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Iran: Nuclear Deal Critics Positive About Trump’s Future Approach

Those who are critical of the way the Obama administration has been dealing with Iran over the past eight years were able to have their say in a meeting on Thursday. They said that Trump is far more aware of the threat the Iranian regime poses than the Obama administration has ever been.

Maryam Rajavi speaks at Friends of a Free Iran conference

Friends of a Free Iran, an inter-parliamentary group at the European Parliament, invited Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), to speak at a conference about the wave of executions in Iran and EU policy. The conference took place on the 7th December – the day before the World Day of Human Rights. Mrs. Rajavi’s full speech can be read on the NCRI’s website.

United Kingdom and Gulf Arab countries confront security issues caused by Iran

The Washington Post has reported that six Gulf Arab countries and the United Kingdom agreed earlier this week to “counter Iran’s ‘destabilizing activities’ in the region. 

The news was announced after a two-day summit in Bahrain of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The countries, especially Saudi Arabia, “have watched with concern as Iran backed Shiite rebels in Yemen and supported embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad”.

Iran: Student Describes Horror of Iran Prison

In an interview with The Express in the United Kingdom, Shabnam Madadzadeh speaks about the terrible abuses she endured during her time in prison in Iran. The 29 year-old computer science student was arrested along with her brother in 2009 on her way to Tehran’s Tarbiat Moalem University. Intelligence officers charged them both for speaking out against the Iranian regime.

The Basij Mostazafan – the Iranian regime’s dogs

Tony Duheaume, for Al Arabiya English, wrote an article about the Basij Mostazafan. He explained that in Iran, ever since the beginning of the revolution which saw the overthrow of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the country has experienced martyrdom and death via the clerical regime.

Iran: Students protest against mullahs’ regime

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported that on 6th December, on the occasion of Student Day, students from various universities from all over Iran took to the streets to protest against the Iranian regime. Students chanted things such as “Students die, but do not accept humiliation” and “political prisoners must be freed”.

Iran: The United States is still an enemy

The Daily Mail in the UK has published an article about how Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani still sees the United States as the enemy, despite the lifting of sanctions. 

Rouhani, who is likely to run for a second term in May next year, has been criticised by conservatives for allowing too many concessions during the nuclear deal negotiations. However, in a speech on Tuesday to university students Rouhani said that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been consulted and Rouhani had not made the decisions alone.

Iran: Intensification of cyberattacks

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): A prominent hacker organization linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has undertaken a covert operation.

Tim Johnson wrote an article about the recent spate of cyberattacks. He said that two government agencies in Saudi Arabia have had an unspecified number of their computers frozen with experts saying that Iran is probably behind the chaos. 

Johnson said: “The attacks are believed to have affected thousands of computers at the Saudi civil aviation and transportation agencies, harkening back to a devastating Iranian cyberattack in 2012 that nearly crippled the Saudi state oil company, Aramco.”

Iranian regime not willing to change pillars of anti-American establishment

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, president of the International American Council on the Middle East, wrote an article about the Iranian regime and its future relationship with the United States.

IRGC commanding war in Syria from Fort Behuth

The Security and Anti-Terrorism Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has released a statement about the involvement of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in Syria. It highlights that their presence in Syria and the transfer of weapons are both blatant violations of UNSC resolutions.

The main command centre and barracks of the IRGC is at “Fort Behuth” which is 30 kilometres away from Aleppo. This site is commanded by IRGC Brigadier General Seyed Javad Ghafari.