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House votes to block aircraft sales to Iran

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BY  CRISTINA MARCOS 09/13/2017 The House adopted measures on Wednesday to prevent  sales of commercial  aircraft to  Iran , despite warnings from some Democrats that it would undermine the international accord to curtail the country’s nuclear weapons program.

Iran’s Challenges in Rouhani’s Second Term

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AUGUST 25, 2017 BY HESHMAT ALAVI he second term of Iranian President  Hassan Rouhani  has officially begun. His first four years were experienced by the people of  Iran , the region and the international community. It is necessary to discuss the challenges his second term will pose. The most important matter in Iranian politics is the issue of hegemony, authority and power. As long as the regime is formed around the supreme leader, known as the  velayet-e faqih , the presidency and his executive branch will literally be functioning to his service and demands. In such a structure, the president in the Iranian regime, now Rouhani , literally enjoys no authority. Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami once described his role as a mere “procurer.”

Iran on the path of North Korea

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August 23, 2017 By  Keyvan Salami Iran can enrich uranium within five days if the  U.S . imposes more sanctions on  Iran , Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's atomic agency head, warned this week. He claimed that  Iran  could achieve 20% enriched uranium in five days – a level at which it could then quickly be processed further into weapons-grade nuclear material. Last week, Iranian  president Hassan Rouhani  announced that Iran could abandon its  nuclear  agreement with world powers " within hours " if the United States imposes any more new sanctions. "If America wants to go back to the experience of imposing sanctions, Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month, but within hours - to conditions more advanced than before the start of negotiations,"  Rouhani told  a session of parliament broadcast live on state television. In response,  U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley  said Iran sho...

Opinion: Couple US sanctions with Middle East expulsion of Iran

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OPINION: COUPLE US SANCTIONS WITH MIDDLE EAST EXPULSION OF IRAN by Shahriar Kia 16 August 2017 Riyadh Daily, 16 August 2017 - The Iranian regime is attempting to secure a corridor through Iraq , Syria , and Lebanon , providing a supply route for its numerous terrorist proxies in the region. Iran ’s clandestine nuclear and ballistic missile drive, support for terrorism and domestic crackdown are all aimed at maintaining the Tehran’s fascist mullahs in power and pursue their regional policies.

NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN, NOW IT'S TIME FOR A NEW US POLICY TOO

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14 August 2017 By Alireza Jafarzadeh On the second anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, some argue that the agreement succeeded in slowing Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapon. However, the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear program are only limited, as is the international inspectors’ access to the country’s illicit facilities.In addition, in areas unrelated to the nuclear agreement,

Tortured by 'Moderates'

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AUG 21, 2017 |  By  KELLY JANE TORRANCE Hassan Rouhani  was sworn in for his second term as president of  Iran  on August 5, surrounded by fresh flowers, fervent followers, and around 500 foreign officials. Representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the United Nations, and the Vatican rubbed shoulders with the Syrian prime minister, Hezbollah second-in-command Naim Qassem, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list member Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, and murderous Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. The Westerners didn’t seem uncomfortable in such company; indeed, European Union foreign policy chief  Federica Mogherini  was described as the star of the show after Iranian members of parliament elbowed through the crowd to take selfies with the diplomat.

How Iran Fears MEK as Its Opposition

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By: Pooya Stone 10 August 2017 The  regime in Iran has come under immense domestic  and international pressure recently. Most vivid are the sweeping sanctions imposed by US Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

How to tackle Iran’s Middle East bellicosity

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By Heshmat Alavi 7 August 2017 Thanks to years of Western appeasement in the face of  Iran’s belligerence  across the  Middle East , evidence of Tehran’s dangerous footprints are now visible in several countries across the region, including even Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The Trump administration , however, has made it quite vivid its adoption of a firm approach. This stance, signaled in the historic May conference in Riyadh, is long overdue and should be enhanced by Washington supporting the Iranian people’s desire for  regime change .

Opinion: Couple US sanctions with Middle East expulsion of Iran

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By: Shahriar Kia  2017-08-01    The  Iranian regime  is attempting to secure a corridor through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, providing a supply route for its numerous terrorist proxies in the region. Iran’s clandestine nuclear  and ballistic missile drive, support for terrorism and domestic crackdown are all aimed at maintaining the Tehran’s fascist mullahs in power and pursue their regional policies.

Who is the MEK?

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NEWS PROVIDED BY National Council of Resistance of Iran-U.S. Representative Office   Nov 20, 2016, 18:17 ET WASHINGTON ,  Nov. 20, 2016  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Formed in 1965, the  People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran  (PMOI/MEK) , the largest and best-organized Iranian opposition movement, is the main component of the coalition,  National Council of Resistance of Iran  (NCRI), which acts as the  parliament-in-exile . The NCRI and MEK, have been  committed  to a secular, democratic, non-nuclear republic; gender equality; freedom of religion, thought, press, and association; support for peace in the  Middle East ; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The president-elect of the NCRI is  Mrs. Maryam Rajavi , who  addressed  a rally of  100,000 in Paris , well attended by dozens of prominent  speakers from all over the world.