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New Iran sanctions succeed where the nuclear deal failed

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by  Amir Basiri  |  Jul 31, 2017 The unprecedented sanctions  passed by House lawmakers last Tuesday and  the Senate last Thursday  are a milestone achievement in countering the Iranian regime's belligerence and fixing  some of the key flaws  contained in the nuclear deal hammered between Iran and world powers in 2015.

ANALYSIS: Is it time for the US and Saudi Arabia to combine efforts on Iran?

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By Heshmat Alavi 10 July 2017 The new administration in Washington has chosen to stand alongside its Arab allies to voice a clear message. This is how this message reads: The regime in Iran is domestically repressive and resorts to flagrant human rights violations, and expansionist outside of its borders, wreaking havoc across the Middle East and beyond. To take the next needed step, an all-out strategy is necessary to rein in Tehran and confront its belligerence inside the country and beyond. Far too long the international community has failed to recognize the fact that the regime in Iran is controlled by aggressive fanatics that will literally stop at nothing to seek their interests, while knowing their internal status is extremely fragile.

Iran Opposition Leader’s Call for Regime Change Gains Moment

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BY: Shahriar Kia        July 3, 2017 Supporters of the Iran opposition movement met in Paris, and we have some highlights for you here. On Saturday the Iranian opposition held a very organized and  massive meeting  in a huge auditorium north of Paris. Members of the Iranian community outside the country gathered from five continents to support the Iranian opposition’s effort to establish democracy and freedom in Iran under the banner of #FreeIran.

THE MEK AND THE FREE IRAN RALLY

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By INU Staff 27 June 2017 INU - Over 100,000 dignitaries, politicians and activists will gather in Paris this Saturday to support the Iranian people and their call for regime change in Iran at the Free Iran rally. The annual rally, organised by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), has attracted supporters of the Resistance from around the world, as far afield as Saudi royalty, US lawmakers, and European national security experts. The MEK is the biggest member group within the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a coalition of Resistance groups, which together serve as a government in exile in France.

Regime Change Appears Increasingly Attainable in Iran

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By  Ken Blackwell  | June 26, 2017  Thirty years after President Reagan seized upon an historic opportunity to bring down the Iron Curtain, there are growing indications that President Trump can make similarly historic strides in the conflict between the U.S. and the new Evil of our time: Islamic extremism. In its first five months, President Trump’s presidency has witnessed dramatic shifts from the policies normalized by the Obama  administration. Few are as significant or wide-ranging as the changes in American dealings with the Islamic Republic of Iran .

Despite nuclear deal, Iran's ballistic missile program continues unabated

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by  Amir Basiri Iran's missile program has accelerated since the signing of the nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers in 2015, a  new report  by the National Council of Resistance of Iran revealed. According to NCRI's findings, which were made public at a press conference held at the council's Washington office on Tuesday, the scope of Iran's missile program is much more extensive than was previously thought.