iran panorama

By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh The Iranian regime’s terrorist activities appear to be on the rise on European soil. This issue is intriguing due to the fact that the EU has been pursuing appeasement policies toward the Islamic Republic, such as introducing various mechanisms in order to assist the Iranian leaders in circumventing the US primary, and upcoming secondary, sanctions. Tehran seems to have established formidable terror cells across Europe. Most recently, Iran’s attacks have been detected in Northern Europe, in the Scandinavian country of Denmark. Danish officials have accused Tehran of attempting to carry out a terrorist plot by assassinating an Iranian-Arab opposition figure — the leader of the Danish branch of the separatist Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz. In such incidents, several of the regime’s institutions play critical roles. These include the Ministry of Intelligence (Ettela’at), spies and age...

By  Reza Hoseani On October 21, 2018, a mercenary terrorist of the Iranian regime was arrested in Denmark, Danish security services said on Tuesday that a Norwegian-Iranian in this country was arrested on charges of collaborating with the Iranian regime’s MOIS and efforts aimed at attacking members of the Al-Ahvaz Movement. According to the Danish police in the case, the Norwegian and Swedish security services also collaborated with the Danish police. The identity of the accused has not yet been disclosed and will be held in custody by November 8, according to the Associated Press. Danish prime minister Burke Anderson said: "The Danish security service searched for fear of an imminent assault, and the Danish border was closed to Germany and Sweden. In their follow-up, inspectors found evidence of illegal activity of Iran in relation to the opponents of the Islamic Republic. The Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen, said on Tuesday that "it is totally ...

By Shahriar Kia Former MEP Struan Stevenson has disputed claims that the collapse of the Iranian regime will cause more problems that what it would solve. For almost forty years, the Iranian regime has been suppressing, oppressing and depriving the people of Iran of their human rights, freedom and democracy. The regime is based on these practices and nothing will change that. Some believe that the Iranian regime needs to be nudged in the right direction in order for change to come to Iran. However, this is completely false. After all, former President Barack Obama gave Iran so many concessions in the belief that it would become more moderate. This never happened. In fact, Obama’s appeasement had the opposite effect – it became emboldened and continued with its anti-America rhetoric. Some have also said that President Hassan Rouhani is more moderate than the other members of the Iranian regime but moderation does not exist. Not one official can be described as truly moderate and ...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Denmark in a tweet for uncovering the plot and said that for 40 years Iran has made Europe a target of terror attacks. Secretary Pompeo ✔ @SecPompeo We congratulate the government of # Denmark on its arrest of an Iranian regime assassin. For nearly 40 years, Europe has been the target of # Iran -sponsored terrorist attacks. We call on our allies and partners to confront the full range of Iran’s threats to peace and security. 6:09 PM - Oct 30, 2018 10.8K 5,068 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) is the national security and intelligence agency of Denmark. Agency executive Finn Borch Andersen made an announcement at a press conference to explain the agency’s actions on September 28th, when a number of roads, bridges, and ferry routes were closed during a massive manhunt. According to Andersen, an assassination p...

By Amir Taghati According to a state expert, close to a quarter of Iran’s population are rural residents, and consequently, there is an increasing rate of child labour witnessed as Kolbars (humans used as carriers) and vendors (selling items in the street). According to official government reports, there are nearly 2 million child workers in Iran now, and according to “unofficial reports, 7 million”. According to a report released by the state-run news ILNA (October 13th, 2018), Hadi Shariati labels child work a “very significant issue” and describes that the age gaps observed across child labour is continuing to increase just as fast. Shariati explains: “the crisis witnessed across our country’s economy and education has greatly impacted the livelihood of many families, and consequently, has resulted in many children, even under the school age, resorting to things like garbage collecting, panhandling, and vending”. Economic Violence While warning of the “harsh cir...

By Mahmoud Hakamian Since the end of last year, the people of Iran have been protesting against the corrupt regime. People were initially protesting against the general issues that affected most of the population such as the Iranian regime’s mismanagement of the country’s economy and resources. However, as time has gone on, the protests have been becoming more and more specific and different sectors of society have been highlighting issues that personally affect them. Most recently, railway workers have been striking. On Saturday 27th October, there were a large number of messages posted on social media with regards to a railway worker strike. The strikes are still continuing. The railway workers have the responsibility of keeping the network running 24/7. The current strike is the third major strike that the railway workers have initiated in the past 6 months. They have held smaller strikes intermittently between the major ones. One of the major grievances of the railway work...

By Mohammad Sadat Khansari It was reported last week that there is an internal dispute in the Trump administration with regards to the sanctions on Iran. European leaders have put pressure on the United States to keep Iran in contact with the international marketplace. President Donald Trump and several of his officials have been very clear on the fact that they want to put intense economic pressure on Iran. However, there are several Treasury Department officials that seem to have been influenced by Europe’s stance to keep Iran connected to SWIFT. This is causing a lot of tension and many are keen to keep up with the hard stance towards Iran. Senator Ted Cruz has stepped in with new legislation to ensure that the main sanctions are not bypassed. His legislation would apparently target the board members of SWIFT that are allowing Iran to use the banking system. The SWIFT banking system allows Iran to carry out cross-border transactions and it has been a lifeline for Iran...