Iran; Farmers gather in Isfahan to protest lack of water 3/25/2018 9:04:08 PM Hundreds of farmers from cities and towns around the central city of Isfahan gathered Iran, Isfahan, March 24, 2018  – Based on a previous call, hundreds of farmers from cities and towns around the central city of Isfahan gathered at the iconic Pol e-Khajoo (Khajoo Bridge) in the center of the city to join other farmers to protest a plan by the government to dry up the once major and great river in Isfahan. This river has been running in Isfahan for past thousands of years and Khajoo Bridge, a historical structure was built more than 400 years ago. The gathering of the farmers to mark their protest took place on Friday, March 23rd, despite a heavy police presence to prevent the gathering to form.

US prepares to leave Iran deal, even as talks with Europe continue 3/22/2018 7:29:11 PM US officials are taking a two-track approach to the Iran nuclear deal WASHINGTON (CNN) Mar 21, 2018  -- US officials are taking a two-track approach to the Iran nuclear deal, negotiating with allies to make changes demanded by President Donald Trump even as they prepare to walk away from the international agreement. Trump set a May 12 deadline -- the next date by which he has to waive sanctions against Iran or leave the deal -- for the US and its European allies to agree on changes to address what he sees as its flaws. The President's thinking, officials say, is that if the US and Europe are united on amending the deal, the other signatories -- Russia and China -- will come along, and Iran will have no choice but to comply.    A 'terrible' deal    European allies say they will not consider changes to the agreement but the gulf between the al...

Iran ISNA news agency: 'This is not Fire Festival, it’s a street war' 3/13/2018 6:14:12 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print haunted by the Fire Festival uprising today Iran, Tehran, March 13, 2018  - The government run student news agency, ISNA, haunted by the Fire Festival uprising today, wrote: 'If what has been happening in the name of Fire Festival, for the past few years, is really an Iranian tradition, I prefer to change my nationality to one of those primitive African tribes… What is happening as 'Fire Festival' is not a celebration or festivity, but rather, it is a street war. What we have been witnessing for the past several years has been hand-made bombs and firecrackers, breaking windows and burning cars.' This government source admitted: 'There is no solution for this. Not police, fire department and emergency hospital high alerts, nor Hollywood style movie clips where celebrities give useless advice.' ...

Iran: Traffic plan for vehicles and motorcycles in the city of Nahavand, fearful of unrests during the Fire Festival 3/12/2018 4:11:31 PM police vehicles and motorcycles in the capital Tehran Iran, March 12, 2018  - Following fearful, but comprehensive measures, taken by the Mullahs regime to curb unrests during the Fire Festival, a security force authority from the city of Nahavand, North of the capital Tehran, said on March 11th: 'The traffic plan for vehicles and motorcycles commuting in Nahavand's busy streets will take effect beginning at 1600 hours on Tuesday before traditional ceremonies begin.' Instead of explaining about this illegal measure, which is only geared towards preventing any gatherings and uprisings from being materialized, he boasted preposterously: 'citizens must learn to act within the frameworks of law.'

Iran: Banning the distribution and sale of fuel by fuel trucks, collecting garbage bins in Tehran 3/12/2018 7:08:14 PM Tehran’s municipality declared that the distribution of gas in fuel trucks and the sale of gasoline in plastic containers have been banned Iran, March 12, 2018  - Tehran’s municipality declared that the distribution of gas in fuel trucks and the sale of gasoline in plastic containers have been banned during the National Fire Festival holidays. The municipality also added that its agents will collect garbage bins from across the city for that day. An official in the 6th district of the municipality stressed that Tehran’s gas stations must refuse to sell fuel to those who want to carry the gas in containers, adding: “we will collect every inflammable material in the city ranging from tree branches, worn-out vehicle tires, to any single material that can be set alight.”

Royce, Engel Introduce Bill Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps 3/2/2018 11:30:51 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)     Washington, D.C., March 1, 2018  – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5132 to crack down on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. Notably, the bipartisan bill authorizes the administration to sanction entities in which the IRGC has an ownership stake of less than 50 percent, significantly raising the stakes for anyone doing business with the IRGC. Chairman Royce on H.R. 5132: “As Iran’s most powerful economic actor, the Revolutionary Guards Corps bankrolls terror and Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. Yet hundreds of its front companies have yet to be sanctioned. This bipartisan bill will close that gap. It will cut off cas...

U.N. council mulls condemning Iran over Yemen's Houthis' getting missiles 2/18/2018 5:05:58 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print UN Security Council is mulling resolution condemning Iran (Reuters) FEBRUARY 17, 2018  - - Britain, the United States and France want the  United Nations  Security Council to condemn Iran for failing to stop its ballistic missiles from falling into the hands of Yemen’s Houthi group and commit to take action over the sanctions violations, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Saturday. The draft text to renew U.N. sanctions on Yemen for another year would also allow the 15-member council to impose targeted sanctions for “any activity related to the use of ballistic missiles in Yemen.” Britain drafted the resolution in consultation with the United States and France before giving it to the full council on Friday, diplomats said. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been lobbying for months...

Iran Supreme Leader Says U.S. ‘Even Worse’ Than ISIS After Bombing Iranian backed militants In Syria 2/9/2018 11:29:47 PM Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei addresses air force commanders BY TOM O'CONNOR   Newsweek, Feb. 9, 2018 -  Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned U.S. foreign policy across the Middle East, accusing Washington of destabilizing the region through its intervention. Khamenei made the remarks Thursday while addressing a gathering of air force commanders in Tehran, which last month was rocked by protests that Iran suspected of being partially instigated by the U.S, Israel and Saudi Arabia. The top cleric said the U.S. had created the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), which once claimed nearly half of Iraq and Syria, and the U.S. was responsible for the death and destruction it caused. In response, he said, Iran’s primary goal was to “stand against cruelty and corruption at the international level and...

#Iran - On Saturday, December 20, 2018, a group of #workers of the municipality of Bandar-Mahshahr gathered to protest against the non-payment of their salarie. #IranProtests #HumanRights 1:23 AM - 21 Jan 2018

Iranian tanker collides with Chinese ship, spills oil 1/7/2018 10:38:47 AM Iranian oil tanker collided with a Chinese ship catching fire and spilling oil BEIJING (Reuters) JANUARY 7, 2018  - A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing its cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, the Chinese government said. The Sanchi tanker, registered in Panama, collided with the CF Crystal about 160 nautical miles off the coast near Shanghai on Saturday, the Ministry of Transportation said in statement. The tanker’s 32 crew members were missing. It was sailing from Iran to South Korea, carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra light crude. That is equivalent to just under 1 million barrels, worth about $60 million, based on global crude oil prices. “Sanchi is floating and burning as of now,” the ministry said. “There is an oil slick and we are pushing forward with ...