Iran Focus
London, 24 Sep – Iran needs massive investments to rebound from its economic chaos. In the absence of a robust domestic economy, that investment can only be obtained from external sources, a prominent expert on Iranian affairs wrote in TownHall.com.
Mohammad Amin, a senior research fellow for the Paris-based Fondation d’Etudes pour le Moyen-Orient, FEMO, (Foundation for the Study of the Middle East), wrote in an op-ed in Town Hall
Iran Focus
London, 24 Sep – Russia and Iran have stepped up coordination inside Syria as they move to protect Bashar al-Assad’s control over his coastal stronghold, according to officials in the US and Middle East, creating a new and complicating issue for Washington’s diplomatic goals.
Senior Russian and Iranian diplomats, generals and strategists have held a string of high-level talks in Moscow in recent months to discuss Assad’s defense and the Kremlin’s military buildup in Syria, The Wall Street Journal quoted these officials as saying.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 22 Sep – Shahin Jafari, a 19-year old shot-put silver medalist from Iran in the Asia Games held in China, has been seen in Tehran as a street vendor trying to make a living.
Jafari, who also set a new record in Iran in 2012, says he lives in poverty and has received no reward or support for his achievements. In fact, after the Asia Games when he hurt his ankle the track and field federation wasn’t even willing to send a letter so he would be able to receive free medical care.
Iran Focus
New York, 22 Sep – On September 28, 2015, Iranian-Americans and supporters of a free and democratic Iran will gather in New York City to rally against the presence of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly. The rally is being organized by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC).
Washington, 22 Sep – The United States must use its moral authority and control of the sanctions-relief purse strings not only to try to change the Iranian regime’s behavior but to push for democracy and human rights in Iran, former US Congressman Patrick Kennedy said.
“Lest anyone forgets, Iran is executing political prisoners by the hundreds. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations note with horror that since the “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani took office, nearly 1,500 citizens have been hanged in Iran, including dissidents, juveniles and women”, wrote Kennedy in an article in the Chicago Tribune on Monday.
Iran Focus
Tehran, Sep 20 – Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 11 people near Tehran and in Iran’s southern provinces, state television said.
Six people died in the city of Pakdasht, south-east of Tehran, on Friday when a river broke its banks as they had a picnic.
By Ehsan Qaraee
In this series of articles, I will discuss the 8-year war between Iran and Iraq during the 1980’s, and the history behind it. In order to cover the many aspects of this historical event, I will focus on a few points in each article.
The Iranian regime called this conflict the “Imposed War” or “Holy Defense”. However, the question remains, was this war really an act of defense, or was it imposed on the nation?
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
A recent article by the Daily Beast is making headlines and further exposing the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) for what is, a tool to promote economic ties with the mullahs in Iran.
The expose, entitled The Shady Family Behind America’s Iran Lobby , ran this past Tuesday provides an exhaustive background on the connections between NIAC, the Namazi family, and the Iranian regime, underscoring how these three seemingly disparate interests relentlessly pursued the removal of sanctions on Iran, each for their own benefits.
Washington, 18 Sep – A former Iranian political prisoner has described his experience during the seven years he spent in Iran’s jails. Karim Moradi, an Iranian human rights activist and member of the Society of Iranian Political Prisoners, gave his account of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran in an article on Friday in TheHill.com:
London, 6 Sep – Eleven months after the arrest of Nahid Gorji in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, and considering her decreasing psychological conditions while in detention, there is still no precise information about the status of her dossier and the charges raised against her, the main Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported.
