Ten reasons why the Iranian regime is more dangerous than Daesh Google+ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -KHAMENEI Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Arab News, 16 November 2017  - Western powers place Daesh at the top of their counterterrorism and foreign policy agenda, characterizing the terrorist group as the No. 1 national security threat. Before Daesh, it was Al-Qaeda. This strategic and security prioritization is misplaced. For the following reasons, the Iranian regime is far more of a security threat to the world than non-state terrorist groups such as Daesh. First, the Iranian regime’s leaders and military generals enjoy the legitimacy of the nation-state system endorsed by the UN, even though the regime is neither a democracy nor representative of the Iranian nation. As a result, the interventions, military adventurism and crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Quds Force and their militias draw less attention because the...

VP Mike Pence: US will no longer tolerate Iran's destabilizing activities across the world 10/24/2017 9:54:57 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print US Vice President Mike Pence In a speech on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, US Vice President Mike Pence lashed out against Iran regime and its proxy, Hezbollah which perpetrated, under the direction of mullahs in Iran, the heinous act of bombing of the Marine Barracks. The following is a part of his remarks:  The brutal act that brings us here today was planned and perpetrated by the terrorists of Hezbollah. Under President Trump’s leadership, we've redoubled our commitment to cripple Hezbollah’s terrorist network and bring its leaders to justice. Earlier this year, under President Trump’s leadership, our law enforcement arrested two Hezbollah operatives in New York and Michigan. And earlier this month, our administration announc...

Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, slaps sanctions on IRGC in broadside at ‘radical regime’ 10/14/2017 10:31:29 PM The White House unveils new Iran strategy Fox News, Oct. 14, 2017  - President Trump announced Friday he will decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying he believes the “radical regime” has committed multiple violations of the agreement as he kicked a decision over whether to restore sanctions back to Congress.  “I am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification,” Trump said during a speech at the White House. “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakthrough.” Friday's announcement does not withdraw the United States from the Iran deal, which the president called “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” But the president threatened that he could still ultimatel...

MARYAM RAJAVI WELCOMES THE US POLICY AGAINST THE CLERICAL REGIME AND ITS CRIMES AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE Designation of IRGC, the main instrument of suppression, export of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as a terrorist entity is a long overdue, necessary step towards establishment of peace It is imperative that the National Council of Resistance of Iran be recognized to rectify the past disastrous policy vis-a-vis the people of Iran and Resistance Maryam Rajavi, welcomed the new US policy to "condemn the IRGC’s gross violations of human rights” in Iran and “to deny the Iranian regime and especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) funding for its malign activities, and oppose IRGC activities that extort the wealth of the Iranian people.” She said acknowledgment that under the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the regime “oppresses its people, abuses their rights” and “exports violence, destabilizes its neighbors, and ...

U.S. administration takes new aim at Hezbollah, part of tougher Iran stance The US officials said “We want to counter Iran’s malign activities,” POLITICO- Oct. 6, 2017-  The Trump administration on Friday plans to roll out a new public campaign aimed at cracking down more forcefully on the armed wing of Hezbollah in Lebanon, part of a broader effort to counter the militant Shiite group’s chief backer, Iran. The new push will include instituting cash rewards for its “most wanted” operatives, stepping up U.S. intelligence and law enforcement efforts, and also aims to enlist allies to do more to undermine the group’s global network, three administration officials told reporters Thursday. The so-called Party of God, Hezbollah is also a powerful political bloc in the Lebanese government. It is an avowed enemy of Israel and has been responsible for a series of attacks against U.S. and other Western interests for decades. The State Department designated it a terro...

Video: Iranian People And The Nuclear Deal Demonstrators shout slogans against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani near the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017 Heshmat Alavi Forbes, September 29, 2017  - Discussions are continuing as we speak over the fate of the highly controversial Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Advocates and opponents are going the limits to present their case prior to the October 15th deadline when US President Donald Trump is due to determine the status of Iran’s compliance with the accord. While this is a very important discussion, what unfortunately goes neglected is the status of the Iranian people who should be the first beneficiaries of such an accord that led to many sanctions being lifted from the Iranian regime. 25% of young people and 42% of women are  unemployed  in Iran The ruling elite in Tehran have usurped the billions pr...