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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.

ANALYSIS: IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR IRAQ WITHOUT IRAN?

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22 August 2017 By Heshmat Alavi  The military phase of the fight against ISIS is winding down  after the liberation of Mosul , and the battle for the nearby  town of Tal Afar  is predicted to end soon. This has provided an opportunity for Iraq to begin distancing itself from the influence gained by  Iran  following the disastrous 2003 war , and returning to its true Arabic heritage.Iraq was known as a melting pot where Arabs, Kurds  and Turkmens lived alongside and in mixed societies for centuries. Prior to Iran gaining its disastrous sway across Mesopotamia, this was a land where the majority of Shiites lived and prospered with their Sunni, Christian, Yazidi and all other religious minority brothers. Has not the time arrived for  Iraq  to regain its true position as part of the Arab world, and rid its soil of the meddling of Iran’s clerics?

Senior US Senators Meet Iran Opposition Leader In Albania

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By: Dr. Majid Rafizadeh 08/12/2017 While August seems usually a passive time of the year in politics, it has  been  quite the opposite for Iran and the wide variety of developments around this controversial international dossier. A senior  delegation  of  United States  Senators travelled to Tirana, the capital of Albania, today, August 12, 2017, to meet the Iranian opposition  leader  Maryam Rajavi , who heads the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The  delegation ,  Senators Roy Blunt , Vice President of the Republican Conference, and member of the Appropriation, Select Intelligence, Rules and Administration, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation committees; John Cornyn, the Majority Whip, and a member of the Judiciary, Select Intelligence, and Finance committees; and Thom Tillis, a member of the Armed Services, Judiciary, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs committees, also visited members of ...

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.

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 .

Protests Over European and Western Officials Attending Rouhani Inauguratio

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As the cries throughout the international community continue to lean toward regime change in  Iran , the latest Iranian election has resulted in a second term for Rouhani, who has the interests of the regime in the forefront.

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.

Analysis: Iran's History and the Continued Irresistible Violence

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By Tony Duheaume         7 July 2017              From its very inception, the Iranianregime has relied on extreme violence against its own people to retain a grip on power, and from mass murder in its prison system, to torture, to public hangings, this cycle of violence has continued for almost four decades. With all ages being targeted, from children as young as twelve to elderly men in their nineties, it has been estimated that over 120,00 have already been executed in Iran for various crimes against the state. Leading up to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s return, from exile on 1 February 1979, with rioting on the streets having lasted several months, the Shah’s ill-trained military had begun to open fire on unarmed civilians, killing hundreds in the process. So, with the Shah now gone, and his troops lacking the ability to quell the mass of revolutionary movements ranged against them, they decided i...