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Friday, July 10, 2015
Thursday, July 9, 2015
IRAN - Syria ratifies new $1 billion credit line from Iran
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has signed a law ratifying a $1 billion
credit line from the Iranian regime, Syria's state news agency SANA said on
Wednesday.
The agreement was between two state-owned banks, the Syrian Commercial
Bank and Export Development Bank of Iran, it said. Syria signed a previous $3.6
billion credit line with Iran in July 2013 which has been used up mostly for
oil imports, bankers have said.
The new deal was signed on May 19 and approved by the Syrian regime's
parliament on Tuesday, SANA said. The money would be used for funding imports
of goods and commodities and implementing projects, it said, without giving
details.
The Iranian regime's financial aid has been seen as pivotal to the Syrian
regime and the economy, which has shrunk by more than a half in the four years
since the conflict erupted, researchers say.
Syrian officials and businessmen said in May that Damascus was about to
finalise details of a new credit facility.
IRAN- Don't be fooled by Iranian regime’s calculated negotiating tactics
Without a "firm stance" by the international community against
the Iranian regime’s calculated tactics in the nuclear negotiations, Tehran
will continue to "deceive, distract, and distort" on its way to build
an atomic bomb, Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the US representative
office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has said.
"As the intense negotiations in Vienna inch closer to the new July
7th deadline, Tehran’s elusive tactics were put on display with Tehran’s
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif releasing a Youtube video in which he claimed the
regime had made enough compromises. To his credit, however, Secretary of State
John Kerry was not impressed, insisting that the Iranian regime had to make
'hard choices' in the next couple of days, and 'quickly,' otherwise, 'we’ll be
prepared to walk away,'" Jafarzadeh wrote in an opinion piece in
FoxNews.com on Monday.
He pointed out that a recent report released by the opposition NCRI
provides insights into how to read Tehran’s ongoing negotiating tactics,
including the latest theatrics by Zarif. The 28-page analysis, relying on
public and classified sources within Iran, reviews the Iranian regime’s
behavior during two periods of talks (2003-2004 and 2013-2015) and discerns the
principles of Tehran’s approach and tactics during negotiations to reach its
objectives.
IRAN -Iranian nuclear deal set to make IRGC richer - Reuters
A possible nuclear deal between the world powers and the Iranian regime could
make the regime's Revolutionary Guards significantly richer, Reuters reported
on Monday.
"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have done very well out of
international sanctions -- and if a nuclear deal is done in Vienna this week
under which those sanctions are lifted, they are likely to do better
still," the report said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), created by Khomeini during
Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, is more than just a military force; it is also
an industrial empire with political clout that has grown exponentially in the
last decade.
A Western diplomat who follows Iran closely told Reuters that the IRGC's
recent annual turnover from all of its business activities was estimated to be
around $10-12 billion.
IRAN - Chairman Royce: Iran regime’s nuclear negotiators emboldened by concession
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| Ed Royce |
U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee said in a statement Monday that the Iranian regime’s negotiators have
clearly been emboldened by the Administration’s concessions to the extent that
the regime is now pushing for the United Nations’ arms embargo on to be
completely lifted as part of a final nuclear agreement.
Chairman Royce made the remarks after reports surfaced that Tehran is now
pushing for the United Nations’ arms embargo on the Iranian regime to be
completely lifted as part of a final nuclear agreement.
The Iranian regime is under a UN arms embargo that seeks to prevent Tehran
regime from aiding and arming its allies and surrogates in Lebanon, Syria,
Yemen, and elsewhere in the region.
A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a
broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran
and six world powers on Monday
Iran: Kurdish student Akam Talaj injured during Mahabad uprising dies
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| Akam Talaj |
Akam Talaj, 26-year-old Kurdish student and one of those wounded during
the May 7 uprising of people of Mahabad, died on Monday, June 29, due to the
severity of his wounds after much suffering.
He was from the city of Naqadeh and a student of Mahabad’s Free University.
He was directly shotby revolutionary guards and hit by 40 pellets in the hand
and stomach. He suffered internal bleeding and was hospitalized in the ICU
section of a hospital in Urmia because of his critical condition.
Following the martyrdom of Mr. Talaj, the henchmen refused to hand over
his body to his family fearing popular wrath. They exerted a lot of pressure on
his family to bury Mr. Talaj in “Shaheedan” section of the cemetery reserved
for Iranian regime’s dead, but this request by the regime met the severe
reaction of Mr. Talaj’s family. Ultimately, the body was then buried in Mahabad
amid strict security provisions.
dies
IRAN- Germany: Iranian nuclear compliance will need monitoring
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said the Iranian
regime needs to help build trust and that a monitoring program will be needed
to ensure it complies with a nuclear agreement it is negotiating with six world
powers.
"Trust has been destroyed on the part
of Iran. For this reason, Iran above all has to now offer input to help build
up trust," Steinmeier said an interview with German broadcaster ARD on
Tuesday.
"This means that we have to have
monitoring possibilities available to have an overview as to whether Iran is
fulfilling its obligations. We need to be sure that we have transparency
concerning the promises Iran is making here."
IRAN- Iran Nuclear Deal: Prospects, Challenges
In an online question and answer session, the issue of the Iran nuclear
agreement was discussed. The panel, moderated by R. Bruce McColm, President of
the Institute for Democratic Strategies, included Ambassador Robert G. Joseph,
Ph.D, former US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control &International
Security, Professor Raymond Tanter, former White House National Security
Council senior staffer and Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the National
Council of Resistance of Iran US Representative Office.
Ambassador Joseph opened the session by saying he wanted to see a
negotiated outcome and a “good agreement” at the end of the nuclear talks.
However, he stated that there have been too many concessions, one being the
fact that the talks are not preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon
capability – a goal that has now been abandoned, meaning that Iran will one day
have a large-scale enrichment capability.
IRAN - Maryam Rajavi: We seek an end to religious despotism in Iran
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NCRI – The Algerian daily El Watan has interviewed Mrs. Maryam Rajavi,
President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on the
situation inside Iran and the circumstances of the Iranian regime and its
organized Resistance movement.
The Iranian Resistance has for over three decades had a decisive role in
combating the ominous phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism, Maryam Rajavi said,
adding that the international community should finally side with the Iranian
people and their organized Resistance to bring about genuine change.
The interview was published by El Watan in French. Below is an English
translation of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s interview:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
IRAN -SYRIA- Syria ratifies new $1 billion credit line from Iran
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| افزودن عنوان |
Syrian
dictator Bashar al-Assad has signed a law ratifying a $1 billion credit line
from the Iranian regime, Syria's state news agency SANA said on Wednesday.
The
agreement was between two state-owned banks, the Syrian Commercial Bank and
Export Development Bank of Iran, it said. Syria signed a previous $3.6 billion
credit line with Iran in July 2013 which has been used up mostly for oil
imports, bankers have said.
The
new deal was signed on May 19 and approved by the Syrian regime's parliament on
Tuesday, SANA said. The money would be used for funding imports of goods and
commodities and implementing projects, it said, without giving details.
The
Iranian regime's financial aid has been seen as pivotal to the Syrian regime
and the economy, which has shrunk by more than a half in the four years since
the conflict erupted, researchers say.
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