How Iran Is Losing Europe As the United States adopts new strategy vis-à-vis Iran, senior officials in Tehran are desperately seeking a new life-rope. With Obama and his appeasement gone, Iran is also sensing how Europe is distancing. Tehran is also witnessing how developments across the Middle East and the international spectrum are cornering its regime, detecting how all parties will choose to side with its rivals. British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson made a call to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman condemning the Iran-backed Houthis’ missile launch against Riyadh. In her recent trip to Washington, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini  expressed  confidence the Iran nuclear deal,  decertified by U.S. President Donald Trump, would not be killed. Sources in Congress, however, are saying senior Republicans emphasized the deal’s deficiencies and stressed how financial and economic relations established with Iran are endangered,...

US House approves bill to sanction Iran for ballistic missiles 10/26/2017 6:34:25 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Iran regime is sanctioned for its ballistic missile program ABC, Oct. 26, 2017  - The Republican-led House overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation Thursday that would slap new sanctions on Iran for its pursuit of long-range ballistic missiles without derailing the 2015 international nuclear accord that President Donald Trump has threatened to unravel. Reps. Ed Royce and Eliot Engel sponsored the bill, which requires the Trump administration to identify for sanctions the companies and individuals inside and outside of Iran that are the main suppliers of Tehran's ballistic missile programs. Lawmakers voted 423-2 to pass the measure. Royce, a California Republican, is chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Engel, who is from New York, is the panel's top Democrat. Both opposed the nuclear agreement when it was forged two...

Are Iranian people aligned with US national interests? 10/18/2017 6:45:52 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print President Donald Trump Hamid Bahrami Al Arab i ya, 18 October 2017  - Following a week of political roller coaster, doubts and strategic calculations, the US foreign policy team unveiled its new policy on Iran and measures to address the catastrophic nuclear deal, better known as the JCPOA. During a 20-minute speech on 13 October, President Trump laid out the major points of this new policy, which include the decertification of the JCPOA and designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) pursuant to the global terrorism Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. Aside from decertifying the nuclear deal, the announcement of President Trump marks a major policy change that effectively ends the two-decades long failed policy of appeasement against Iranian regime and its malignant role in four corners of the world. In 1997, in ...

Trump: Raqqa fall 'critical breakthrough', end of Islamic State in sight 10/21/2017 9:52:00 PM Donald Trump says end of Islamic State is in sight WASHINGTON (Reuters) OCT. 21, 2017  - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed the defeat of Islamic State fighters in their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa as “a critical breakthrough” in a worldwide campaign against the militants. On Friday, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) formally announced Raqqa’s liberation from Islamic State after four months of battles and said the city would be part of a decentralized federal Syria. “Together, our forces have liberated the entire city from ISIS control,” Trump said in a statement.      Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017 “The defeat of ISIS in Raqqa represents a critical breakthrough in our worldwide campaign to defeat...

Are Iranian people aligned with US national interests? President Donald Trump Hamid Bahrami Al Arab i ya, 18 October 2017  - Following a week of political roller coaster, doubts and strategic calculations, the US foreign policy team unveiled its new policy on Iran and measures to address the catastrophic nuclear deal, better known as the JCPOA. During a 20-minute speech on 13 October, President Trump laid out the major points of this new policy, which include the decertification of the JCPOA and designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) pursuant to the global terrorism Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. Aside from decertifying the nuclear deal, the announcement of President Trump marks a major policy change that effectively ends the two-decades long failed policy of appeasement against Iranian regime and its malignant role in four corners of the world. In 1997, in order to satisfy Tehran’s ruling theocracy, the then President Clint...

Trump to announce broad Iran strategy later this week: White House 10/10/2017 9:01:22 PM White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters The president has reached a decision on an overall Iran strategy. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ot.10, 2017 -   President Donald Trump will make an announcement later this week on an “overall Iran strategy,” including whether to decertify the international deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, the White House said on Tuesday. “He’ll make that later this week,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters when asked about the certification decision and the administration’s broader strategy on Iran. “The president has reached a decision on an overall Iran strategy and wants to make sure that we have a broad policy to deal with ... all of the problems of Iran being a bad actor.”

Tehran warns U.S. against designating Guards a terrorist group 10/8/2017 10:46:05 AM Members of IRGC march during a parade in Tehran September 22, 2011. DUBAI (Reuters) -Oct. 8, 2017-   Iran will consider the U.S. army equivalent to the Islamic State militant group if Washington designates its Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported the Guards’ commander as saying on Sunday. The news agency reported Mohammad Ali Jafari as adding that the United States was mistaken if it thought it could pressure Iran into negotiating on regional issues. President Donald Trump will announce new U.S. responses to Iran’s missile tests, support for “terrorism” and cyber operations as part of his new Iran strategy, the White House said on Friday.

Trump's says 'you'll find out' after cryptic military warning US President Donald Trump leaves after a Hispanic Heritage Month event in the East Room of the White House October 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, AFP, 6 October 2017  -  President Donald Trump fueled speculation Friday about his cryptic warning that this may be the 'calm before the storm,' further refusing to explain the comment. After huddling with military leaders to discuss Iran, North Korea and the Islamic State group on Thursday evening, Trump used a photo with military brass and their partners to make an ominous pronouncement. On Friday, he kept up the suspense, telling journalists wondering what he was talking about 'You'll find out' Trump's original remarks -- against a surreal backdrop of soft classical music -- sent diplomats across Washington rushing to find out if military action was afoot. 'You guys know what this represents...