Iran 'tested by its own citizens': Haley 12/31/2017 10:23:44 PM US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley singles out Iran in New Years message UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, AFP, 31 December 2017   - Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the  United Nations  , said Sunday Iran's government is 'being tested by its own citizens' after three days of protests against the clerical regime. 'We pray that freedom and human rights will carry the day,' she said in a statement. Haley's comments echoed those of US President Donald Trump, who earlier Sunday said the United States was watching closely for human rights violations. 'Big protests in Iran. The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. Looks like they will not take it any longer,' Trump tweeted. Over the past year, Trump has held out Iran as Washington's top adversary in the Middle East, disavowing a ...

US expected to name North Korea terror sponsor 11/9/2017 9:43:12 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print North Korea could be listed as terrorism sponsor, says White House   WASHINGTON (AFP),  Nov. 9, 2017 -- It will have to wait until President Donald Trump has finished his tour of Asian capitals, but the United States is expected to return North Korea to its list of state sponsors on terror. In itself, the designation will not have much practical impact on a pariah state already facing an array of US and international sanctions and intense diplomatic pressure. But the imminent decision marks another turn of the screw as Washington ratchets up rhetoric designed to convince Kim Jong-Un he will not win his latest nuclear stand-off. It will also add Pyongyang to a very exclusive list. Only Iran, Syria and Sudan are still blacklisted as terror sponsors, and Sudan is expected to be relieved of the title soon. - When will it happen? - ...

Video: Iran’s Fake News Makes Families Work Against Each Other 11/2/2017 4:35:26 PM Iran regime using fake news against family members By: Pejman Amiri News Blaze, November 1, 2017  - Only a few days after the landmark speech delivered by U.S. President Donald Trump on the Iran nuclear deal and the oppression suffered by the Iranian people, state media in Iran suddenly launched a choir publishing completely fake news about a female member of the Iranian opposition defecting from her organization. This fake report is astonishingly linked to reports in Iran covering President Trump’s speech, which has been described as encouraging people inside the country to fuel their protests.   Somaye Mohammadi This woman, who has been the subject of an ongoing psychological war launched by Tehran, is Somaye Mohammadi. Along with other members of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), she has been relocated to Tirana, ...

UN chief Guterres, US President Trump commit to work together to address common challenges 10/21/2017 10:49:18 PM Secretary-General António Guterres meets with United States President Donald Trump at the 72nd session of the General Assembly 21 October 2017  –  United Nations   Secretary-General António Guterres met Friday with United States President Donald Trump and discussed, among others, tensions in the Korean Peninsula and the fight against terrorism. According to a readout of the meeting, the Mr. Guterres and Mr. Trump discussed UN effectiveness and reform, as well as global issues of mutual concern, including Myanmar, the tensions in the Korean Peninsula, the situation in the wider Middle East, and the fight against global terrorism.  “The two committed to work together to address these and other common challenges in the coming months,” the readout added. The meeting was held on Friday, 20 October at the White House, Washington, D.C....

Iran Khamenei accuses regime officials of neglect, only 5 days after Trump's new Iran Policy 10/19/2017 11:15:26 PM National Council of Resistance of Iran Iran regime Supreme Leader argues that Europeans should not be in unison with the United States opposing the presence of the regime in the region and its missile projects Khamenei, the leader of the clerical regime, took a position five days after the announcement of the US administration new policy against the clerical regime and the terrorist designation of the Revolutionary Guards. With a ridiculous claim that 'we do not want to waste our time ... by responding to the president of the United States,' he tried to conceal his fear and that of his regime from the US new policy. However, he warned the regime's officials that 'we should not be ignorant of the enemy's plot and conspiracy, … because there are issues whose importance is no than war.' He accused “some of the offici...

Special forces hunting Osama Bin Laden’s son in ‘kill or capture’ mission Hamza has become active as an al-Qaeda propagandist since his father’s death at the hands of US special forces in May 2011. Al Arabiya, 2 October 2017  - Osama bin Laden‘s 28-year-old son Hamza is being hunted in a “kill or capture” mission by Joint Coalition Special Operations Unit which includes UK special forces, according to British media reports. Hamza has become active as an al-Qaeda propagandist since his father’s death at the hands of US special forces in May 2011. “A Joint Coalition Special Operations Unit, including 40 SAS soldiers, have reportedly been flown in to Syria on a covert mission to find Hamza and his gang,” The Mirrror reported. “He is now considered in the top 10 “high-value” targets being hunted by Coalition forces deployed on Operation Shader.” Hamza is expected by experts to potentially become the next al-Qaeda leader . The United States added Hamz...

US wants diplomatic end to North Korea crisis: Mattis US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during a press conference with Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after meeting in New Delhi on September 26, 2017 NEW DELHI, AFP, 26 September 2017   - The United States wants a diplomatic solution to the escalating nuclear crisis with North Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, toning down the shrill rhetoric between the two countries. 'We maintain the capability to deter North Korea's most dangerous threats but also to back up our diplomats in a manner that keeps this as long as possible in the diplomatic realm,' he said in New Delhi after talks with his Indian counterpart. 'That is our goal, to solve this diplomatically, and I believe that President Trump has been very clear on this issue,' the US defence chief said. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un have become embroiled in a bitter war of word...