Iran

„A German government quality control agency and a private certification agency that works with it both violated EU sanctions and the federal agency’s policy by providing certificates to Iranian banks, constructions companies and energy firms, a joint investigation by The Jerusalem Post and the Federal Republic’s largest daily, Bild, reveals. The quality control certificates make it easier for the Iranian…

„Iran’s proliferation activities span eight German states and involve a range of activities to advance its chemical and biological warfare capabilities, as well as its nuclear and missile programs. The vast scale of the Islamic Republic’s network to obtain nuclear and missile technology goes beyond what was disclosed in recent German intelligence reports released on Thursday. The Jerusalem Post has…

„Teilweise schweigend, teilweise nichtssagend hatte die Bundesregierung auf die Berichte des Verfassungsschutzes zum iranischen Atomwaffenprogramm reagiert. Doch nun hat Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel zumindest teilweise bestätigt, was das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) und die Landesbehörde in Nordrhein-Westfalen kürzlich in ihren Jahresberichten 2015 angeprangert hatten. ‚In eindeutigem Widerspruch zu den einschlägigen Bestimmungen des UN-Sicherheitsrates entwickelt der Iran sein Raketenprogramm weiter‘, sagte Merkel…

„The United States had a top-secret operation that gave it the ability to shut down much of Iran’s infrastructure ahead of a full-scale war, without a single bomb being dropped. The incredible insight into a highly-classified cyber operation called Nitro Zeus was first exposed in the film ‚Zero Days‘ and later corroborated by The New York Times, which interviewed intelligence…

„Angesichts der massiven Versuche des Iran, in Deutschland Material für den Bau von Atomwaffen und Trägerraketen zu beschaffen, gerät die Bundesregierung in Erklärungsnot. Obwohl dem Verfassungsschutz viele illegale Aktivitäten der Iraner bekannt sind, hat sich das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium noch im Juni unwissend gezeigt. (…) Die Verschleierungstaktik der Regierung beim Thema Iran ist nicht neu. Bereits im Mai schwieg sich die Generalzolldirektion…

Von Thomas von der Osten-SackenIn Isfahan begingen Demonstranten den staatlich verordneten Al-Quds-Tag in einer Weise, die dem Regime so gar nicht gefallen dürfte. Sie protestierten nämlich nicht etwa gegen das ‚zionistische Krebsgeschwür‘ wie sie sollten, sondern gegen die iranische Truppenpräsenz in Syrien  und riefen: „Verlasst Syrien! Denkt an uns Iraner!“ Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass ein Al-Quds-Tag so ganz…

„Last week, a delegation of the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI), comprising representatives of Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, Baluchis, Turks and Azerbaijanis, met with the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The two parties discussed the economic and political problems faced by these minorities in Iran and demanded that the US condemn human rights violations in order to…

„‚Iran is covertly recruiting hundreds of Afghan Shias in Afghanistan to fight for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, drawing them out of their own conflict-ridden country and into another war in which Afghanistan plays no official part. The Afghan fighters are often impoverished, religiously devout or ostracised from society, looking for money, social acceptance and a sense of purpose that they…

„Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said his group would not be affected by fresh US sanctions because it receives its money directly from Iran, not via Lebanese banks. In a speech broadcast by the Shiite party’s Al-Manar station, Nasrallah brushed off assertions that Hezbollah would be hurt by US sanctions on Lebanese financial institutions that work with the group.…

„Das Nuklearabkommen mit dem Iran wurde eigentlich geschlossen, um den Bau einer iranischen Atombombe zu verhindern. Doch durch das Abkommen hat die Islamische Republik gleichzeitig ein Druckmittel gegen die westlichen Staaten in die Hand bekommen. (…) Denn zum einen kann der Iran fast jederzeit damit drohen, aus dem Abkommen auszusteigen, weil seines Erachtens die notwendigen Gegenleistungen in Form der Aufhebung…

„A Democratic senator who voted for the Iran deal said Thursday that it is not America’s responsibility to promote foreign investment in Iran, despite efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry to encourage investment there. ‚It is Iran’s challenge to demonstrate that their economy is transparent enough, legitimate enough, secure enough, to attract foreign investment,‘ Delaware senator Chris Coons told…

„In Tehran, Hamid Aboutalebi, a senior political aide to the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, tweeted that Brexit created a ‚historic opportunity‘ for Iran, but did not elaborate on how the country could benefit from the situation. The deputy chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Massoud Jazayeri, was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying ‚the European Union is…

„The protests of the Green Revolution in Iran may no longer be on our television screens, but that doesn’t mean resistance to the Iranian regime has disappeared. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) has confirmed that six of its fighters were killed in a battle with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the regime’s elite security force and terrorism-sponsoring outfit.…

„Es ist Samstag, 5. Juni, 9 Uhr. Das neu gewählte iranische Parlament ist zu seiner ersten Arbeitssitzung zusammengetreten. Ali Larijani, der alte und neue Präsident des Hauses, ruft den iranischen Innenminister Rahmani Fazli zum Rednerpult. Warum an diesem Tag und in dieser Stunde gerade der Innenminister die Bühne betritt und nicht Regierungschef Hassan Rouhani selbst oder der für das Atomabkommen…

„Iran has not altered its posture on the global stage despite, over a year and a half ago, choosing to alter the nature of its controversial nuclear program, a senior White House official said on Thursday. (…) ‚Iran has not ceased its support for terrorist organizations like Hezbollah or its threats toward Israel. Iran has continued to test ballistic missiles.…