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Saudi King Calls on Int’l Community to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Missile Programme

Saudi King Calls on Int’l Community to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Missile Programme

Saudi King Calls on Int’l Community to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Missile Programme

Earlier this year, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir stated that the kingdom would seek to acquire nuclear capability if Iran decided to renew its nuclear weapons programme.

Will Re-Ignited U.S. Sanctions on Iran Drive the Country to Cryptocurrency?

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Will Re-Ignited U.S. Sanctions on Iran Drive the Country to Cryptocurrency?

Will Re-Ignited U.S. Sanctions on Iran Drive the Country to Cryptocurrency?

For a technological innovation that ceased to exist a decade ago, the relationship between geo-political events and cryptocurrencies is somewhat uncanny. Whether it’s Venezuela and their controversial Petro Coin, the Marshall Islands installing a legislative framework for the issuance of their own digital tender or the North Korean regime utilizing blockchain technology to fraudulently raise capital – more and more nations are in some way looking at the digital phenomenon to move away from the traditional monetary system.

 

Iran must be punished for failing to comply with financial standards

Iran must be punished for failing to comply with financial standards
 Iran must be punished for failing to comply with financial standards
After the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was struck between the P5+1 world powers and the Islamic Republic in 2015, the Iranian leaders enjoyed a free ride in the global financial system. As financial restrictions were removed, the nuclear deal facilitated the flow of additional international revenues, foreign trade, business dealings and financial capital.

 

Massive sanctions will end Iran’s belligerence

Massive sanctions will end Iran’s belligerence

Massive sanctions will end Iran’s belligerence

The Iranian regime — the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world — poses an immediate threat to both its neighbors and the international community.

 

Like it or Not, Regime Change is Coming to Iran

Like it or Not, Regime Change is Coming to Iran

Like it or Not, Regime Change is Coming to Iran

Change is coming to Iran, but it has nothing to do with either the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (also called the Iran Deal) or the Trump administration’s sanctions regime . Indeed, while U.S. policymakers debate cooption and coercion at the best strategies to change Iran’s behavior, neither the Trump administration nor its opposition is prepared for the regime change Iran faces: The death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

 

Iran sanctions reimposed and in full effect

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Iran sanctions reimposed and in full effect
 Iran sanctions reimposed and in full effect

As of November 5, 2018, all of the US sanctions that were lifted or waived in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2016 nuclear deal among the United States and its allies and Iran, have been reimposed and are in full effect.

Countering Iran’s Global Terrorism

Countering Iran’s Global Terrorism
 Countering Iran’s Global Terrorism

Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Period. It has held that dubious distinction for many years now and shows no sign of relinquishing the title.

 

Why Iran executed the “Sultan of Coins” for hoarding gold as U.S. sanctions bite

Why Iran executed the “Sultan of Coins” for hoarding gold as U.S. sanctions bite
 Why Iran executed the “Sultan of Coins” for hoarding gold as U.S. sanctions bite

Iran executed the so-called “Sultan of Coins” and his accomplice on Wednesday for hoarding gold coins and other hard currency, signaling zero tolerance as it tries to shore up its currency in the face of an economic crisis.

 

Iran Was Closer to a Nuclear Bomb Than Intelligence Agencies Thought

Iran Was Closer to a Nuclear Bomb Than Intelligence Agencies Thought

Iran Was Closer to a Nuclear Bomb Than Intelligence Agencies Thought

secret Iranian archive seized by Israeli agents earlier this year indicates that Tehran’s nuclear program was more advanced than Western intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency had thought, according to a prominent nuclear expert who examined the documents.

 

Iran IRGC Brags About Its “Bases From Red Sea To Mediterranean”, Suggests US Will Leave Iraq

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Iran IRGC Brags About Its “Bases From Red Sea To Mediterranean”, Suggests US Will Leave Iraq

Iran IRGC Brags About Its “Bases From Red Sea To Mediterranean”, Suggests US Will Leave Iraq

The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran Brigadier General Hossein Salami told a forum at the University of Damghan in Semnan province in northern Iran, that his forces has bases throughout the Middle East and that Iran was confronting “the Zionists” and Americans in the region.