Section: Iran Focus (Iran)
Tehran Concurrently Admits and Conceals
By Pooya Stone The head of the Iranian team investigating the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 declared this week that no more documents would be shared with the Ukrainian government and that overall cooperation with Kyiv had come to an end. …read more Source:: Iran...
Iran: Hassan Rouhani Knew About Downing of Plane Immediately
By Pooya Stone Ukraine’s TSN television channel has broadcast an audio file that proves the Iranian government knew immediately about the missile strike that downed Ukrainian International Airline flight 752 as it left Tehran and killed all 176 passengers and crew, and more importantly that the government’s top officials tried to...
As Iran Deals With Domestic Protests, Allies Face Pressure Over Possible Weapons Sales
By Pooya Stone More information was revealed on Tuesday about the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 when Iranian authorities confirmed the specific type of missiles that struck the flight. …read more Source:: Iran...
Iran’s Missile attack, Taking Revenge from the U.S. or Iranians
By Pooya Stone “We will take revenge, harsh, strong, regrettable, firm, and finisher…” the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami said in Kerman on January 7. A little later, 176 people were slain in Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752. …read more Source:: Iran...
Github Blocks Iran Devs to Comply With US Sanctions
By Jubin Katiraie GitHub, the world’s largest host of source code, has abruptly blocked access to the private code repositories and paid accounts of developers or companies in Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Crimea, and Syria to comply with US trade sanctions, but this has caused an outcry from developers who unexpectedly lost their work....
Germany Admits “Strong Evidence” of Iran’s Involvement in Tanker Attacks
By Pooya Stone German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that there is “strong evidence” that Iran was responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week, which supports the comments previously made by the US. At a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, following talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Merkel...
Will Iran Trigger Armed Confrontation With American Forces in Iraq?
Iran Focus London, 27 Jul – The new U.S. president, Donald Trump, is focusing on health care and tax reform at home, while his administration is prepares for conflict, as North Korea’s missile are alarming the U.S., Japan and South Korea; NATO responded to Russia’s military incursions into eastern Ukraine and the Baltic region;...
Ukraine must enforce sanctions on Iran
Iran Focus London, 7 Feb – Ukraine is allowing Iran to evade an international arms embargo which is sanctioned by the UN, according to policy experts. Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), and Boris Zilberman, the FDD deputy director of congressional relations wrote an op-ed for The Hill,...
Former EU Commissioners Warn Against Deals with Iran
Iran Focus Brussels, 20 Jul – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced the lifting of “multilateral and national” sanctions on Iran on 16 January this year, saying the nuclear deal showed that intense diplomacy could resolve even “the most difficult issues”. However, this new position came despite the EU sanctions still imposed...
