Iranian general says Kurdish independence referendum ‘a US plot’
Iranian Brigadier General Naqdi, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) deputy commander, said that the Kurdistan independence referendum is a new plot by the United States.
Iran shells Kurdistan border area, no casualties reported
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have fired artillery at the surrounding areas of the village of Gundazhor, Haji Omaran town, in eastern Erbil province.
US-Iran tensions over nuclear pact cause alarm in Europe
With the war of words between Iran and the United States taking on an increasingly bellicose tone, there is increasing concern across Europe that the nuclear deal overseen by the Obama administration in 2015 is unravelling.
The U.S. Renews Travel Warning To Iran
The U.S. State Department has warned American citizens that travel to Iran carries the risk “of arrest and detention” particularly for American-Iranian dual nationals.
Iran: Raising the Death Penalty Bar
(Beirut) – The Iranian parliament on August 13, 2017, approved a long-awaited amendment to the country’s drug law that significantly raises the bar for a mandatory death sentence, Human Rights Watch said today. The amendment, which the parliamentary judiciary commission revised four times, is a step in the right direction despite being more limited than a December 2016 draft amendment that sought to outlaw the death penalty for most nonviolent drug related offenses.
Iran Parliament Approves Increase in Funding to Its Missile Program
Iranian legislators voted Sunday on a bill to increase spending of the country’s missile ballistic program.
The overwhelming support for the bill comes after tensions between Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump who imposed new sanctions on the Iranian government.
Kuwait arrests ‘terror cell’ convicts with Iran, Hezbollah ties
Kuwaiti authorities have captured 12 convicted terrorists with alleged ties to Iran and Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Shiites accuse the country’s Sunni rulers of politically and legally discriminating against them.
Trump says he doesn’t think Iran is complying with nuclear agreement
President Trump on Thursday said he doesn’t believe Iran is in compliance with the 2015 deal to curtail its nuclear weapons program, weeks after his administration certified that it is in compliance.
Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan: Heading Towards Confrontation
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq maintain cordial relations, and the two neighbors have publicly cooperated in battling the Islamic State (IS). However, this might change soon. The authorities in Tehran are increasingly frustrated with the Kurdish leadership’s decision to hold an independence referendum on September 25 in territories under control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Tehran speculates that the vote would speed up Kurdistan’s walk towards full independence, an event which Iran sees as a challenge not only to Iranian stability but also to their regional ambitions.
I.R.G.C. Commander: Iran Won’t Repeat Libya’s Mistake of Giving up Its Military Assets
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.) Aerospace Force has said that the Islamic Republic has stepped up its efforts to enhance its missile capability and emphasized that the country will not commit the mistake of the former Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi to surrender its military assets. “Our current enemy is thinking of replicating the Libya case to our country. They first disarmed Libya and then created this situation in the country with an attack,” said Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
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