Iranian official calls for negotiations with Washington in Iraq

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People losing hope in the dictatorship ruling Iran

 

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• 6/6/2018

Popular protests and strikes throughout Iran

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

 

 

Iran, June 6, 2018 - Concerns among senior Iranian regime officials of “people losing hope in the state” has climaxed to such an extent, leading to interesting remarks from various sources:
 

- “The people are fed up”

- “We are facing an impasse and a crisis”

- “The state is facing a difficult road ahead”

- “The people will no longer tolerate seeing officials living like lords”

 

The ruling apparatus is extremely concerned over a new spark of protests, knowing the Dec/Jan nationwide protests can be repeated.

Abbas Abdi, a member of the Iranian regime’s so-called reformists faction, refers to the regime’s “crisis and impasse” and the people’s growing abhorrence.

“The society will not remain silent in the face of this impasse. It will react and un-forecasted results are very likely. If we don’t provide a solution, this will render a domino effect throughout the society,” he said to state media recently.

Ahmad Alamalhoda, the Friday prayer imam of Mashhad and representative of Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in this city, also warned the regime’s officials in this regard.

“Don’t do anything resulting in people – who have lost their patience – to rise against the state,” he said on June 1^st.

Alamalhoda further cautioned officials to refrain from any action rendering popular revolts, especially through protests and strikes.

Prior to Tehran’s Friday prayers, Mahdi Mandegari added his voice to regrets on this subject.

“Unfortunately, our officials are talking of political, economic and cultural impasses,” he said.

These remarks shed light on an undeniable reality that the mullahs’ regime, engulfed in numerous domestic and global dilemmas and crises, has no solution for the status quo.

Back in March, prior to the new Iranian calendar year, many state-media outlets were predicting how the year ahead will be very difficult for the regime. This assessment was based on the fact that this year will provide further dilemmas and continuous crises, and popular protests show no sign of coming to an end.

Just three months down the road we are currently witnessing numerous international challenges arising and the Iranian people’s hatred of this regime growing like never before.

Iran is described as a powder keg waiting for a simple spark. The resulting uprising will be far beyond what we witnessed in the Dec/Jan episode.

Also certain is the fact that the Iranian regime delivered no solution to overcome these current conditions. This in itself, meaning having no solutions to today’s increasing dilemmas, is the ultimate crisis facing Iran’s ruling mullahs.

The Iranian regime has throughout the years continuously resorted to ramping up its domestic crackdown machine. This year, however, we are witnessing people overcoming their fears and the international community taking action to weaken Tehran in this regard.

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Iranian opposition convention & the mullahs’ impasse

 

 

• 6/7/2018

Iranian Resistance gathering in Paris (file photo)

By; PMOI/MEK staff

 

June 7, 2018 - In less than a month the Iranian Diaspora will be holding its famous annual convention in Paris, scheduled for June 30^th this year. This rally is being held in settings when Iran’s domestic and foreign circumstances indicate a growing turbulence.

In parallel nature, the mullahs are feeling the siege tightening ever more. We are also witnessing how numerous Iranian regime officials are warning of protests across the country and how these numbers are increasing.

There are voices describing the Dec/Jan uprising in Iran as the most significant turning point in this nation’s struggle against the mullahs’ regime.

At the time, a Le Monde piece said this is not merely an “uprising” but a full and complete “revolution.”

Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi provided her take, saying neither Iran’s society, nor the regime ruling Iran, nor its relations with the region and the world will ever return to the circumstances prior to the uprising. All the events and political developments taking place after this uprising and in relation to Iran will be directly related to the massive protests.

This uprising saw nationwide protests in 142 cities throughout Iran. The entire populace revolted, tearing down images of Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Their chants included:

“Mullahs, be ashamed – Let go of the country”

“Seyed Ali, apologies – It’s time to go”

“We will take back Iran”

These protests continued and spread despite a relentless crackdown, the arrest of up to 8,000 demonstrators, many most likely placed under torture, and numbers that authorities claimed committed suicide.

Despite all this, the uprising gave birth to further massive protests in Kazerun, southern Iran, and a nationwide strike by truck drivers across the country. Demonstrations and protest gatherings are also continuously witnessed by credit firm clients demanding their stolen savings returned.

