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Iran Focus London, 30 Mar - There are some people who are greatly concerned about Donald Trump’s appointment of John Bolton as his new national security advisor, including the former top Obama officials who now run the National Security Action group. The group is chaired by Ben Rhodes, a top Obama adviser who has now admitted to creating an “echo chamber” of lies, distortions and spin to promote the Iran nuclear deal, and Jake Sullivan, who likely would have served as national security adviser in Hillary Clinton’s cabinet. Recently, National Security Action tweeted: “ John Bolton  is at the nexus of Russia's interference in our democracy and the NRA's reckless agenda. It's time to delve deeper into the web of connections among Bolton, Russia, and the NRA.” To be clear, there’s no evidence that Bolton helped Russia hack the US 2016 elections. According to Seth Mandel at the New York Post, the only Bolton-Russia link is the fact that he once recorded a pro-gun ...

in Share Iran Focus London, 31 Mar - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s high-profile visit to the White House is significant because his discussions with US President Trump were tied to the upcoming quarterly deadline to assess whether Tehran is complying with the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Trump made his opposition to the JCPOA a central position in his presidential campaign, and it is uncertain whether the US will pull out of the agreement. Following the Crown Prince’s visit, in a move that received widespread international condemnation, Yemen’s Houthi militia launched seven ballistic missiles targeting civilian areas in Saudi Arabia. In Washington, the attacks are viewed as an Iranian attempt to escalate the war in Yemen as part of a strategic effort to undermine the growing US-Saudi relationship. Trump’s recent appointment of John Bolton as his national security adviser and Mike Pompeo as secretary of state ...

NCRI Staff NCRI - Donald Trump’s appointment of former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton as national security advisor has been the subject of much criticism recently because many believe that Bolton will put Trump on a path to war with Iran. Those people are missing one important fact: Iran is already at war with the West. In fact, by causing so much conflict across the Middle East (i.e. Yemen, Iraq, and Syria), Iran is already jeopardising American security interests. So it makes sense for the US to send a strong message to Iran about their nuclear pursuits and other malign activities to actually reduce the likelihood of another American war in the Middle East. That is Bolton’s appointment does. If you don’t want an all-out war with Iran, then you need to support Bolton’s appointment as the White House attempts to confront Iran’s destabilisation of the Middle East. After all, the current assertiveness of the US has already given small victories. For example, there...

by Mahmood Hakamian  This article is exploring what happened to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran  (PMOI/MEK ) during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. In this part, we will cover how the Shah tried and failed to crush the MEK in the lead up to the Revolution. Starting in 1971, the MEK was arrested on masse by the Shah’s secret police, SAVAK. This had already happened to many other political groups opposed to the monarchy, but the MEK had only just begun to launch their crusade against the monarchy after being founded in 1965 and flying under the radar while they formulated their plans for the removal of the Shah. The MEK believed that they would continue the work of the revolutions from the earlier part of the 20 th  Century, like the 1906 Constitutional Revolution and the 1950 Mossadeq national movement, and bring freedom and democracy to Iran with the removal of the monarchy. Executions and imprisonments Around 150 members of the MEK, including all ...

in Share By Jubin Katiraie In this short series, we will explore what happened to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This first part will explore how the MEK were treated by the Shah throughout the 1970s until he left Iran in 1979. In the years prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, political groups opposed to the Shah were rounded up and arrested by SAVAK, the Shah's secret police. This included the MEK, which had been founded in 1965 and was not fully operational by the time the arrests started in 1971 because the MEK members were taking their time to formulate their strategy and goals in order to find a way to overthrow the Shah that would work. Executions The MEK believed that the overthrow of the Shah was a continuation of the political movements that had come before them, including the 1906 Constitutional Revolution and the 1950 Mossadeq national movement, and necessary to restore freedom to Iran....

By Masoud Dalvand This article was first published /herald.report In the first year’s speech in Mashhad, Khamenei tried to give a good picture of the condition of the regime in the most critical areas such as justice, corruption, inflation and poverty, unemployment, and economic uncertainty and the issue of liberties, while the image of the Khamenei and his media at the end of the Iranian year (1396), they presented a condition of the regime, indicating crises and super-challenges. Maryam Rajavi ✔ @Maryam_Rajavi We can, and we must turn the New Year into a year of uprisings # Iran # FreeIran # Nowruz 2:01 PM - Mar 25, 2018 564 534 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The question is, what is the reality at the end? Khamenei tried to give a good and so-called “natural” picture of the condition of the regime in the speech for the beginning of the year, but the result was a reversal. F...