Captain Sean R. Liedman, a retired captain from the U.S. Navy gave his thoughts about the Iran nuclear deal and the recent attacks in Yemen in an article on the USNI News’ website. He said that recent events are proof that Iran has widening influence in the region and that the Iran nuclear deal has done nothing but help Iran with this. The deal was supposed to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state, but the cash it received as part of the deal is supporting proxy groups.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has exposed the internal issues that are causing problems within the Iranian regime. There is more and more infighting and power struggles are coming to the surface in “unprecedented levels”.
Maryam Akbari Monfared lost four members of her family at the hands of the Iranian regime. Her story, told by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) is heart-breaking. Her sister and a brother were killed for supporting the PMOI (mek) during the 1988 massacre.
Fox News has reported that Iran is pursuing several billion dollars from the United States. In return, they will free several U.S. hostages that are still being held in Iran. These reports from Iran’s state-run press is bringing the so-called “ransom” payment from earlier in the year into question. In January, just after the nuclear deal came into effect, the Obama administration paid $1.7 billion in cash to Iran on the same day Iran released several U.S. hostages.
Mohammad Reza Badamchi, a member of the reactionary Parliament from Tehran, spoke in Parliament on 18th October. He spoke about the horrific wave of poverty, unemployment and hunger in Iran. He said that due to the ignorance and neglect of some officials, many opportunities have been missed over the past few years. He said: “…the unworthy have placed a lot of obstacles in the way of growth and development of the country, a huge amount of news in media and social research is dedicated to the too bitter and heart-rending content on the devastating tsunami of poverty, hunger and unemployment.”
On 15th October 2016, Struan Stevenson, President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), gave a speech at the University of California in Berkeley.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported that there was a staged protest at the Namazi Hospital of Shiraz in southern Iran. They were protesting the status of their pay and stopped working for a day.
On 12th October the online News Agency reported supervisor of Namazi Hospital, Dr. Mohammadreza Edraki, saying that the situation is critical. Edraki said: “The health insurance organization has not paid the 6-month dues to this medical-education center. Like the other authorities, we are also concerned about this problem.”
In an article on the English version of Al Arabiya’s website, it has been announced that the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and their Turkish counterpart “Mevlut Cavusoglu” have urged Iran to stop its sectarian interferences in the region.
In a joint press conference with Cavusoglu following the GCC-Turkey ministerial meeting, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, urged “Iran and Iraq to refrain from promoting sectarianism in the region”.
Senators in the U.S. are seeking to instigate an official inquiry by the Pentagon into an attack on U.S. Navy by Houthi rebel forces, reports the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
They are concerned that Iran used some of the $1.7 billion payment from the US to fund an attack and support Houthi terrorist forces in Yemen. This money has been labelled a “ransom” to free the U.S. hostages. This could mean that American taxpayers could be “unknowingly sponsoring terrorist organisations”, said the NCRI.
Human Rights Watch have published an article on their website concerning Iran’s right to host a volleyball tournament. They say that the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) “should cease awarding Iran the right to host FIVB international tournaments until the country ensures that female spectators can freely attend volleyball matches in the country”.
