Congress has just introduced a new bill that could put a stop to the business dealings between Iran and aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. This bill is set to challenge Trump’s administration just as he comes into office.
Republican Member of the House Peter Roskam introduced a bill last week that will instigate an investigation to be carried out by the new administration’s Director of National Intelligence into the national airlines of Iran including Iran Air.
Although a ceasefire agreement was made in Syria, Iran is continuing to wreak havoc there, disregarding all hopes for peace. Despite the period of several weeks between November last year and 20th January this month where the White House is getting prepared for the new president great efforts were made to create a ceasefire that would last.
In recent days, twenty-three former officials of the US government sent a letter calling on President-elect Donald Trump to deal with the Iranian opposition group – the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). They advised the Trump administration that the NCRI is a valuable resource and should be consulted for issues regarding foreign policy and Iran.
Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi, adviser of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the terrorist Qods Force, has just been appointed as the new ambassador of the Iranian regime in Iraq. The Asr-e state-run website said that the regime’s embassy in Iraq’s capital is “one of the strategic positions abroad”. It also added that the embassy and it ambassador are considered “of the utmost importance”.
It is surprising how many leaders in the West have decided to disregard information provided by their own intelligence regarding the meddling of Iran in the Middle East.
It has recently been brought to light just how much Obama ignored regarding Iran’s destabilising actions in Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain to name a few places. The Obama administration spent more time appeasing the Iranian regime.
Twenty-three former officials of the US government have called on President-elect Donald Trump to deal with the Iranian opposition group – the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
In a letter to Trump, the 23 former officials advised that the NCRI is a valuable resource to the administration and that he should consult with the group.
The funeral of Rafsanjani, the former President of Iran, brought earlier than expected trouble. The Rafsanjani-Rouhani chanted “these too many people are here for their love for leader”, whereas the other side shouted “dictator, dictator”, “our state television, our shame” and “political prisoners should get released”.
The unrest in society was not just contained in the capital – there were protests in Mashhad where people chanted “Down with Khamenei”.
Iran is dealing with the unknown and uncertainty following the election of Donald Trump. Trump has promised to make big changes in American policy and has harshly criticised the Iran nuclear deal that Obama was so proud of.
On numerous occasions Iran has broken terms of the nuclear deal. It has went over the agreed heavy water stockpile limits. Twice. And since the deal was signed, the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has carried out ballistic missile testing on several occasions. This is an outright disregard of the United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the development of weapons capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
In a recent report, the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence admitted that many young Iranians are turning to the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI / MEK). It also revealed that the MEK has a high status, not just within Iran, but also internationally.
The report was published on the Habilian website which has links to the Ministry of Intelligence. The report said that the MEK was after regime change.
In his January 11 opinion article for The Hill, Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran, participant in international policy forums, including the Policy Studies Organization’s 2016 Middle East Dialogue, discusses Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil, who is faced his Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State on that day.
