalem Post in which he assessed that these next four years would prove crucial for the Iranian Regime and indeed, it is unlikely that it will remain intact.
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani begins his second term, he faces an enormous backlash from the Iranian people, his fellow politicians, and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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London, 8 Aug – Abdullah bin Bijad al-Otaibi, a member of the board of advisors at Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center, wrote an op-ed for Al Arabiya in which he assessed the next big war in the Middle East would be between the Iranian Regime and the countries concerned about its destabilisation of the region.
Otaibi writes that the two countries who are most prominent in the crusade against the Iranian mullahs are Saudi Arabia and Egypt, along with their allies, because Iran has routinely targetted their stability.
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London, 8 Aug – In 1986, almost 70% of graduates were employed shortly after leaving university. By 2011, that rate had dropped to less than 50%.
With 4.5 million (and rising) graduates unemployed, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has isolated ten reasons behind the graduate unemployment in three main areas.
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London, 8 Aug – Ali Shihabi, the executive director of the Arabia Foundation, wrote an op-ed for Al Arabiya in which he explained that there’s was no way to accommodate Iran, using Kuwait as the case study.
Shihabi explained that on July 20, the Kuwaiti government has expelled three-quarters of the Iranian Regime’s diplomatic staff, including Ambassador Alireza Enayati, and closed the Islamic Republic’s cultural, trade, and military missions in Kuwait City after finding out that terrorists, who planned to attack Kuwait had received funding from Iran and Hezbollah.
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London, 7 Aug – If the international community truly wants to tackle the Iranian Regime’s aggression in the Middle East; they must prioritise human rights, regional stability, and peaceful interactions according to a human rights activist.
Heshmat Alavi wrote an analysis for Al Arabiya, titled “How to tackle Iran’s Middle East bellicosity”, in which he praised the positive shift in US foreign policy from appeasement to sanctions but stressed that more should be done.
He wrote: “The Trump administration can lead the international community in instituting the first real and effective initiative against the Iranian regime.”
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London, 7 Aug – A human rights activist has assessed that US sanctions on Iran may be a sign of shifting foreign policy, but they need to be backed up with action.
F. Mahmoudi, a Kurdish-Iranian social media journalist and political activist, wrote a piece for Al Arabiya English called “Are sanctions on Iran a sign of shifting US policy?” and noted that these sanctions had shocked the Iranian Regime but were not enough to end it outright.
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London, 7 Aug – Several Iranian politicians are facing a backlash from the Regime after rushing to taking selfies with a senior female EU diplomat at President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration last week.
In photos of the event, Federica Mogherini, current High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, appears shocked at the men’s rush to take a picture with her.
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London, 7 Aug – Sadegh Sistani, an Iranian human rights activist has detailed the true nature of the Iranian Regime’s prison system, which is far different from the picture painted by the mullahs during the recent open day at the notorious Evin Prison.
Of course, many countries refused to send ambassadors to officiate this farce, but some senior politicians were indeed fooled, with the Portuguese ambassador describing the conditions as “favourable”.
