Elika Yusuf

27 September 2017 VIENNA, Reuters, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 - The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief urged major powers on Tuesday to clarify a part of their nuclear deal with Iran dealing with technology that could be used to develop an atom bomb, an area Russia said the agency should leave alone.The 2015 pact between six major powers and Iran restricts its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

     09/18/2017    BY: KEN BLACKWELL Commendably, the  Trump administration  is set to initiate a  new Iran policy , which will be announced in October. Such change is imperative. The flawed nuclear agreement in 2015 , provided too many concessions, including tens of billions of dollars to the Iranian regime, following decades of deceit and lying in pursuit of the nuclear bomb.

By Heshmat Alavi 18 September 2017 There is a new understanding in Washington over how US President  Donald Trump , set to deliver his first United Nations General Assembly speech tomorrow, can tackle the Iran challenge. It would be wrong to view the conglomerate of  Iran -created crises through a single periscope focusing exclusively on the  nuclear  dilemma. Iran’s meddling in states across the Middle East, its support for terrorists groups including the likes of the Lebanese Hezbollah, the continuous pursuit of ballistic missiles and domestic  human rights violations  are also serious concerns.

BY  CRISTINA MARCOS 09/13/2017 The House adopted measures on Wednesday to prevent  sales of commercial  aircraft to  Iran , despite warnings from some Democrats that it would undermine the international accord to curtail the country’s nuclear weapons program.

BY HESHMAT ALAVI SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 Deep military and nuclear cooperation between North Korea and  Iran  makes sanctions on both regimes all the more essential he world currently faces two atomic crises in  Iran and North Korea , despite long strides in the effort of nuclear non-proliferation. Deep military and nuclear  cooperation  between the two states makes dealing with these challenges even more difficult. One may have thought lessons would have been learnt from the devastating lessons of  appeasement  from World War II – yet the approaches adopted vis-à-vis North Korea and Iran in signing nuclear agreements have raised accusations that Neville Chamberlain’s  famous policy  is still alive and well.

SEP 4, 2017 BY: Heshmat Alavi Two of the major crises the international community is currently engaged with are terrorism and nuclear proliferation. Iran, in particular, is negatively involved in both fields, being known as the central banker of international terrorism, and suspicious for its own controversial  nuclear program  at home parallel to its  nuclear/missile  collaboration with  North Korea .

By: Heshmat Alavi  AUG 29, 2017 Iran  is currently striving to manage a number of increasingly painstaking dilemmas. International spotlight is again on Tehran’s  nuclear program , with the  United States  demanding United Nations inspectors be granted access to its military sites.    Raja'i Shahr (Gohardasht) prison in Karaj, 20 kilometers west of Tehran

August 23, 2017 By  Keyvan Salami Iran can enrich uranium within five days if the  U.S . imposes more sanctions on Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's atomic agency head, warned this week. He claimed that  Iran  could achieve 20% enriched uranium in five days – a level at which it could then quickly be processed further into weapons-grade nuclear material. Last week, Iranian  president Hassan Rouhani  announced that Iran could abandon its  nuclear  agreement with world powers " within hours " if the United States imposes any more new sanctions. "If America wants to go back to the experience of imposing sanctions, Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month, but within hours - to conditions more advanced than before the start of negotiations," Rouhani told a session of parliament broadcast live on state television. In response,  U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley  said Iran should not be allowed "...

OPINION: COUPLE US SANCTIONS WITH MIDDLE EAST EXPULSION OF IRAN by Shahriar Kia 16 August 2017 Riyadh Daily, 16 August 2017 - The  Iranian regime  is attempting to secure a corridor through  Iraq ,  Syria , and  Lebanon , providing a supply route for its numerous terrorist proxies in the region. Iran ’s clandestine nuclear and  ballistic missile  drive, support for terrorism and domestic crackdown are all aimed at maintaining the  Tehran’s fascist mullahs  in power and pursue their regional policies.

14 August 2017 By Alireza Jafarzadeh On the second anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, some argue that the agreement succeeded in slowing Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapon. However, the restrictions on the  Iranian nuclear program  are only limited, as is the international inspectors’ access to the country’s illicit facilities.In addition, in areas unrelated to the nuclear agreement,

By: Pooya Stone 10 August 2017 The  regime in Iran has come under immense domestic  and international pressure recently. Most vivid are the sweeping sanctions imposed by US Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

By: Shahriar Kia  2017-08-01    The Iranian regime is attempting to secure a corridor through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, providing a supply route for its numerous terrorist proxies in the region. Iran’s clandestine nuclear  and ballistic missile drive, support for terrorism and domestic crackdown are all aimed at maintaining the Tehran’s fascist mullahs in power and pursue their regional policies.

WASHINGTON, AFP, 25 July 2017 - The US House of Representatives votes Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that has triggered uproar in Moscow and Europe.The legislation, which is the result of a congressional compromise reached at the weekend and is aimed at punishing the Kremlin for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and  Russia's annexation of Crimea, could end up penalizing European firms that contribute to the development of Russia's energy sector