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Behind the Headlines/June 26, 2018

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines:

As anti-regime street protests continue in the grand bazaars of Iran, we ask our guests Mohammad Nourizad and Navid Jamshidi if the Rouhani government is solely responsible for the economic crisis and what role Iran’s foreign policy has played in it.

Also, why all officials of the regime claim that if they are overthrown Iran will no longer exist.

And how widespread is the current anti-government protests.
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Behind the Headlines/June 25, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines:

Anti-regime street protests continue in many Iranian cities while in Tehran the bazzari merchants condemn the rapid rise in prices and the free fall of Iranian Rial against US dollar;

Iran’s economy is now at its weakest state and dependent on foreign affairs and developments, while the country’s justice system fails to tackle the widespread corruption;

Our guests tonight to discuss these topics are Ghassem Shole Sadee and Mrs. Nahid Farhad.
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Behind the Headlines/June 22, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines we ask our guests Alireza Nourizadeh and Hassan Shariatmadari if the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s conditions put forward to the Iranian regime will be accepted and the regime will consequently change its behaviour.
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Iranian support for Houthis in Yemen laid bare – in pictures

Drones, ballistic missiles and IEDs have all made their way from Iran to the rebels

The Arab Coalition has laid bare the extent of Iranian military support for Houthi rebels in Yemen, displaying drones, missiles and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) captured during the three-year conflict. Read More »

A German ‘Iran Bank’ could save the nuclear deal

Creating a private German Iran Bank would keep investment flowing into Iran, so that Tehran sticks to its side of the nuclear deal. The bank could even be named Deutsche.

By
Laura von Daniels

Since US President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear agreement with Iran, formally known as the JCPOA, the EU has been looking for ideas to prevent the worst: the exit of Iran from its obligations under the deal, including a nuclear “breakout.” The best way to prevent that is to keep private investment flowing from Europe to Iran. To finance such business, I am proposing a novel idea: Germany should start a bank, or convert an existing German bank, into an “Iran bank.” Read More »