Iran Focus
Washington, 1 Aug – A British lawmaker stated that we cannot expect moderation from Iran, in an opinion piece written for The Hill.
Bob Blackman, the Conservative MP for Harrow East, cited evidence gathered from a recently released United Nations (UN) report which assessed Iran’s compliance with last year’s nuclear agreement.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 1 Aug – The Iranian authorities demolished numerous residents’ homes in an impoverished village, last week, leaving many people homeless.
Komb-e Moradabad Village in the Central District of Chabahar County was invaded by the repressive state security forces on Wednesday, 27 July.
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Paris, 31 Jul – Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met and discussed regional crises on Saturday evening, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said in a statement on Sunday.
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London, 30 Jul – The National Council for Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported on Thursday demonstrations in Tehran in Toopkhaneh Square as thousands of Iranian Turks (Azeris) protested the disparagement of Azeris by state media.
Thousands of angry protesters in Orumiyeh, north-west Iran, were attacked by state security forces (SSF) anti-riot units who shot plastic bullets to the crowd. In Tabriz, marchers expressed their disgust for the repressive policies of the clerical regime, who have repeatedly insulted Iran’s Turks. Here also, SSF agents and anti-riot units attacked the crowd, beating and injuring many.
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London, 30 Jul – Ken Blackwell, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and senior fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance at the Family Research Council, in Washington, D.C., said, in his July 30 article for Town Hall, that Islamic extremism in Iran is one of our main foreign policy challenges.
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London, 29 Jul – Struan Stevenson, the President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), wrote a piece for the Daily Caller criticising America’s resistance to get involved in the Syrian civil war.
Not only has this allowed Bashar al-Assad to slaughter his own people without fear of retribution but it’s also allowed Vladimir Putin and Iran to provide support for the Syrian dictator and increase their own power within the Middle-East, he argues.
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London, 29 Jul – Iran’s regime has tried to perpetrate the myth that there is no viable opposition to its rule, the opponents of the theocratic government say. Tehran has suggested that the Iranian Resistance, made up of groups like the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), does not have the support of the Iranian people.
This insinuates that the only choice for the West is to appease the dictatorship or declare a full-on war; which considering recent Western involvement in the Middle East is an unfavourable option.
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London, 28 Jul – Three retired U.S. generals and a retired U.S. Colonel have taken part in a round table discussion on the Iran’s role in the crises that have engulfed the Middle East.
The panelists were: Gen. James Conway, former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; Air Force General Chuck Wald, former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command; Brig. General David Phillips, former Chief of Military Police; and U.S. Army Col. Wesley Martin, the senior anti-terrorism officer in Iraq from 2003 to 2004 and the senior operations officer for detention operations in Iraq from 2005 to 2006.
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London, 28 Jul – Patrick J. Kennedy, a former U.S. Representative for Rhode Island, wrote a piece for Independent Journal Opinion in which he decried Iran’s crackdown on opposition forces following the success of the “Free Iran” rally in Paris.
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London, 28 Jul – Writing for The Diplomat on July 28, Struan Stevenson, former Member of the European Parliament and President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), argued that the West’s nuclear deal with Iran was in danger of collapse.
