UK is concerned at Iran’s role in a confrontation at the border with Syria 2/13/2018 8:03:43 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Britains Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and Thailands Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha in Bangkok on February 12, 2018 LONDON, REUTERS, 12 February 2018  - British foreign minister Boris Johnson said London was concerned at Iran’s role in a confrontation at Israel’s border with Syria. “We are concerned at the Iranian actions, which detract from efforts to get a genuine peace process under way,” Johnson said in a statement on Monday. 'We encourage Russia to use its influence to press the regime and its backers to avoid provocative actions and to support de-escalation in pursuit of a broader political settlement,” he said. Foreign Secretary Johnson was referring to the events two days ago that led to the downing of an Iranian drone after it entered Israeli air space from Syria, and the shooting down of an Israeli F-16 by a...

The West must seize this chance to change Iran, says the Times 1/4/2018 1:27:11 PM protests show the West was wrong in 2015 to gamble London, Riyadh Daily, 04 January 2018  - The London-based The Times newspaper has called on the  Europeans to reconsider their policy towards Iran. The paper, commenting on the current protests in Iran, said ' So far Tehran has played the European signatories of the nuclear deal off against Trump. Now we have to sit down with the Trump team and agree on common aims'. The paper added' is it in the joint western interest that Iran becomes the military leader of the region? How can additional sanctions help? How do we reach ordinary Iranians and convince them that their government’s subversion abroad is damaging their standing in the world? That their economy is being usurped by the rapacious Revolutionary Guard? For Iranians there is a clear choice to be made, between guns and butter. We should nudge them towards ...

TILLERSON TRUMP WILL HAVE MANY OPTIONS ON IRAN DEAL London, 5 Oct - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Donald Trump would be presented with several options for the future of the Iran nuclear deal ahead of the October 15 certification deadline.When Tillerson made this announcement, on Wednesday October 4, he did not reveal any details about the options that would be presented to Trump and declined to answer whether he shared the view that Defense Secretary James Mattis shared with Congress on Tuesday that Iran was “fundamentally” in compliance with the nuclear deal and Trump should stick to the deal. Tillerson  said : “We’ll have a recommendation for the president. We’re going to give him a couple of options of how to move forward to advance the important policy toward Iran.” Supporters of the 2015 deal, which Trump has called “the worst deal ever” and “an embarrassment”, fear that pulling out could alienate US allies in Europe and be detrimental to the M...