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Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad Beirut, Reuters,  Jul 31, 2017  - Iran's former president,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  , faces sentences on seven verdicts of misusing billions of dollars in government funds while in office, the public prosecutor at Iran’s Supreme Audit Court said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. In one case, dating back to Ahmadinejad’s second term in office between 2009 and 2013, the misused funds amounted to more than two billion dollars, the prosecutor, Fayaz Shojaie, said in his interview with the newspaper Etemaad. The verdicts have been announced to the parliament, Shojaie said. The Supreme Audit Court operates under the supervision of the Iranian parliament. It is not clear whether Ahmadinejad was formally tried by the court and is facing sentencing, or whether the Iranian parliament must now follow up on the court's verdicts. Shojaie said that he did not believe the funds Ahmadinejad allegedly misused could be recovered. 'In the ...

Main building gov.uk UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office,  29 July 2017 Iran’s space launch vehicle inconsistent with UNSCR 2231 With its latest launch of a Simorgh space launch vehicle on 27 July, Iran has again demonstrated activity inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2231. We condemn this action. This resolution calls upon Iran to not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such technology like this launch. Space launch vehicles use technologies that are closely related to those of ballistic missile development, in particular to those of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. This step follows missile launches into Syria on 18 June and the test of a medium range ballistic missile on 4th July. Iran’s programme to develop ballistic missiles continues to be inconsistent with UNSCR 2231 and has a destabilising impact in the region. We call on Iran not to co...

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks with reporters about the withdrawn Republican health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) JULY 26, 2017  - The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday his panel was likely to strip out language imposing sanctions against North Korea from legislation that contains sanctions against Russia and Iran. Republican Senator Bob Corker told the Washington Post in an interview that doing so would ensure the measure could pass. Corker said the bill was likely to become law 'very, very soon.'

US President Donald Trump Youngstown (Ohio) JULY 26, 2017 - US President Donald Trump made a veiled threat to Iran on Tuesday, demanding Tehran comply with the terms of the nuclear deal with world powers or face 'very big problems.' A week after recognizing that Iran was committed to the 2015 agreement negotiated by Democratic President Barack Obama, Trump explained to thousands of his supporters that he was still very cautious about Tehran. Trump officials told reporters last week that economic sanctions were being imposed on Iran over its ballistic missile program and its contribution to regional tensions. Trump dedicated part of his speech in Youngstown, Ohio to Iran. 'If that agreement does not match what is supposed to be in line with it, then there will be very big problems for them,' Trump said. That's what I can say. Believe me '. 'You thought they would say 'Thank you to the United States. We really love you so much. ' But they became...

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley directs comments to the Russian delegation at the conclusion of a U.N. Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York. UNITED NATIONS, Reutes, Jul 25, 2017  -  The United States is making progress in talks with North Korean ally China on imposing new  United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest missile test, but Russia's engagement will be the 'true test,' U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said on Tuesday. The United States gave China a draft resolution nearly three weeks ago to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over the July 4 missile launch. Haley had been aiming for a vote by the 15-member Security Council within weeks, senior diplomats said. 'We're constantly in touch with China ... Things are moving but it's still too early to tell how far they'll move,' Haley told reporters, adding that she was pleased with China's initial response to the U.S. propos...

هشدار دونالد ترامپ به رژیم آخوندی به گزارش خبرگزاری رویتر روز سه‌شنبه 3مرداد 96  دونالد ترامپ  به رژیم ایران هشدار داد اگر به مفاد توافق اتمی پایبند نباشد با مشکل بزرگی روبه‌رو خواهد بود. ترامپ که برای هزاران نفر از هواداران خود در گردهما‌یی در شهر یانگستون در ایالت اوهایو سخنرانی می‌کرد به‌صراحت گفت وی کماکان به‌شدت نگران رژیم ایران است...  ترامپ بخشی از سخنرانی خود در یانگستون را به ایران اختصاص داد و گفت ”اگر آن توافق در مطابقت با چیزی که قرار بوده با آن مطابقت داشته باشد، نباشد، این مسأله مشکلات بزرگی برای رژیم خواهد بود. من می‌توانم این را به شما بگویم. مرا باور کنید“. رئیس‌جمهور آمریکا ادامه داد:‌ شما فکر می‌کردید که آنها خواهند گفت ایالات متحده متشکریم. ما بواقع شما را بسیار دوست داریم. به‌جای آن آنها گستاخ‌تر شده‌اند. این مسأله مدت زمان خیلی زیادی طول نخواهد کشید.

The commander of IRGC’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, said that the IRGC “had been working around the clock to arm the PMU” after its establishment. Al-Arabiya, 21 July 2017  - “I announce from here the end and failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which the terrorist Da’esh (ISIS) announced from Mosul,” the Iraqi Prime Minister declared on state television recently. Following a three-year long blitz, Iraqi forces with the support of the international coalition, have now defeated ISIS in Mosul, despite all challenges and sectarian disputes. But the defeat of ISIS has created a vacuum and there are some hard questions about Shi’ite militias such as the People Mobilization Units (PMU) that must be answered. This is particularly important because the PMU was established because of the sectarian divisions in Iraq. But what role will the PMU play in the future of Iraq? Who will control and command the PMU? It is a known fact that some...

