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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 »

Behind the Headlines/June 20, 2018

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines our guests, the former managing director of Taj Football Club, Parviz Sheikhan and Tofigh Momtaz the head of the club’s technical committee will tell us about the way this sport used to be in Iran before the 1979 revolution, and how it has changed under the current regime.
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Behind the Headlines/June 19, 2018

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines:

Mohammad Salas, the Gonabdi dervish, is executed; what next?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemns Salas’s execution;

How true is the claim by Iranian regime’s officials that if the regime is overthrown Iran will become a “second Syria”?

Are the Iranian people not capable of establishing a system of governance that can protect their national interests?

Our guests tonight to discuss these topics are Allahyar Kangarlou and Mohammad Sadigh Yazdchi.
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Behind the Headlines/June 18, 2018


Jamshid Chalangi:

In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines once again we will look at the continuation of human rights abuses in Iran as the country now has the highest number of defence lawyers in its jails.
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