Videos: Iran Resorts To Crackdown, Fearing Mass Rallies Marking National Day 10/29/2017 5:40:54 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Iran regime setting up roadblocks to prevent thousands of Iranian people from holding the Cyrus Day celebrations Heshmat Alavi Forbes, October 29, 2017 -  October 29th marks “Cyrus Day” in Iran, commemorating Cyrus the Great, probably the most renowned ruler of ancient Persia. Last year on this day a large gathering of  thousands Iranians sent shockwaves to Tehran, proving to the world Iran’s society remains restive and fiercely opposes the ruling regime. 28 October 2016- Protest gathering at Pasargadae For the past 48  hours social media activists across Iran have used the hashtag #CyrusDay to post their views and inviting people to the gathering. Fearing similar rallies this year, the Iranian regime resorted to dispatching a large number of security forces and “military maneuvers and wi...

TRUMP’S IRAN GAMBIT: “THE EQUIVALENT OF PULLING THE PIN OUT OF THE GRENADE” onald Trump’s  declaration earlier this month that he intends to withdraw from the Iran nuclear accord—the “worst deal ever,” as he loves to say—unless lawmakers on Capitol Hill made it broader and tougher, was “the equivalent of pulling the pin out of the grenade and handing it to Congress,” one Democratic congressional aide told me. Now Congress  has 90 days —when the president has to recertify the deal—to put the pin back in. But, as in an action movie, it’s a task that currently looks impossible. The legislation that the Senate devises will have to garner 60 votes and also satisfy the Trump administration, which wants lawmakers to strengthen restrictions on the regime’s behavior. If Congress fails to deliver, Trump will unravel his predecessor’s signature foreign policy achievement. Meanwhile, the Iranians have said that any move by the Trump administration to unilat...

On Iran: Former US House Speaker and Presidential Candidate 10/21/2017 06:43 pm ET Former House Speaker and Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich  described  the clerical establishment of Iran as “a dictatorship with a façade of democracy,” adding, “If you’re not part of the dictatorship, and you’re not acceptable to the dictator, you can’t run, and therefore to pretend that the elections actually offer any serious choice to the Iranian people is simply a fantasy.” NCRI US House Speaker and Presidential Candidate, and Amb. Bloomfield Mr. Gingrich was speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Friday, held by the Organization of Iranian American Communities,  OIAC . The event was  moderated  by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs under the George W. Bush administration. Referring to President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy roll-out, the House Speaker...

Understanding Trump’s Position on Iran To Stop Dangerous Influence US President Donald Trump is gearing to raise his tone and take major action against Iran, starting with decertifying the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). While such concerns are obviously legitimate, an interesting slate of figures, including even former US Secretary of State John Kerry, are making their voice heard in defense of what is considered the Obama administration’s foreign policy legacy. Trump himself, and his senior foreign policy advisers, are hinting the likely October 12 th announcement of Iran not being fully in compliance with the JCPOA. That is what has prompted lineup of JCPOA advocates to take to the media and urge American lawmakers to stand against such a decision, and refuse to impose sanctions on the Iranian regime. Obama Left Iranian People In Worse Situation Their line of argument has failed to catch much attention, however. It is quite unfortuna...