Iran Focus
London, 22 October – A member of the Iranian parliament has warned of the danger that poverty, unemployment, and hunger pose to the country.
Iran Regime’s Hostage taking Continues
Iran Focus
London, 22 October – Iran has warned America not to interfere after Washington demanded the release of an American businessman and his elderly father currently imprisoned for espionage.
Siamak and Baqher Namazi, who both hold dual nationality, were sentenced to ten years in jail for spying on behalf of the American Government, on Tuesday.
Flow of weapons from Iran into Yemen
Iran Focus
London, 22 October – Iran has increased the transfer of weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, which may prolong the conflict which has already been going on for 19 months.
This is not a sudden occurrence but has been going on for several months, trafficking arm through the neighbouring country of Oman, according to Reuters.
Iran Regime’s Business of Hostage Taking
Iran Focus
London, 22 October – The Iranian Regime is still seeking billions of dollars from the United States in exchange for the release of new US hostages imprisoned in Iran.
Earlier this year, the US paid $1.7 billion in cash to ensure that Iran would release of several hostages.
Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a new directive to confront an uprising during sham elections
Iran Focus
London, 19 October – The seventy-five-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled the Islamic Republic of Iran for almost twenty-five years. As The Guardian reports, his time in office will expire only on the day he dies. Recent news concerning his health has sparked debates over who will succeed his place in office.
IRAN: Unemployment rate has risen by 1.5% in the second quarter of 2016
Iran’s Center for Statistics states that unemployment is roughly 25% among young people; an increase of 2.5% in the past year.
The Iranian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ali Rabiei, warned back in 2014 that if the economic growth did not reach at least 7% per year, that Iran would not be able to “curb unemployment”.
Mayor of Montreal secret visit to Iran draws criticism
The Mayor of Montreal is revealed to have secretly visited Iran to meet the Mayor of Tehran.
This trip was not revealed via the website of Montreal Mayor, Denis Coderre, which details his trips to Iraq and South America, but via the Iranian Press.
Canadian-Iranians are reported to be furious that Coderre has met with a member of a regime that Canada designates a state sponsor of terrorism.
IRAN: IRGC member killed under torture after refusing to fight in Syria
The Iranian Regime has tortured and killed one of its own Revolutionary Guards because he refused to fight in the Syrian Civil War.
Mohammad Reza Hamidavi, a 27-year-old married father-of-one, refused an order from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to fight in the Syrian Civil War.
Iran provided missiles to Houthis in Yemen
American sources said the missiles fired at the US Navy destroyer USS Mason by Houthis rebels in the Gulf of Aden, were probably provided by Iran.
This failed missile attack occurred at the same time that Iranian news reports revealed that Iranian-made ballistic missile, Zalzal 3, were launched by the rebels in Yemen in order to hit Saudi targets.
IRAN: Poverty forces families to sell babies
A couple in Iran are being forced to sell their new-born triplets because they cannot afford the hospital costs.
The triplets were being sold for 40 million Tomans each (around $1264) but the father has been haggled down to around 20 million.
