NCRI, 14 April 2018 It must be complemented by total expulsion of Iran’s IRGC and its mercenaries from all over the region. The targeting of the production and maintenance centers and facilities of the deadly chemical weapons of the brutal dictator of Syria and the
NCRI-US Staff, 13 April 2018 The Assad regime’s recent chemical attack against innocent civilians marks another atrocity in Syria’s multi-year human catastrophe. Hospital reports indicate that the victims all showed signs of chemical exposure. In total, there were over 500 casualties and at least 42
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NCRI-US Staff, 13 April 2018 For nearly two months, farmers and other residents of the Isfahan region in central Iran have taken to the streets to protest the destruction of their crops from the diversion of the Zayanderud River, aggravating the drought that has plagued
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NCRI-US Staff, 13 April 2018 A recent three-day visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with French President Emmanuel Macron has yielded a renewed French commitment to combat the Islamic Republic of Iran’s expansionist Middle East policy. The meeting comes in the wake of
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NCRI-US Staff, 13 April 2018 One of the world’s richest governments continues to lead its people into poverty. While Iran is rich in natural resources, such as gas and oil, the widening gap between the rich and the poor is becoming ever more noticeable. The
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Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Modern Diplomacy, 10 April 2018 In late December 2017 and in January 2018, massive protests erupted throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran. The largest countrywide uprising since 2009 started in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, the second largest city in
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Heshmat Alavi, Forbes, 5 April 2018 Reports of Iran’s regime intending to block the popular messaging app, Telegram, is the source of a variety of reactions. If Iran’s rulers had it their way this platform would be blocked as we speak after similar measures temporarily
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Souad Mekhennet and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post, 3 April 2018 MANAMA, Bahrain — Investigators have uncovered evidence of a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme by a Persian Gulf bank that secretly helped Iran evade sanctions for more than a decade, according to documents filed in a
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Zalmay Khalilzad, Wall Street Journal, 2 April 2018 As Iraqis go to the polls next month, the U.S. needs to counter Tehran’s effort at consolidating its power. Iraq holds elections in May, and Iran is working hard to influence the outcome. Tehran seeks to consolidate
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Mitchell B. Reiss, Richmond Times, 27 March 2018 In Iran today, men and women, young and old, rich and poor, are courageously taking to the streets in ever-greater numbers and frequency to protest a clerical regime that continues to deny them the basic human rights
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