Iran has retreated in the face of growing pressure from the United States and has named a new envoy – Gholamali Khoshroo – to the United Nations, after withdrawing its first choice, Hamid Aboutalebi. While the US, as the host country, is obliged to issue visas to diplomats, a provision in the country’s law allows it to deny permission in order to “safeguard its own security”.

At least 1,375 people, including 790 civilians, have died in January 2015 in Iraq, according to new United Nations report.

The Iranian regime is actively contributing to the mess in Iraq, as Shiite militias affiliated with the terrorist Quds force continue to spill the blood of innocent Sunnis in various regions. Taking advantage of the crisis created by the Islamic State (IS), Iran is playing a game of its own through Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, Quds force and militias, which are no less barbaric than IS.

On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 1127, sending it to the full House for further debate that would ban Mississippi state from hiring companies doing business with Iran.

An Argentinian prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, who accused his country’s president of covering up the investigation of the bombing of a Jewish Community Centre, was found dead, hours before he was supposed to testify. The bombing, one that has been speculated to be because of several high Iranian regime officials, laced with the abrupt death of the main prosecutor, has opened the door for the real role that Iran has been playing in international terrorism, one that it is trying to hide.

A policeman from Dubai police, identified as A.R.B, is being prosecuted for spying for the Iranian regime. The 43 years old police sergeant faces ten years in prison if the accusations leveled against him are proven in a court of law. The suspect allegedly provided sensitive information to Iranian agents pertaining to the names, contact numbers and license plates of Dubai police officials. He further delivered information about sectarian identity of Dubai police personnel as well as the force’s uniform.  

While speaking in University of Indonesia on Friday, Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said, “We are not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material or activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”

Source:l The Washington Times ,Editorial

The clock is ticking on efforts to halt Iran’s quest for the bomb, and time is running out. When it does, the folly of allowing a rogue state to threaten the Middle East — and the world — with the bomb will be exposed in stark and horrifying relief. Neville Chamberlain was the face of appeasement in the 20th century; Barack Obama would be that face in the 21st.  

The removal of Iran from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq is the surest way on ensuring victory over religious extremism, Iranian Resistance leader Maryam Rajavi has told the Council of Europe.

the head of the UN's atomic watchdog has warned that 'terrorists' could attack or sabotage nuclear facilities in countries where security is weak, and urged governments not to let their guard down.

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz died on 23rd of January, weeks after he was admitted to a hospital. Abdullah, who had ruled since 2005 and was said to be aged about 90, had been suffering from a lung infection. His 79-year-old brother, Salman, has taken over the role of king, where any drastic changes in policies by him, especially regarding oil prices, are being anxiously anticipated by the rest of the world, ones that gravely affect every country.

Despite an outcry from the international community and several human rights organizations against the use of capital punishment in Iran, the world still sees an increasing amount of images of hangings being carried out, ones that are justified by the Iranian regime as being a righteous duty for them.

With the progression of time, concerns previously voiced by the Iranian opposition over the presence of Iranian regime forces in Iraq are now being acknowledged and shared by other organisations.

King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia has died, aged around 90. His 79-year-old half-brother Salman, who was crown prince, will succeed to the throne, the royal court in the kingdom said in a statement carried by state television.

The 'future of Europe' depended on defending freedom of expression within the boundaries of the law, Paulo Casaca who currently directs two international politics associations in Brussels says.

An Argentinian prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, who accused his country’s president of covering up the investigation of the bombing of a Jewish Community Centre, has been found, hours before he was supposed to testify.

A leading U.S. senator, despite resistance, is still pushing for new sanctions against the Iranian regime over its nuclear program, but claimed that he would be willing to set aside his efforts, if Obama would succumb to any agreement with Tehran, and let the Congress lawmakers accordingly reject or approve it.

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, Paris became victim to a terrorist attack, where militants opened fire with shotguns in the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding several others. In another terror attack, on Friday, four Jewish hostages were killed at a kosher supermarket in the eastern part of Paris. The world showed solidarity with France a few days’ later where prominent leaders from all around the world, including Muslim leaders, walked arm in arm on the streets of Paris, to pay tribute to the victims that lost their lives. Despite this grand gesture of unity, one which condemned the acts as being a violation of freedom of speech, Iran seems to be the odd one out. Other than the current regime staying silent while others proactively condemned the acts, a senior Iranian cleric has actually expressed his pleasure at the terrorist attacks that left 17 dead, labeling the participants in the mass rally as 'murderers'.

France saw one of the worst security crises in decades after three days of attacks by gunmen brought bloodshed to the capital Paris and its surrounding areas. It began with a massacre at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo,publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.on Wednesday 7 January ,and ended with a huge police operation and two sieges two days later. With a series of protests, claiming solidarity with the victims of the attack and their families, some also questioned whether the magazine that was attacked crossed the limit of freedom of speech. 

Iran has become the center of inquiry, where it was reported this week that it had officially announced plans to build two new nuclear facilities in the Bushehr province, which officials claim will dramatically increase the region’s nuclear energy capacity. This has fuelled the fire that it has already created, one where the current Iranian regime has refused to accept nuclear sanctions that the US has tried to forward.

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President Obama, joined by British Prime Minister David Cameron, sharply warned Congress Friday not to pursue new sanctions on Iran -- saying they could derail the effort to strike a deal barring the country from getting a nuclear weapon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sponsors of a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran if there is no agreement on its nuclear program by July said on Friday they would push ahead with the legislation, despite warnings that it could torpedo international negotiations.

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced on Wednesday that both Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers will press ahead with a plan for more sanctions on Iran, despite White House warnings that they risked disrupting nuclear talks. Their plan is to reintroduce legislation with a stand on Iran’s nuclear program, one that would be much stricter than before and would have the country under close enquiry.

Reuters - Oil prices resumed their move downwards on Thursday, as Iraq planned a further jump in exports for February, with both Brent and U.S. crude oil dropping around $1 toward near six-year lows, and almost wiping out gains made the previous day.