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US Bombs Iranian Regime’s Militia in Syria

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US Bombs Iranian Regime’s Militia in Syria

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London, 7 Jun – Paul McLeary wrote a report for Foreign Policy on the conflict between Iran and the US in Syria over a tiny tract of land on the Iraq-Syria border, which has already resulted in military action, according to US officials.

McLeary wrote: “American warplanes bombed an Iranian-backed militia that entered a supposed no-go zone near a US garrison in southern Syria on Tuesday…The strike marked the second by a U.S. aircraft in less than a month and signals a growing risk of direct conflict between American and Iranian forces and their partners in Syria. The air raid came after the militia aligned with the Syrian regime and Iran failed to heed a warning to leave the area.”

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Iran Regime’s Top Officials Are Signally Weakness

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Iran Regime’s Top Officials Are Signally Weakness

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London, 7 Jun – The leaders of the Iranian Regime have come out in full force against Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia, following Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East, but they are masking weakness according to a human rights activist.

Shahriar Kia, who is also a political analyst specialising in Iran and the Middle East, wrote a strongly worded op-ed for Practical Politicking in which he stated that the public pressure on Iran was having more of an impact on the Regime than they will admit. That is why they lash out at other countries and crack down on their own people.

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US-Iran Conflict Brewing in Syria Over Highway

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US-Iran Conflict Brewing in Syria Over Highway

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London, 7 Jun – Following the expulsion of the so-called Islamic State from a corner of south-eastern Syria, tensions have been rising between the Iranian Regime and the United States over a small patch of highway, which contains a US military garrison and a border crossing.

According to the US military, both the US and Russia have deployed warplanes and fired shots.

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US Senate to Vote on Iran Sanctions Bill

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US Senate to Vote on Iran Sanctions Bill

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London, 7 Jun – The US Senate is due to vote this week on bipartisan legislation which would expand the sanctions against Iran for its ballistic missile programme, human rights abuses, and support for terrorism and illegal arms transfers.

The procedural vote is due to happen on Wednesday and the final vote is due on Thursday, as arranged by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on Monday.

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Iran: Rouhani Will Struggle With Reforms Because He Never Intended to Deliver on Them

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Iran: Rouhani Will Struggle With Reforms Because He Never Intended to Deliver on Them

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London, 7 Jun – Ever since the Iranian Regime’s sham elections on May 19, Western pundits have fallen over themselves to declare that a “moderate” has won a second term in Iran and now, before Hassan Rouhani has even made an effort to fulfil his campaign promises, they are providing excuses for him when he inevitably fails to reform the Regime.

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Iran Threat in the Middle East- Imagined?

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Iran Threat in the Middle East- Imagined?

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London, 7 Jun – Iran poses a great threat in the Middle East; indeed with its financial and ideological support for terrorism it is the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East currently.

They are involved in numerous wars and fund sectarian conflicts in order to gain further control over the Middle East and achieve their goal on a Shi’ite Crescent from the Persian Gulf to the Medetteranian.

But should they really be considered a military threat?

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High Addiction Levels Among Iranian Students

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High Addiction Levels Among Iranian Students

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London, 6 Jun – Mahmoud Hakamian, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), wrote a shocking piece on the rise of addiction among young people in Iran.

Drug addiction is a painful, debilitating illness that predominately affects the most marginalised in society, most notably the poor. There are many reasons for this but they are all related to disenfranchisement and discrimination and the ability of drugs to take away the pain for at least a period of time.

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Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons

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Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons

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London, 6 Jun – The Iranian Regime is increasing its nuclear capabilities and stockpiling nuclear supplies in what seems to be the race to developing a nuclear missile.

According to the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Iranian Regime is coming dangerously close to going over its threshold for heavy water, a chemical used in the production of nuclear weapons.

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Hezbollah and Iran Are Not “Resisting” Israel

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Hezbollah and Iran Are Not “Resisting” Israel

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London, 6 Jun – The Iranian Regime and the Lebanon-based terror cell that it funds, Hezbollah, have long claimed to be “resisting” Israel, a country they refer to as the “Little Satan”, but their true aim is to continue to prop up the Syrian Regime during the Civil War.

They have both made threats against the Jewish state but are unlikely to carry them out because all of their military power is being directed towards helping Bashar Assad oppress his own people in Syria.

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Qatar Controversial Policy on Iran Led to Sanctions From Arab Countries

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Qatar Controversial Policy on Iran Led to Sanctions From Arab Countries

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London, 6 Jun – Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have cut off economic and diplomatic ties with Qatar regarding its close links with the Iranian Regime, support for terrorist groups, and its foreign policy decisions.

Giorgio Cafiero, CEO and co-founder of Washington, DC-based Gulf State Analytics, and an analyst of Gulf Cooperation Council geopolitics, wrote a piece for Al-Arabiya in which he broke down what had happened to cause the rift and what could be done to solve it.

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