by: Alireza Jafarzadeh
Iran’s parliamentary elections on March 14 saw the most belligerent and suppressive faction in the ruling establishment retain its significant majority. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s unelected Supreme Leader, was quick to paint the results as an act of popular support for the regime and opposition to the West, particularly the United States. Notwithstanding Khamenei’s post-election bluster, the election was neither “free nor fair”; rather, it was a vivid display of the regime’s illegitimacy and Khamenei’s determination to solidify the politico-military faction embodied by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cohorts.

By: Lord David Alton
Source: Guardian
The People's Mojahedin Organisation (PMOI/MEK) is 'not concerned with terrorism', according to a UK court. So, we should take it off the blacklist
Good news came earlier this month, when the UN security council adopted a third sanctions resolution against the Iranian regime over its illegal nuclear weapons activity. Resolution 1803, which includes an outright ban on travel by officials involved in Tehran's nuclear and missile programmes, gives the autocratic rulers three months to comply with the demands of the UN nuclear watchdog to suspend uranium enrichment and reprocessing or face new sanctions.

By: Lt. Cdr. Esmaeil Abnar
Source: Global Politician
The threat posed by Iran to Coalition troops in the region is considerable. Iran has for a number of years run a systematic campaign of targeting all Coalition troops based in Iraq, Afghanistan and the wider region. However, this campaign may well be considerably more deadly if the Iranian regime were to acquire a nuclear weapon, a scenario which is now becoming an ever growing prospect.

Recent revelations by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) indicate that contrary to the findings of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) Iran continues to have a nuclear weapons program which is in full flow. The NCRI first exposed Iran's nuclear weapons program to the world in 2002 and their evidence on this occasion seems once again to be accurate.

By: Lord Robin Corbett
Source: Middle East Times
Parliamentary elections in Iran today will see radical Islamists consolidate their domination of the political landscape and any form of so-called "moderation" shunned away. Such has been dictated by Iran's chief ayatollah, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Up for grabs today are 290 seats in the regime's consultative body called the Majlis. Under the Islamic republic's hard-line constitution, all candidates must go through several levels of strict vetting including by the ultra-conservative Guardians Council. The GC, whose clerical members are hand-picked by the supreme leader himself, must be convinced that the individual is loyal in both heart and mind to the notion of velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent, otherwise known as Khamenei) in order to give its approval.

by Rt. Hon. Lord Waddington, former UK Home Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Source: Human Events
Back in 2002 the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) told the world that the Mullahs had embarked on a nuclear fuel programme and now the NCRI says it has evidence of a research site in the country where a nuclear warhead for use on Iran’s medium range missiles is being developed.

It is on a number of occasions that the NCRI has spoken of and produced evidence of Iran’s intentions and it clearly gets its information from the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK), which has substantial support within the country and a wide intelligence network.