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Iran’s Teachers Protest Poverty and Imprisonment

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Iran’s Teachers Protest Poverty and Imprisonment

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London, 14 Mar – On Thursday, March 9, thousands of teachers took to the streets across 22 cities in Iran to protest their economic deprivation and the imprisonment of their fellow educators.

They held sit-ins in front of their local branches of the Ministry of Education, calling for their demands to be met.

They chanted slogans against the policies of suppression, repression and plundering which are carried out by the current Regime, and held signs the read: ‘Detained Teachers Must be Freed’, ‘NO to Prison’, ‘Teachers’ future must be secured’.

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What Trump Should Do to Counter Iran

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What Trump Should Do to Counter Iran

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London, 14 Mar – Iran has been taunting the US since Donald Trump took office in January, but just how should Trump respond?

Well, Raymond Tanter, who served as a senior member of the National Security Council staff during the Reagan-Bush administration, and Edward Stafford, a retired Foreign Service officer who focused on political-military affairs, wrote an op-ed for The Hill in which they outlined a strategy to fight Iran: Blacklist the IRGC.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) should be listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) for their links to terrorist activities which threaten the US, like:

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Mandela-Like Iranian Cleric Has Finished His Prison Sentence but Has Not Been Released

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Mandela-Like Iranian Cleric Has Finished His Prison Sentence but Has Not Been Released

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London, 14 Mar – A dissident Iranian cleric, who has been likened to Nelson Mandela, has completed his prison sentence but there are doubts that the Iranian Regime will ever release him.

Ayatollah Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi was imprisoned for his opposition to a political Islam, his support of freedom of religion, and his condemnation of profiting from religious activities, which was a direct contradiction to that of the ruling mullahs.

He also set up many charities to help the poor and those affected by natural disasters.

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British Charity Worker, Imprisoned in Iran, Is So Ill She Cannot Walk

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British Charity Worker, Imprisoned in Iran, Is So Ill She Cannot Walk

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London, 13 Mar – The health of a British aid worker, detained in Iran on spurious national security charges, has gone downhill so fast that she lost a significant amount of weight, is suffering from hair loss and is practically unable to walk.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, a British-Iranian citizen, was arrested when she was trying to return to Britain with her daughter Gabriella after visiting family in Iran last April.

She was held for five months without charges before being tried for attempting to overthrow the Iranian Regime and sentenced to five years in Evin prison.

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Iran Counters US Drones With Signal Jamming Device

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Iran Counters US Drones With Signal Jamming Device

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London, 13 Mar – Iran has developed a jamming device that can severe the electronic tie between the drone and its pilot, which could be used to counter US intelligence efforts.

This could be significant in the fight against the Iranian Regime as drones provide a healthy amount of intelligence in the region.

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Iran Is Harassing the US, the UK and Their Allies in the Gulf Region

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Iran Is Harassing the US, the UK and Their Allies in the Gulf Region

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London, 13 Mar – Iran has repeatedly attacked or threatened the US, the UK and their Middle Eastern allies over the past few weeks.

On March 4, several Iranian assault crafts, which are under the control of Iran’s terror squad, the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), came too close to US Navy ships. A similar incident also happened on March 2, but a navy official told the Associated Press that these attacks happen on a regular basis.

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Iran: Biggest Threat to Security in the Middle East and Beyond

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Iran: Biggest Threat to Security in the Middle East and Beyond

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London, 11 Mar – Army Gen. Joseph Votel told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that Iran is the biggest threat to security in the Middle East. He said that the region is very unstable and is a breeding ground for further conflict.

He emphasised that is the most important and immediate concern in the Middle East.

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IRGC’s Increasing Control of Iranian Economy

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IRGC’s Increasing Control of Iranian Economy

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London, 11 Mar – The Trump administration is deliberating whether to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation. It has already put Iran “on notice” and has issued sanctions following the country’s ballistic missile testing.

The US President and many of his officials have spoken about the provocative and hostile behaviour of Iran.

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Iran Becoming Increasingly Isolated

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Iran Becoming Increasingly Isolated

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London, 10 Mar – More and more countries are voicing their concerns about Iran and its policies. The “golden era” of Obama has ended and the Iranian regime is no longer able to get away with provocations, terrorism and meddling in the internal affairs of other countries.

The balance of power in the Middle East is shifting in a major way.

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Iran’s Secret Tactics Revealed by Opposition

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Iran’s Secret Tactics Revealed by Opposition

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London, 10 Mar – The Iranian opposition, the National council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), held a press conference in London on Tuesday regarding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

The NCRI were able to reveal how the IRGC is able to mask its terrorist and smuggling activities. Their information and evidence came from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’s (PMOI/MEK) extensive network inside the country.

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