Iranian missile Nuclear weapons accord shouldn’t be allowed to continue: Opposing view Lee Zeldin USA TODAY, July 20, 2017  - Under this “deal,” up to $150 billion in sanctions relief, as well as our leverage, was negotiated away without addressing Iran’s non-nuclear bad activities: overthrowing foreign governments, sponsoring terrorism, developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, unjustly imprisoning Americans, blowing up mock U.S. warships, pledging to wipe Israel (“the little Satan”) off the map, and chanting Death to America (“the great Satan”) on national holidays, just to name a few. As far as Iran’s nuclear activities go, the Iranians can’t help themselves but to cheat. Even if they don’t cheat, on top of the billions of dollars in sanctions relief that can be at least partially used for Iran’s dangerous, threatening activities, it has a blueprint for how to obtain a nuclear weapon in just over a decade. It’s the best of both worlds, and Iran is the clear all...

وزارت خزانه‌داری آمریکا نشریه 'بازفید' روز دوشنبه 26تیر 96 گزارش داد وزارت خزانه‌داری آمریکا قصد دارد تحریم‌هایی را بر هفت نهاد و پنج مقام رژیم ایران اعمال کند. این تصمیم بخشی از تلاش دولت آمریکاست که می‌خواهد عزم خود را برای مجازات رژیم ایران به‌خاطر 'فعالیتهای بدخواهانه' نشان دهد. مقامهای آمریکایی گفتند 'ادامه توسعه برنامه موشکهای بالستیک، حمایت از تروریسم و آشوبگری، همدستی با دولت بشار اسد رئیس‌جمهور رژیم سوریه و حملات سایبری به آمریکا، توافق اتمی را 'شدیدا تضعیف می‌کند.' به نوشته 'بازفید' دولت آمریکا همچنین به بازداشت 'خودسرانه' شهروندان آمریکا در ایران اشاره کرده و از دولت اوباما - دولت قبلی آمریکا - انتقاد کرده که با تمرکز بر برنامه اتمی ایران 'اجازه داده رژیم ایران بر دخالتهای خود در سراسر منطقه بیافزاید.'.

Iranian math genius, Maryam Mirzakhani United States, July 16, 2017  - Maryam Mirzakhani, a genius in mathematics and the first woman to win the Fields Medal in math, died on Saturday, July 15, 2017, in a hospital in the United States. She had been battling with cancer for four years, the news of which spread only three days ago. The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran extends its condolences on the tragic demise of this great woman and genius mathematician to her family, to the women and people of Iran, the scientific community and the women of the world. Maryam Mirzakhani was born in 1977 in Tehran, Iran. She went to Farzanegan (Exceptional Talents) high school in Tehran. In 1994, she won a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the first female Iranian student to do so. In the 1995 International Mathematical Olympiad, she became the first Iranian student to achieve a perfect score and to win two gold medals. She obtained ...

Former intellligence minister and one of the perpetrators of the AMIA bombing IRAN, 17 July 2017 --  In an interview with an Iranian regime funded television station, Ali Fallahian, the former Iranian intelligence minister and one of the perpetrators involved in the AMIA bombing that killed 85 people on July 18, 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, revealed the mindset behind the mass execution of more than 30,000 political prisoners in Iran during the summer of 1988.   Mass execution of more than 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 in Iran   The AMIA community centre bombing on July 18, 1994  People holding photographs of the  victims of the  1994 AMIA bombing participate at the ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of this henious act that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires Argentinian Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Shot Dead befor he had a chance to prove to the court the unquestionable Iran's involvment in AMIA bombing. ...

Leader of the Houthi militias Osama al-Maddani was killed in an air raid by the Arab alliance. (File photo Staff writer, Al Arabiya, 15 July 2017  - Yemeni military sources reported that the leader of the Houthi militias known as military engineer Osama al-Maddani was killed along with a number of his companions on the border of Saudi Arabia off Najran during an air raid by the Arab alliance, reported Al Arabiya on Saturday. The battles are still ongoing between the militias and the National Army in the area of Ham in Al-Mawtun district in Al-Jawf governorate, east of Saada. Arab coalition jet fighters launched about 12 raids on militia positions and gatherings in Ham and its surrounding areas. Houthi leader Osama al-Maddani. The aerial bombardment and clashes resulted in the death of the militia leader and a number of insurgents in the town of Mazweyah, north of the of Meton. The air Force has also secured another position of the coup militias in Mount Qarda,...

ادوارد رندل -سخنرانی در گردهمایی بزرگ مقاومت سخنرانی ادوارد رندل - رئیس پیشین حزب دموکرات و فرماندار پنسیلوانیا متشکرم، خیلی متشکرم سلام به همگی، می‌دانید سه هزار و دویست نفری که در اشرف قبل از حمله ۲۰۰۹ بودند، دوستان زیادی داشتند و شما از خیلی از دوستان آمریکایی و سایر کشورها شنیده‌اید. ولی در آمریکا ما یک گروه فعال کوچک 10نفره داشتیم که شامل فرماندار ریچ، که بعداً صحبتهای او را خواهید شنید، ژنرال مک کیسی، لوئیس فری مدیر اف بی‌آی، رودی جولیانی و هاوراد دین بود. همچنین تعدادی از ژنرالها شامل ژنرال شلتون، ژنرال کیسی، ژنرال کانوی و ما هفت سال کار کردیم که تلاش کنیم ساکنان اشرف را از عراق آزاد کنیم. من می‌خواهم مقداری رو به افراد اشرف که الآن در آلبانی هستند صحبت کنم و تمام شما. این یک جنگ سخت بود، زمانی که ما پرونده را دست گرفتیم، سازمان مجاهدین در لیست تروریستی بود، هیچ‌کس نمی‌خواست به هیچ نفری از مجاهدین نزدیک شود و هیچ کشوری پا پیش نمی‌گذاشت که به مجاهدین بگوید افراد خودت را این‌جا بیاور. صرفنظر از آنچه که در عراق چه‌می‌گذشت. زیرا ما به آن افراد ایمان داشتیم، ما به خوبی به است...