Like never before, this year’s Iranian Diaspora convention will be the voice of protesters all across Iran. The voice of opposition cells directly linked to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside Iran and the millions of Iranians protesting this regime’s rule and demanding regime change; the voice of truck drivers that remain the target of state-led plots to cause rifts in their ranks; the voice of Kazerun and other cities that have and will be rising against all odds despite the regime resorting to brute force.

They deserve to see this rally rise in support of their just cause. They are asking for the world to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people. They are asking for the international community to recognize this resistance movement as their legitimate voice. They are saying the world shouldn’t be betting on this dead horse – the Iranian regime – and refrain from entering short-term economic contracts.

Fortunately, they have been able to advance their initiatives. Those who believed they could pursue lucrative contracts in Iran are all admitting they can no longer trust the Iranian regime.

Even prior to the U.S. sanctions return timetable coming to an end, numerous contracts and planned measures are being hauled back.

This goes to prove the victory of the Iranian people and their organized opposition, symbolized in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that has been calling for sanctions against this regime ever since 1981.

The mullahs have been able to deceive the international community for the past four decades. The Dec/Jan nationwide protests brought this hoax to an end.

This is why the coming uprising in Iran is of such significance, with the potential of ending the atrocities suffered in this country and across the Middle East.

 

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota and good morning. "The Heat is on".  

 

Edited June 8, 2018 by ChuckFinley

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10 international companies withdraw from the Iranian market

 

Friday, June 8,

 

 

 

Since the withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear agreement by a decision of its president, Donald Trump, Iran has ended the joy of a deal with the administration of former President Barack Obama, and five powers three major European ones, namely Germany, France and Britain, but Europeans, despite being allies of Washington in the good The economic interests pushed them to swim in the opposite direction from the West Bank to the Atlantic.  Recently we hear the names of international companies specializing in various industrial and economic sectors withdrawing from Iran. The more Washington announces a new package of sanctions, some of which include not only Tehran but also those that deal with it.     The source of the Iranian sources, according to the rule of "witnessed by its people," where the site, "Fararu," a spokesman for Farsi in a report the withdrawal of 10 giant international companies from Iran, pointing out that this was despite the European leaders confirmed their commitment to the agreement As long as Iran remains committed to the terms of the nuclear deal with it. But it is known that according to the European liberal economy, companies are not subject to government decisions, but decided according to the principle of profit and loss.  According to the Ferraro report, Iran's active companies in the insurance, automobile, shipping and oil fields withdrew, all citing the withdrawal from Iran by the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement and the imposition of sanctions on Tehran.  List of top 10 companies withdrew from Iran  Total French:Oil and energy company Total said it could be drawn from phase 11 in the South Pars field (SP11) in the Persian Gulf in light of America's exit from an international nuclear deal with Iran.  The company added that as a result, "Total will not continue with SP11 and should complete all operations before November 4, 2018, unless it receives an exceptional exemption for the project from America and with the support of the French and European authorities. This project is the Chinese company CNBC and the Iranian party.  Maersk:Denmark's Maersk Sealand is active in the field of shipping and is one of the largest container and shipping companies in the world. It announced that it has suspended its dealings with Iran due to economic sanctions imposed by Washington after Tehran withdrew from the nuclear agreement. Trade with America to deal with Iran, but did not set a date to stop dealing with Iran.  Peugeot: announced "PSA" French automotive group said in a statement on Monday its willingness to withdraw from Iran , from now until the sixth August 2018 "and the company was sold in the past year alone , more than 444 thousand cars in Iran, in addition to selling cars There is a deal between the French company and Iran Khodro Automotive Group to manufacture Peugeot cars in Iran  General Electric:A large multinational US-based multinational industrial and technological group, has decided to suspend its activities in Iran. The decision also includes the activities of its Baker Hughes company. The decision came in compliance with Washington's 180-day request, which ends on Nov. 4 to cancel deals with Iran. The US Treasury gave General Electric special permits to work with Iran after lifting sanctions on Iran, following the conclusion of the nuclear agreement with Tehran in 2015.  Honeywell: Boeing has signed a $ 20 billion deal with Iran to sell planes to Iranian airlines such as Iran and Asman, but recently announced that it would not sell any aircraft to Iranian companies, Washington on Tehran.  Lukoil is the second largest Russian company operating in the oil industry. The company announced at the end of May that it would not invest in partnership with Iranian companies in the oil sector due to sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran.  Reliance India, an owner of the world's largest oil refining complex, announced at the end of May that it plans to stop importing oil from Iran. Reliance's move is expected to take effect in October or November as crude oil contracts are usually concluded a month before the oil is delivered. For customers.  Dover Corporation:A US company with a conglomerate of activities in the production of industrial devices, electronic tools, enabets and the requirements of the oil industry and the company concluded its first deal with Iran in 2017 and after the exit of the US nuclear agreement, the company announced that it is ending all its activities in Iran.    Siemens, a multinational company headquartered in Germany, operates in various industrial fields, such as modern electrical and electronic engineering, where the company recently announced that it would not accept any new orders from Iran and would shrink its activities in Iran from now on.

