by Navid Felker
The historic agreement between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is an opportunity for the US to ramp up pressure on the Iranian regime and its militias, according to Iranian-American political scientist Dr. Majid Rafizadeh.
by Staff writer, SF
The striking merchants of Tehran’s Bazaar continued their demonstrations on June 26 2018, for the third consecutive day.
The merchants and a crowd of people in the grand Bazaar of Tehran and Sabzeh Meydaan (Vegi Square) staged protest gatherings against the rising currency prices and chanted slogans against the regime’s policies. They were chanting: “Strike will continue” and “Dollar’s rate of ten thousand Toman, we don’t want, we don’t want”.
by Azita Carlson
When Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he gave America the green light to punish the Iranian Regime for its destabilising behaviour with sanctions. However, the US, as powerful as it is, cannot do this alone. America’s allies must stand in support of these sanctions or there is the very real risk that the Regime will be spared punishment.
by Staff writer, SF
Serving at the top of various Algerian governmental departments, Sid Ahmed Ghozali saw the Iran of yesteryear, as well as that of today. This gives him a special insight as to Iran’s future.
In his various roles after the restoration of national sovereignty to Algeria in 1962, which culminated in his appointment as prime minister, he was in contact with Iran both before and after its revolution.
In September 1968 he met with former Prime Minister Manouchehr Iqbal, who was also the head of the Iranian oil company. He says that at that time, he could sense the Iranian people’s “dissatisfaction with the situation and the regime.”
by Staff writer, SF
When US President Donald Trump announced last month that he was pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal, he received criticism from many officials and leaders around the world. Before his decision was announced, European leaders made a desperate bid to convince him to remain in the deal.
by Atousa Pilger
During Lebanon’s 15 years of civil war (1975-1990), despite foreign occupation, the Lebanese state fought to prevent its collapse, as well as sustain a healthy relationship with the international community and its Arab neighbors.
by Armin Baldwin
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal was well received by Iran, but after its inception, Iran’s behavior became more destabilizing and more ambitious. The belief that integration into the global marketplace would provide it with inducements to decrease its aggression, proved unfounded. Under “moderate” President Rouhani, its interventionist policy has only escalated in Yemen and Syria.
by Staff writer, SF
The Iranian Regime needs to alter its malign policy in Syria, following an airstrike that killed and injured dozens of Iranian-backed fighters from the Shi’ite Kata’ib Hezbollah group near to the Iraq-Syria border.
This strike, which is the first of its kind, targeted Iraqi militias, who have been coming into Syria to fight for the Bashar Assad Regime on behalf of Iran, and aimed to cut off Iran’s corridor to the sea, by targeting a strategic area near Albu Kamal.
by Saeed
Since the turn of the year uprising during December and January, when thousands of Iranians marched in more than 140 cities and towns across the Islamic republic, antigovernment demonstrations have rocked Iran. The clerical establishment that forbids public dissent, and has a history of harsh crack-downs on unauthorized protests, is being challenged by its people.
by Staff writer, SF
UN Special Rapporteurs belong to what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. The largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, Special Procedures is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations, or thematic issues in all parts of the world.
