U.S. Drastic Measures On Iran Have Just Begun US President Donald Trump announces his nominee for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, i The new US strategy vis-à-vis Iran began to unravel this week. Making headlines has been the CIA’s latest trove of nearly half a million documents indicating deep ties between Iran and the al-Qaeda terrorist network. Experts have been busy analyzing the data, especially showing how Iran offered al-Qaeda operatives “everything they needed,” including “money, arms” and “training in Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, in exchange for striking American interests in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf,” according to the  Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s Long War Journal . On October 31 st   the U.S. Treasury Department officially implemented the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), described by officials in Iran as the “mother of all sanctions” targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). New sanctio...

The Iranian Resistance Welcomes the New US Iran Strategy London, 28 Oct - On October 13th, President Trump announced the new US strategy towards Iran. The reaction to this strategy have been varied. Those who advocate the for continuing the JCPOA condemned it, claiming it will cause a loss of trust in America. Others believe the new strategy will serve both the interests of the US as well as the Iranian people. Trump cited some of Iran’s activities over the past 38 years in his  speech , “Beginning in 1979, agents of the Iranian regime illegally seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held more than 60 Americans hostage during the 444 days of the crisis. The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah twice bombed our embassy in Lebanon – once in 1983 and again in 1984. Another Iranian-supported bombing killed 241 Americans – service members they were, in their barracks in Beirut in 1983. In 1996, the regime directed another bombing of American military housing in Saudi Arabia...

Unpacking Trump's Iran Policy Transition 10/20/2017 6:33:34 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print US President Donald Trump - White House Oval Office - October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. By: Heshmat Alavi Forbes, October 20, 2017  - We have surpassed a roller coaster month of intense developments over the Iran nuclear deal. Discussions in Washington and talks between Europe and the United States catapulted us all into a simple conclusion: A major global policy change was in the making. U.S. President Donald J. Trump  followed   suit and delivered his landmark speech last Friday. It was the first time in over 30 years that a U.S. president completely devoted a speech to announce his policy in regards to Iran. Trump delivered America’s new comprehensive strategy vis-à-vis Iran, following months of anticipation and talks. The issue at hand is not a discussion about personal differences between George W. Bush, Barack Obama or Dona...

Unpacking Trump's Iran Policy Transition 10/20/2017 6:33:34 PM US President Donald Trump - White House Oval Office - October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. By: Heshmat Alavi Forbes, October 20, 2017   - We have surpassed a roller coaster month of intense developments over the Iran nuclear deal. Discussions in Washington and talks between Europe and the United States catapulted us all into a simple conclusion: A major global policy change was in the making. U.S. President Donald J. Trump  followed   suit and delivered his landmark speech last Friday. It was the first time in over 30 years that a U.S. president completely devoted a speech to announce his policy in regards to Iran. Trump delivered America’s new comprehensive strategy vis-à-vis Iran, following months of anticipation and talks. The issue at hand is not a discussion about personal differences between George W. Bush, Barack Obama or Donald Trump. Policies have reached a dead end...

Maryam Rajavi to Italy: Support the Iranian Resistance, Not the Regime London, 19 Oct - The President-her of the Iranian Resistance Forces has made a  statement  for the Italian Senate arguing that support for the Resistance is key in the fight for global peace and security. Maryam Rajavi, who leads the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) which serves as a government-in-exile, expressed her gratitude that the Italian government had underscored the need to confront the Iranian Regime. She said: “You have pinpointed an issue on which the world’s peace and security, the Middle East’s liberation from war, terrorism and instability, and the Iranian people’s freedom, all depend.” Decades of the international community turning a blind eye to the oppression of the Iranian people has led to the Regime spreading its fundamentalism far beyond its own borders and posing a threat to the world at large; contributing to the rise of Sunni terrorist cells like ISIS and ...