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Experts of the Joint Nuclear Agreement Committee meet in Tehran

 

 Since 2018-06-07 at 13:20 (Baghdad time)

Follow up of Mawazine News

Experts of the Joint Commission for the Nuclear Agreement held a joint meeting in the presence of an Iranian delegation and members (4 + 1), Thursday, at the Iranian Foreign Ministry building in Tehran.

The meeting is aimed at examining the extent to which European countries can abide by Iran's nuclear agreement despite US sanctions on Tehran.

This is the first meeting after Tehran announced its capacity to enrich uranium at the Natanz nuclear plant in the center of the country.

Iran and the International Quartet reached a historic agreement on resolving the Iranian nuclear issue in July 2015 in Vienna. The difficult negotiations culminated in the adoption of the "Joint Comprehensive Action Plan" for the implementation of this Agreement.

On May 8, US President Donald Trump announced his country's withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran and the resumption of all sanctions suspended as a result of the deal, which was denounced by the other European signatories and insisted on staying in the Iranian nuclear deal. Ending 29 / a 43

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Iran criticizes US demand to increase Saudi oil production

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Iran has criticized a US demand that Saudi Arabia inject more oil to cover any shortfall in Iranian exports and expected OPEC to not accept it, paving the way for a difficult meeting when the group meets later this month. 

Iran's OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was commenting on reports that the US government had informally asked Saudi Arabia and other OPEC producers to increase production. 

"It is crazy and astounding to see instructions from Washington for Saudi Arabia to act and compensate for any shortfall in Iran's exports as a result of the illegal sanctions on Iran and Venezuela," Kazempour told Reuters. 

He predicted that OPEC would not comply with US demand, saying that oil prices would jump in response to Washington's sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, as happened during the round of previous sanctions against Iran.


"No one in Opec will move against two founding members," he said. "The United States tried this last time against Iran, but oil prices have reached $ 140 a barrel." 

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets to discuss oil production policy on June 22 in Vienna. OPEC, founded in 1960, has a history of coordinating oil policy despite the differences of views and even wars between some of its members over the years. 

Kazempour said the organization would stand united against the US demand. 

"Opec will not accept such an insult," he said, "It is arrogance and ignorance that one can be underestimated by 60 years of cooperation between competitors." 

"We have to live together - we can not change geography but we have to build a better history."

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Newspaper reveals a change in Saudi strategy in the oil market

 

Crude oil "Reuters"

Arab and international Economy News Baghdad The Wall Street Journal has revealed a change in Saudi Arabia's strategy in the oil market. The kingdom has recently started increasing its oil production after more than a year and a half of cutting its price support. "Saudi Arabia increased its oil production in May by more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day, so the production of the world's largest oil exporter touched the level of 10 million barrels per day," the paper said in a report published on Friday. The source added that "Saudi Arabia continues this approach and intends to increase production during this month by at least 100 thousand barrels," adding that "this step will contribute to reassure the global oil market from fears of disruption of Iranian oil supplies because of US sanctions." This increase is not significant compared to the kingdom's capabilities, but this indicates a radical shift in Saudi Arabia's oil market policy, which in cooperation with Russia led an alliance of major oil producers. The newspaper also cited data from Kpler Consulting, which pointed out that Saudi Arabia's crude exports rose last month by 300,000 barrels per day, and the increase in exports does not necessarily reflect an increase in production. However, the Reuters news agency reported earlier this week that Washington had asked Riyadh to increase production if oil prices in the markets rose significantly as a result of the resumption of sanctions America against Tehran. Views 18   Date Added 06/09/2018

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Iran sued Boeing for stopping aircraft supply

A spokesman for the civil aviation organization of Iran, Reza Jafarzadeh, that Tehran will sue Boeing, a giant US aircraft manufacturer, after its decision not to hand over Tehran any aircraft from the planes committed to provide them.

