By Staff writer, SF

The US has taken a tough stance on the Iranian Regime ever since Donald Trump came to power in 2017.

This can be seen in the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018 and subsequent reimbursement of sanctions, as well as this month’s decision to place the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the US State Department’s List of Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs).

By Armin Baldwin

The first Iranian woman to compete in an official boxing match has cancelled plans to return to Iran after a warrant was issued in Tehran for her arrest, according to her representative on Wednesday.

Sadaf Khadem, 24, beat French boxer Anne Chauvin in the fight on Sunday, April 14, in western France.

by Atousa Pilger

Despite the almost complete defeat of ISIS, Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria are still facing persecution, but this time from Iran, according to the CEO of the Knights of Columbus.

Carl Anderson wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the religious minorities still live in “peril” because of the Iraqi government's tolerance of the Iranian Regime’s influence. This means that many minority groups, who fled the country to escape ISIS just a few years ago are either staying away or fleeing again.

by Navid  Felker

In terms of international norms and ethics, the Trump administration’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity is certainly fitting, as the IRGC and its overseas operations unit, the Quds Force, are believed to be the primary terrorist agencies in the world today.