Iran Focus
London, 24 Jan – The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), which has been labelled a terror group by the US Congress, has been gaining influence and getting more power, according to an Iran¬ian-American political scientist.
Iran trains child soldiers
Iran Focus
London, 24 Jan – Iran has begun recruiting child soldiers to its paramilitary Basij unit, some as young as eight-years-old, with the money it has received from the 2015 nuclear accord.
The children are being taught to hate Western values and specifically to hate (and attack) the US, whom they call “the Great Satan”, and Israel, “the Little Satan”.
Smuggling of imports destroys Iranian manufacture and causes high unemployment
Iran Focus
London, 24 Jan – Excessive imports of goods by Iranian institutions has destroyed domestic manufacture and resulted in 100,000 job losses for workers across many sectors.
The level of imported goods has risen to a staggering $1 billion, according to economic experts, and have caused many factories to close.
Tehran Government tries to shake blame for mismanagement of building collapse
Iran Focus
London, 24 Jan – The Iranian Regime has yet again failed to protect its citizens following a building collapse in Tehran, according to a lawyer on the case.
Kambiz Norouzi, a lawyer in Tehran, told the state-run ILNA news agency that Tehranian officials are attempting to absolve their responsibility by claiming to have released warnings about the Plasco Building’s condition.
Iran poses terror threat to Bahrain and other Gulf countries
Iran Focus
London, 23 Jan – The Iranian Regime poses a substantive terror threat to its fellow Gulf countries according to an expert in Middle East politics.
In an op-ed on Al Arabiya, Tony Deheaume wrote that the Iranian mullahs are deeply suspicious of other Gulf countries and wish to replace their leaders with an Iranian-style regime.
23 Former US Officials urge Trump to counter Iranian regime
Iran Focus
London, 23 Jan – Twenty-three former senior US officials have written to Donald Trump, asking him to counter the Iranian regime.
The letter spells out why Trump should instigate talks with the Iranian Resistance.
British-Iranian charity worker has conviction upheld in Iranian appeals court
Iran Focus
London, 23 Jan – A British-Iranian woman has had her five-year sentence upheld in the Iranian appeals court.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation charity, was sentenced in September on unspecified national security charges.
Iran has changed, but not for the better
Iran Focus
London, 23 Jan – Since the 2015 nuclear accord, the Iranian Regime has inexplicably become worse, in spite of the hopes that Western Governments had for the deal.
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Iran: 10 Models Detained
Iran Focus
London, 22 Jan – Following the detainment of dozens of models, the Public Prosecutor of Qazvin Province visited the Cyber Police.