"There is a legal contract between us and this company, we will resort to the law, and there is a penalty clause within the contract signed between the Iranian companies and Boeing, we will rely on it in our judicial action," Jafarzadeh said in an interview with Sputnik.

Jafarzadeh said that Boeing's decision was expected, saying: "We have seen this subject, and we have knowledge of it, and as an American company, this is expected."

Boeing has announced that it will not hand over any aircraft to Tehran, in line with the US embargo, weeks after Washington canceled Boeing and Airbus licenses for Iran in implementation of the decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal.

In December 2016, Iran Airlines and Boeing signed a contract to deliver 80 aircraft valued at $ 16.6 billion, while the first 30 planes were scheduled to be delivered between 2022 and 2024.

Iran's Asman signed a contract with Boeing for the delivery of 30 Boeing 737s worth $ 3 billion.

After the nuclear agreement of 2016, Iran Air signed three contracts for the purchase of passenger aircraft, including 120 Airbus, 20 ATR and 80 Boeing aircraft. Airbus and 3 Airbus planes so far, but the US embargo has put these contracts in an awkward position.

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Iran to launch an international exchange to trade in euros

Shaabour Mohammadi, head of the Iranian bourse organization, announced the opening of the international Kish exchange in the euro-euro currency.

Mohammadi said in a statement Saturday that "the Fares," that the project to launch the International Exchange, will be presented to the Supreme Council of the stock exchange within the next two months.

He pointed out that the project includes the inclusion of foreign companies and local companies can conduct transactions denominated in the euro currency.

Mohammadi pointed out that the foreign transactions of the Iranian capital market were not affected by the withdrawal of the US from the nuclear agreement, while progress is made in international transactions and towards the membership of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (ISESCO).

"Countries that are less associated with America can easily engage in activities in Iran, like those of neighboring countries," he said.

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Boeing is losing $ 20 billion after a deal was canceled because of the US embargo

 

Arab and international Economy News _ Baghdad The chairman of the Omran Committee of the Islamic Shura (parliament) Mohammad Rezaei Koji said on Sunday that the Boeing Company for aircraft industry lost 20 billion dollars after the cancellation of the sale of aircraft to Iran. "Iran has ordered 80 Boeing planes, but the latter canceled the deal under political pressure," Koji was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency. "Bonyig lost $ 20 billion after canceling the sale of aircraft to Iran," he said. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, Reza Jafarzadeh, that Tehran will sue Boeing, a giant aircraft manufacturer, after its decision not to hand over Tehran any aircraft from the aircraft that committed to provide them. Boeing has announced that it will not hand over any aircraft to Tehran, in line with the US embargo, weeks after Washington canceled Boeing and Airbus licenses for Iran in implementation of the decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal. In December 2016, Iran Airlines signed a contract with Boeing to deliver 80 aircraft valued at $ 16.6 billion, while the first 30 planes were scheduled to be delivered between 2022 and 2024. Iran's Asman signed a contract with Boeing for the delivery of 30 Boeing 737s worth $ 3 billion.  Views 29   Date Added 06/10/2018

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Khamenei: America failed in the region and the Great Satan did not achieve its goals

 

Friday, June 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad The Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei on Friday, that the United States failed in the region, pointing out that what he called "the Great Satan" did not achieve his goals.  " The American president once announced that they spent $ 7 trillion in the West Asia region and did not achieve anything, which means America's failure in the region, that is, the Great Satan did not achieve his goals despite all his attempts, his whispers and his reviews of force," Khamenei said in a sermon for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Tehran . .       "The Iranian people must be vigilant. The enemy's plot is to exert economic pressure on the Iranian people to make them feel tired and desperate, so everyone has to make efforts in this area, the government and the officials," he said.

