IRGC Terror Tag Aids Iran's People and the World 10/20/2017 7:21:53 PM Iran IRGC be labeled as Terrorist Wes Martin Townhall, October 19, 2017  - Articulating a new policy on Iran, President Trump made some refreshingly poignant statements about the ruling dictatorship. No previous American president has used such blunt terms to distinguish between the Iranian people and an illegitimate regime, or to describe the multi-faceted threat that the clerical regime poses to the region and the world. The timely recognition of the Iranian people’s search for democracy is a new pillar of his new strategy. “The Iranian people long to, and they just are longing, to reclaim their country's proud history, its culture, its civilization, its cooperation with its neighbors,' President Trump rightly stated in his speech on October 13th. It seems increasingly evident that President Trump is willing to do more than just talk when it comes to Tehran's aggr...

Trump prepares to wound Iran deal — and then save it A reasonable approach to the Iran deal, (JCPOA), the United States, Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress, Katulis et al. worry, Katulis et al. worry, cyberattacks, IRGC,  Trump’s team plans to work with Congress and European allies to apply new pressure on the Iranian regime, according to a strategy developed in an Iran policy review led by national security adviser H.R. McMaster. But the strategy assumes the nuclear deal will remain intact for now. The deliberations ahead of an Oct. 15 deadline to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda, were described by a half-dozen sources inside and outside the administration who have participated in the internal debate. As a candidate, Trump described the agreement as “catastrophic” and “the worst deal ever.” But the strategy represents a   nuanced approach to one of the most important foreig...

Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) SEOUL (Reuters) -Oct. 8, 2017 -  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent” which guarantee North Korea’s sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country. Trump did not make clear to what he was referring, but his comments seemed to be a further suggestion that military action was on his mind. In a speech to a meeting of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday, a day before Trump’s most recent comments, state media said Kim had addressed the “complicated international situation”. North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean penin...

Defense Secretary Mattis suggests sticking with Iran nuclear deal U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Political and Security Situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. October 3 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) OCT. 3, 2017  - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday the United States should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal unless it were proven Tehran that was not abiding by the agreement or that it was not in the U.S. national interest to do so. Mattis said he supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s review of the agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Trump is weighing whether the deal serves U.S. security interests as he faces a mid-October deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with the pact, a decision that could sink an agreement strongly supported by the other powers that negotiated it. “If we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement, if we...