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UPDATE: 9:0<\/span>0 PM<\/span><\/p>\n The State Department on Friday designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization, following through on a mid-January warning to crack down on the Yemen-based militant group.\u00a0The action officially labels the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group, a step that gives the United States new powers to crack down on the Iran-backed Houthis\u2019 access to the global financial system.<\/p>\n It restores a designation given to the group late in the Trump administration, which Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken reversed soon after taking office in 2021, partly to facilitate peace talks for Yemen\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n For months, as Iran-backed groups attacked U.S. forces and allies in the Middle East, the Biden administration hailed its efforts to restrict Iran\u2019s oil revenue \u2014 and the country\u2019s ability to fund proxy militias. The Treasury secretary\u00a0told Congress<\/a>\u00a0that her teams were \u201cdoing everything that they possibly can to crack down\u201d on illegal shipments, and a senior White House adviser\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cextreme sanctions\u201d had effectively stalled Iran\u2019s energy sector.<\/p>\n But the sanctions failed to stop oil worth billions of dollars from leaving Iran over the past year, a New York Times investigation has found, revealing a significant gap in U.S. oversight.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 8:0<\/span>0 PM<\/span><\/p>\n Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) –\u00a0Critics of the Iranian government have warned of a wave of executions as they demonstrated against the Iranian regime outside the Munich Security Conference, which began on Friday.<\/p>\n Around 250 supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) rallied not far from where world leaders were gathering on Friday morning, calling on the United Nations and the participants at the Munich Security Conference to take more consistent action against the state leadership in Tehran.<\/p>\n Protesters decried the brutal record of the Iranian government and said that at least 83 people were executed in the month of January alone.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Munich (Germany), Feb 16 (EFE\/EPA)- Supporters of Iran’s National Council of Resistance (NCRI) take part in a protest on the sidelines of the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC), where more than 500 high-level international officials are gathering.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n From our correspondent in Munich \u2013 I’m going to Monaco of Bavaria protests against the Iranian government, on the sidelines of the Security Conference (MSC) which opened today in the city. There are already 500 demonstrators and the same number are expected.<\/p>\n A statement released by the demonstrators reads that \u201chundreds of supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (Ncri), the main democratic opposition to the regime” in Tehran, ask the West to adopt “a policy of firmness” towards the “theocracy”. Furthermore, the inclusion of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on a “blacklist in Europe” as a “terrorist organization” is called for.<\/p>\n According to the protesters, \u201cthe Iranian regime, head of the serpent, fuels war, terrorism and regional instability\u201d: therefore, \u201cits overthrow is essential for world peace\u201d. As a rule, during the MSC, the Iranian opposition diaspora organizes various demonstrations against the Tehran government, which divide monarchists and republicans, especially communists.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 6:3<\/span>0 PM<\/span><\/p>\n Today, February 16, Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance organized demonstrations in Munich, coinciding with the Munich Security Conference. Their slogans emphasized that the Iranian regime is the primary source of conflict and crisis in the Middle East, advocating for a firm policy against it.<\/p>\n 5-#Munich<\/a>, February 16, 2024: Freedom loving Iranians and #MEK<\/a> Supporters Demonstrated During #MSC2024<\/a>, Calling for #Time4FirmIranPolicy<\/a>. — Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nU.S. Designates the Houthis a Terror Group<\/h3>\n
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\nProtests against the Iranian Government in Munich<\/h3>\n
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