North Korea preparing long-range missile test: RIA cites Russian lawmaker Kim Jong Un looks on during the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14, in this photo released July 5, 2017 MOSCOW (Reuters)OCT. 6, 2017 -- North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile which it believes can reach the west coast of the United States, a Russian lawmaker just returned from a visit to Pyongyang was quoted as saying on Friday. Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, and two other Russian lawmakers visited Pyongyang on Oct. 2-6, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. “They are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile. They even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the west coast of the United States,” RIA quoted Morozov as saying.      North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Command of the Strategic Force ...

Appeasing Iran failed.. How to move on? US President Donald Trump By: Shahriar Kia  Riyadh Daily, September 28, 2017   - The Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was eventually signed in 2015 after a series of initially covert, and thus overt talks amongst various parties. While the deal was boasted of enjoying a long slate of strengths, its imperfections were cloaked by JCPOA advocates – led by senior Obama administration officials – and allowed the broader challenges posed by Iran to go unanswered. All, from left to right, liberal to conservative, Democrat, and Republican, must come to realize that the rendered cons of the Iran nuclear deal completely overshadow the very few pros. However, defined, the West has appeased Iran and given way for Tehran to continue advancing its ballistic missile arsenal, dispatch proxies across the Middle East and escalate domestic human rights violations, all...

Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Various Measure to Strength Hezbollah Sanctions US House Foreign Affairs Committee House foreign affairs committee, 09.28.17 Washington, D.C . – The House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine measures, including two measures to further sanction Hezbollah (H.R. 3329 and H.R. 3342) and a measure to strengthen U.S.-Africa trade (H.R. 3445). On the measures to further sanction Hezbollah, Chairman Royce said:  “Hezbollah and Iran are reportedly introducing game-changing facilities into the region—independent factories that can produce rockets to be used against Israel and our allies.  We also have reports of missile factories opening up in Lebanon near mosques, homes, hospitals, and schools.  It is clear that Hezbollah intends to increase their exploitation of Lebanese civilians as defenseless human shields.  So today the Committee is taking action against Hezbollah and its sp...

+EIL+ In den letzten 24 Stunden ermordete Russland über 50 Zivilisten in den „Waffenstillstands-Zonen“ Syriens. Darunter mehr als 15 Kinder.

The world must stop ignoring Iran's pattern of obstructing nuclear inspections Giving Tehran a free pass is simply too dangerous by Alejo Vidal-Quadras   Washington Examiner, Sept. 27, 2017  - The Islamic Republic of Iran has demonstrated a long pattern of obstruction regarding inquiries and investigations into its nuclear activities, and that pattern persists more than two years after the conclusion of a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers. The conclusion of that agreement in 2015 was to some extent dependent upon the neglect of certain controversial issues, including access to Iranian military sites, where the regime apparently carried out research and development related to weaponization aspects of the country's nuclear program. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action effectively skirted this issue by making it theoretically possible for the International Atomic Energy Agency to ask for and receive access to military sites...

IAEA chief calls for clarity on disputed section of Iran nuclear deal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General  IAEA  reacts during an interview with Reuters at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 26, 2017 VIENNA, Reuters , SEPTEMBER 26, 2017  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief urged major powers on Tuesday to clarify a part of their nuclear deal with Iran dealing with technology that could be used to develop an atom bomb, an area Russia said the agency should leave alone. The 2015 pact between six major powers and Iran restricts its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Compliance with those curbs is being verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano has defended the deal as a major step forward while declining to comment specifically on criticism of it by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has c...

Iran : Production and testing of new ballistic missiles by the mullahs’ regime and the need for a decisive policy National Council of Resistance of Iran On Saturday, September 23, the religious fascism ruling Iran informed of test launching a new ballistic missile named Khorramshahr. The range of the missile, which was shown on a military parade the previous day, is said to be the commander of the air force of the Army, is 2000 km, and has the ability to carry several warheads, according to the IRGC Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of IRGC Aerospace. The purpose of the mullahs’ regime for the development of ballistic missiles is to explicitly violate  United Nations  Security Council resolution 2231, and, on the other hand, to pave the way for intensifying the war and terrorist interventions in the region and cover up the internal crises. This action well confirms the fact that the unjustified concessions received in the nuclear deal not...

Man arrested over London train bomb attack Two people were arrested in Newport in Wales last week over the London Underground train bombing this month that left 30 people injured LONDON, AFP , 25 September 2017  - Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man in Wales in connection with the London Underground train bombing this month, bringing the number of people in custody to four. The man was arrested before dawn by counter-terrorism officers in the Welsh capital Cardiff and has been taken to a police station in London for questioning. Police did not name the suspect but said he was arrested under the Terrorism Act. An 18-year-old man, Ahmed Hassan, was charged on Friday with attempted murder and the use of explosives. Two other men, aged 25 and 30, who were arrested in Newport in Wales last week, are still being questioned. Placed on a packed train during morning rush hour, the improvised device injured 30 people when it went off despite apparently ...

Is Iran’s enhanced ballistic missile capability a calculated move? By Heshmat Alavi Special to Al Arabiya English Monday, 25 September 2017 Text size  A   A   A As the North Korea nuclear standoff and the future of Iran’s nuclear deal has absorbed an all-too enormous amount of international attention, a more important prism on Iran’s regional hostility must not go neglected. During the United Nations General Assembly the controversial nuclear pact, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), took center stage once again. All the while Tehran has throughout the years overtly and covertly pursued a massive campaign hinging on meddling and extending its lethal ideology of Islamic fundamentalism across the Middle East. The rendered atrocities can be witnessed across the region, especially in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. This threatens the very fabric of the Middle East populace and bears the potential of plunging thi...