Published on 17 October 2018.

By Staff Writer

In 2015, Iran and India signed a deal for the construction of two new terminals at Iran’s Chabahar Port as well as a number of container and cargo terminals. India’s involvement with the development of Chabahar Port means that it can have a new and reliable way of accessing Afghanistan. This is something that India is depending on after its previous major investment into the Zaranj-Delaram Highway – a roadway that is more than 200 kilometres long and one of the busiest routes in Afghanistan.

Published on 17 October 2018.

By Staff Writer

The US has a new strategy for dealing with the Syrian conflict, which would focus more heavily on pushing Iran and its proxies out of the country, according to sources familiar with the plan.

Importantly, this would not involve the US directly targeting/killing Iranian soldiers/proxies for anything other than self-defence – a violation of the current US authorization for using force in Syria.

Published on 17 October 2018.

By Mahmoud Hakamian

It was revealed a few months ago that an Iranian intelligence officer was behind a foiled terrorist plot in Europe. A Belgian couple of Iranian descent were recruited by Assadolah Assadi - a high-ranking diplomat in the Iranian embassy in Vienna. Assadi, a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), provided the couple with explosives and a detonator and instructed them to detonate the device in Paris outside the location of an opposition rally.

Published on 17 October 2018.

The Iranian Resistance calls for the formation of an international panel to investigate Iran's prisons

On Monday evening, October 15, anti-riot security guards raided political prisoners in Ward 12 of Orumieh prison, beating them and transferring some of them to solitary confinement. The attack came after prisoners protested the beating of another prisoner and his transfer to solitary confinement. On Tuesday, October 16, prisoners went on hunger strike and refused to eat food in protest to this brutal attack.

Published on 17 October 2018.

By Amir Taghati

Change is happening in Syria after years of heavy conflict have taken their toll. It is time for Iran to leave so that the country can start the rebuilding process. Iran (along with Russia) has enabled President Bashar al Assad to consolidate his power and the Syrian regime has regained control over large parts of Syria.

Published on 17 October 2018.

Rouhani, the president of the clerical regime, in an unprecedented confession in a speech at Tehran University on October 14, described the regime of Velayat-e-Faqih (clerical rule) on the verge of death, and called the only glimmer of salvation as “hope therapy”.