Iran is holding the world hostage with its human rights violations 12/21/2017 9:51:21 PM Iran human rights violation has taken the world hostage by Amir Basiri The W Amir Basiri ashington Examiner, Dec. 21, 2017   - Last week, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tacitly threatened that Tehran would resume its nuclear program if European states doubled down on its ballistic missile program and terrorist ventures. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Pool Photo via AP) As the Trump administration tries to rally the world to face off with the Iranian regime on the multitude of threats it poses to world peace and security, Tehran is using every tool at its disposal to prevent a unified global front from taking shape. Last week, Iran’s foreign minister tacitly threatened that Tehran would resume its nuclear program if European states doubled down on its ballistic missile program and terrorist ventures. This week, the regime tried a different tactic. In a...

Trump sets the stage for new policy toward Iran 10/17/2017 8:08:07 PM Iran newspapers wrote about President Trump speech by Amir Basiri Washington Examiner, October 16, 2017  - 'We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout,' President Trump said during his much-anticipated Friday speech, in which he made good on his promise to decertify the nuclear pact forged between Iran and world powers in 2015. While this does not mean the end of U.S. commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA as the accord is formally known, it will entrust Congress with the responsibility to decide the next step. Proponents of the JCPOA, architects of the deal, members of the former U.S. administration, and states engaged in business contracts with the regime criticized Trump's decision. They accused him of being swayed by political and personal impuls...