Spring of freedom

INU- Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok recently revealed the role that the Iranian Regime played in two assassinations that took place in 2015 and 2017 in the Netherlands. The Dutch Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had “strong indications that Iran was involved in the assassinations” but that it kept the matter hidden “in the interests of facilitating this common EU action against Iran”. In 2018, the Dutch government also expelled two Iranian diplomats from the country but refused to say whether the decision was linked to the assassinations. This led to the first EU sanctions against the Iranian Regime since the 2015 nuclear deal was signed three years ago, which were welcomed by an Iranian Resistance group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The MEK said in a statement that this is a “positive but important step in the face of the regime’s state terrorism”. You see, this was no rogue agent ordering an isolated hit. It is simply how the Iranian R...

Albanian foreign ministry On Wednesday, Albanian authorities declared that they had expelled two Iranian diplomats because of their "involvement in activities that harm the country's security" and for "violating their diplomatic status." One of those diplomats was the Iranian regime’s ambassador to Albania Gholamhossein Mohammadnia. “Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania just expelled the Iranian ambassador, signaling to Iran’s leaders that their support for terrorism will not be tolerated,” the U.S. President’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton,  tweeted . “We stand with PM Rama and the Albanian people as they stand up to Iran’s reckless behavior in Europe and across the globe.” While commending the move, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also reminded the broader threat of Tehran’s foreign terrorism. “European nations have thwarted three Iranian plots this year alone. The world must stand together to sanction Iran’s regime until it changes its d...