Friday, March 6, 2015

Corker Seeks Veto-Proof Majority for Bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015

Senate foreign Relations chair, Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
Chattanooga, Tenn. - March 5, 2015 – With bipartisan momentum building in the Senate behind legislation to require congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Thursday regarding the effort to seek support from a supermajority of 67 senators to override a presidential veto of the bill, which the White House threatened last week. 

France:Iran commitments do not go far enough

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
Riga (Reuters) March, 6, 2015 - Commitments offered by Iran in talks with six world powers on its nuclear program do not go far enough and more work needs to be done, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.
Fabius said he had invited U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to Paris on Saturday to review the state of the Iran nuclear negotiations.

Social Networks increasingly under surveillance by the Iranian regime

Iran spies on some 8million internet sites
More than 8 million Facebook accounts are under surveillance by the Iranian regime using new software. Iran also spies on other social media sites for content considering them improper.
Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that it had arrested several Facebook users. The arrested Facebook users have been charged with various offences ranging from insulting religious figures to conducting immoral activities, according to reports by state-run media.

Iran: Preparation for another execution, 3 prisoners sent to isolation


Preparation for three Executions in Shiraz
In Shiraz, three prisoners were moved to the isolation for possible execution early Saturday morning. This transfer was done on Thursday March 5th in Pir-Bana Prison in Shiraz. According to a source familiar with their case, the they are scheduled to be executed tomorrow, Saturday morning at dawn. One of the prisoners have been identified and his name is Koorowsh Khoshab, but the identity of the other two have not yet been released.

US tamps down expectations for Iran nuke talks

 
John Kerry
Montreux, Switzerland (AP) - U.S. officials sought Wednesday Mar. 4th to tamp down expectations of a substantial preliminary nuclear deal with Iran by the March deadline while working to move past the political dust kicked up by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s criticism of an emerging nuclear deal with Iran.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was well aware of the potential nuclear danger Iran poses to countries in the region and will endorse only an agreement that seriously and verifiably crimps Tehran`s ability to make atomic arms.

Isfahan: Government’s failed attempt to prevent another teachers’ demonstration

 
Scene from prevous teachers protest in Isfahan
Following the nationwide teachers uprising last week in 28 provinces which according to some reports about 100,000 teachers throughout the country took part in it, the mullahs’ regime resorted to different means of intimidating teachers not to allow the repeat of such widespread demonstrations.