Iran Focus
London, 14 Feb – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council for Planning and Architecture, Pirouz Hanachi, says, “There are 256 towers in Tehran that the City Hall does not have any information about them and if for whatever reason, an incident like the Plasco incident happens in one of them, it will become a disaster in Tehran.”
Iran Focus
London, 14 Feb – Fake news poses a major threat to the American people; it may even influence US Foreign policy and be exploited by America’s enemies.
Col. Wesley Martin (US), former Anti-terrorism/Force Protection Officer of all Coalition forces in Iraq, wrote an op-ed on The Hill, warning Americans to be wary of fake news, specifically that from the Iranian Regime.
Iran Focus
London, 14 Feb – Last week, the White House issued an unanticipated statement on Iran which was followed by increased sanctions against the Gulf country.
This was Trump’s red line on Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – A recent piece in The Economist stated that Trump’s divisive rhetoric is helping the Iranian Regime, by showing the true face of America.
It alleges that his language drives moderates into the ranks of hardliners and will put more distance between Iran and America.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – The White House recently put Iran “on notice” and increased sanctions against the mullahs Regime, and a member of the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC-US) thinks that this could improve human rights in the Gulf country.
Amir H. Heidarian, president of the Iranian American Community of Wisconsin, wrote an op-ed for the Journal Sentinel, in which he noted that this hard-line approach to the mullahs, would likely be beneficial for the ordinary Iranians.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – The Iranian Regime held 300 exhibitions against the resistance group, MEK, in an increasingly desperate attempt to smear the Iranian Opposition.
This is believed to be in response to a report by the Regime’s Ministry of Intelligence which detailed the power of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) and the progress they have made.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Warning over the recent changes in international situation, regime’s sidelined band has called on Khamenei to accede to major overhaul within the regime.
Mostafa Tajzadeh, one of the figures close to regime’s sidelined band, has said that “one of the reasons it’s necessary to pay attention to national reconciliation, is the current international situation. With Trump in power, we (regime) is being threatened by some possibilities resolving which needs collaboration and coordination of all forces, as it seems that Trump is looking for an excuse to settle the accounts with Iran.”
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Amazon.com announced it plans to stop selling and delivering goods to Iranian individuals and entities subject to sanctions by the US government.
Tasnim news agency quoted Seattle Times that Amazon.com disclosed this week that it may have violated the law by selling and delivering goods to Iranian individuals and entities covered by U.S. sanctions.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister announced that the country will not be in any of the international and regional conflicts.
Reuters reports on Saturday February 11th that Mr. Abadi made the remarks on state television.
These remarks came after the first telephone conversation between Iraqi Prime Minister and the US President Donald Trump, where there were some talks about tensions between Iran and the US.
Iran Focus
London, 13 Feb – Mohammad Reza Bahonar, Iran’s former MP said even if all the sanctions were lifted, only 30 percent of the problems would be resolved.
Bahonar added that the army of the unemployed in our country was a serious threat to the nation’s assets, and unfortunately every family has a couple of unemployed at home.
