Iran Focus
London, 28 Apr – A meeting was held in Saudi Arabia yesterday to discuss the issues surrounding regional security and Iran.
Royals from Arab countries attended the meeting in Riyadh and one of the main aims was to establish a unified voice.
The defence, interior and foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were there.
Iran Focus
London, 27 Apr – An Iranian businessman has just been sentenced to a decade in prison in the United Arab Emirates for providing assistance with the nuclear program.
The court in the UAE handed the sentence over after the man was convicted of bringing an electric motor and other equipment to the country with the intention of using them to advance the Iranian nuclear program.
Iran Focus
London, 27 Apr – Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was spotted in central Syria earlier this month. It is the same area where Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s forces had been fighting a surprise rebel offensive which resulted in a high number of casualties.
The Quds Force is a special forces branch of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iran Focus
London, 27 Apr – Iran managed to keep its nuclear program a secret for many years. Since it started it has never been halted.
Last week, the biggest organised opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), revealed details about the current developments in the nuclear program. The NCRI was basically able to provide evidence showing that the Islamic Republic was violating the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal as it is more commonly known as.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – The Obama administration released seven Iranian prisoners (and stopped pursuing 14 more suspects) who were deeply involved in Iran’s missile and nuclear program, in order to secure the release of US hostages in Iran; according to Josh Meyer of Politico.
At the time, the prisoners (and fugitives) were presented as non-violent offenders who had merely violated the US’s economic sanctions on Iran; although considering that the Gulf nation is the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism, surely breaking economic sanctions is bad enough.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – The Iranian Nuclear Weapons programme is still alive and well, despite reports to the contrary from the State Department.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference last week, to unveil the new site of the Iranian nuclear programme, which neither the UN or the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have had access to.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – Soon the US will once again begin ramping up pressure on Iran, which has lagged considerably over the past eight years.
While Donald Trump may not be quite ready to tear up the nuclear deal, which gave Iran considerable sanctions relief in exchange for stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons programme (which notably has not stopped the Iranian Regime’s programme at all), he may be ready to target the Gulf nation in other ways.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – A US destroyer was forced to alter its course in the Persian Gulf after it encountered a ship owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which was acting provocatively, on Monday.
Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, said that the Iranian vessel had its weapons manned and came within approximately 1,000 yards of the USS Mahan.
Iran Focus
London, 26 Apr – Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been disqualified from the current presidential race, but what could this mean for the future of Iran?
Shahriar Kia, a political analyst and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, wrote an op-ed for the Daily Caller in which he highlighted how unprecedented this move was.
Iran Focus
London, 25 Apr – Jordanians gathered in the northern city of Mafraq to burn Iranian flags and pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday, April 14.
They also called for the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador from Jordan.
