by Navid Felker
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani warned the United States against threatening its oil exports this weekend. He said: “We’re not fighting or at war with any country, but the enemies have to clearly understand that war with Iran will be the mother of all wars and likewise peace with Iran is the mother of all peace.”
by Staff writer, SF
The people of Iran are desperate for change. They have spent almost 40 years suffering under a cruel and torturous regime and they want freedom and democracy and human rights. Even the young people of Iran who know no other Iran are taking to the streets in an effort to bring change.
by Navid Felker
Belgian authorities arrested a married couple of Iranian origin on June 30 after finding that they were in possession of a powerful explosive that they intended to carry to Paris to bomb the Free Iran gathering that was organised by Iranian dissidents.
by Staff writer, SF
Following the Helsinki Summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, it became very clear that the security issue regarding Syria was extensively discussed. The Russian president said that Trump had paid “particular attention” to the security of the region because of the Syrian conflict.
by Atousa Pilger
Razavi Khorasan Province lies in the northeast part of Iran. Its capital is the holy city of Mashhad. History shows that signs of any social and political crises in Iran tend to appear in this region first.
Both the 1992 riots to the nationwide protests in late December / January unfolded in Mashhad before spreading to other parts of Iran.
by Staff writer, SF
Hundreds of angry shopkeepers at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar took to the streets over the downward spiral in value of the Iranian currency. Their protest has been suppressed by the regime. It has been reported that excessive force was used to quell the demonstrations.
Still, the sentiments that drove the protests are prevalent, so the regime only bought itself some time before more protests break out, because the regime has failed to address the crumbling Iranian economy.
by Navid Felker
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif recently wrote a letter complaining 27 absurd conditions for any new nuclear deal with the US, in response to the speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that outlined 12 reasonable conditions for any deal with Iran.
One of Zarif’s conditions was that the US stop resorting to the threat or use of force (a breach of the UN charter) when conducting business with Iran, which was an odd thing to stipulate considering that the Iranian Regime has both made threats of force and attempted to use force itself in just the past couple of weeks.
by Azita Carlson
Every year, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) holds a “Free Iran” rally in Paris. It is traditionally attended by tens of thousands of Iranians from all over the world and hundreds of international politicians, officials, former officials, human rights activists, lawmakers and dignitaries. Every year the rally gets bigger and the support for the main opposition to the Iranian regime grows.
The Iranian regime sees the main opposition as a major threat. And for good reason. The NCRI values all of the things that the Iranian regime does not – human rights, freedom, democracy, equality, and so on.
by Staff writer, SF
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said last week that Iran would block all exports through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if countries agreed to stop buying Iranian oil from November to avoid US sanctions.
This could cause serious problems if Iran follows through on this threat, because almost a fifth of global oil consumption passes through there.
by Armin Baldwin
Iran diplomat and three other held over terror plot against resistance in Europe
An Iranian diplomat allegedly involved in the attempted bombing of an Iranian opposition rally in France last month was charged in Germany on Wednesday with activity as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit murder.
