Elika Yusuf

By: HeshmatAlavi AUG 16, 2017 The pro- Iran deal  camp is recently making much noise about how the Trump administration and critics of the pact, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ), are making rightful complaints of the text failing to address Iran’s destructive belligerence in the Middle East. These are valid concerns, considering the fact that even if the deal remains intact come October’s decision by  President Donald Trump  to find  Iran  in compliance or not, the mullahs are hell-bent to continue wreaking havoc and expanding influence across the region.

AUG 21, 2017 |  By  KELLY JANE TORRANCE Hassan Rouhani  was sworn in for his second term as president of  Iran  on August 5, surrounded by fresh flowers, fervent followers, and around 500 foreign officials. Representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the United Nations, and the Vatican rubbed shoulders with the Syrian prime minister, Hezbollah second-in-command Naim Qassem, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list member Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, and murderous Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. The Westerners didn’t seem uncomfortable in such company; indeed, European Union foreign policy chief  Federica Mogherini  was described as the star of the show after Iranian members of parliament elbowed through the crowd to take selfies with the diplomat.

By Heshmat Alavi 7 August 2017 Thanks to years of Western appeasement in the face of  Iran’s belligerence  across the  Middle East , evidence of Tehran’s dangerous footprints are now visible in several countries across the region, including even Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The Trump administration, however, has made it quite vivid its adoption of a firm approach. This stance, signaled in the historic May conference in Riyadh, is long overdue and should be enhanced by Washington supporting the Iranian people’s desire for  regime change .

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.

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

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.