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Imam Khamenei: America has been defeated in the region

Release date: 2018/6/15 13:19 • 80 times read

"America, the Great Satan, has not been able to achieve its goals despite all its endeavors, and whatever the destructive forces of money in the region will lose, it will have nothing to do with it," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Al-Khamaini pointed out in the Eid al-Fitr sermon to participate in this year's special events in the World Jerusalem Day, which was a great welcome for all people over the past years, despite the heat of the summer and long hours of fasting and a few hours after the end of the night of fate. "He 
noted that those who promote "The people are tired and lose their vitality, they are really tired and without vitality, and they call these generalizations on the others out of themselves." 
He stressed that "the Iranian people are considered the squares of competition, a year for a year of high morale, and defies policies that want to keep away from the morale and its blockade in the mundane." 
He pointed out that "the presence of young people in the country," considering them "the source of all this activity and vitality throughout the country and a moral balance is not equivalent to preserve the identity and independence and dignity and greatness of the country."
In the second sermon, Imam al-Khamenei called for the establishment of Jerusalem International Day, which was more strongly present among the different peoples than it was in the past. This means that the other religious people are close to the Iranian people despite the media propaganda they are preparing, pointing out that this propaganda will continue to conspire against the Iranian people because they are afraid of their steadfastness and Aqtdarh and independence. " 
He said , " President Alamیraki 's remarks , who announced that his country spent $ 7 trillion in West Asia region did not achieve anything, ie , that America has failed in the region, and the Great Satan did not achieve its objectives in spite of all his attempts and stings and arrogance. "
He pointed out that "the economic pressures exerted by the enemy aim to spread despair among the people," explaining that "the three authorities in Iran formed a central committee to manage economic affairs, calling on citizens to rationalize consumption and waste and the economy of spending on unnecessary matters for the country's interests And vulnerable segments. " 
The Supreme Guide stressed the need to uphold national and social unity in the country, calling on media outlets not to propagate enemies and to frustrate morale in Iran by spreading lies through repeated propaganda by enemies, which is in fact a psychological war to weaken the morale of the people. With this morale, the movement of the people and a sense of independence, it will be much better today. "

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Indian Oil Corporation: Stop Iranian oil shipments will negatively affect our work

 

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confirmed the financial director of the Indian Oil Corporation on Friday that the Central Bank of India 's decision to stop Iranian oil shipments to India, would negatively affect the institution. 

"The loading of oil will be affected by the end of August, under the current mechanism, unless a new payment track is created," an official at the Indian Oil Corporation said.

The State Bank of India has yet to respond to requests for comment. 

The move came from India's state-controlled bank after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran on May 8, saying he would reinstate sanctions within 180 days. 

Local refiners use the State Bank, the country's largest bank, and the European-Iranian Bank, based in Germany, to pay for Iranian oil purchases in euros. 

Reliance Industries, the owner of the world's largest refinery, plans to stop importing oil from Iran, while Nayara Energie, a subsidiary of Russia's Rosneft, plans to cut its purchases from this month, .

India, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil after China, was among a few countries that continued to trade with Tehran under sanctions, but cut its crude imports to get an exception from US sanctions. 

India says it does not comply with US sanctions, but companies and banks with ties to the US financial system could face sanctions if they did not comply.

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An Indian bank is making a "big blow" to Iranian oil

2018-06-15T07: 45: 51Z

Abu Dhabi - Sky News Arab
financial director of Indian Oil, said Friday that imports of Indian crude from Iran will be affected negatively by the end of August, after the most dangerous bank of the Indian state refiners that it will not deal with payments for the next oil from Iran as of November.
The move comes from India's state-controlled bank after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the global nuclear deal with Iran on May 2, saying it would reinstate sanctions within 180 days.

"Loading oil will be affected by the end of August under the current mechanism unless a new payment path is created," an Indian Oil Corporation official told Reuters.

Local refiners use the State Bank, the country's largest bank, and the European-Iranian Bank, which is based in Germany to pay for Iranian oil purchases in euros.

Reliance Industries, the owner of the world's largest refinery, plans to stop importing oil from Iran, while Nayara Energy, Russia's Rosneft, is cutting its purchases from its current monthly.

India, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil after China, was among a few countries that continued to trade with Tehran during a previous round of Western sanctions, but reduced its crude imports to obtain an exception from US sanctions.

India says it does not comply with US sanctions, but companies and banks with links to the US financial system could face sanctions if they did not comply.

Some of the sanctions will come into effect after a 90-day "phase-out" period ending on August 6, and the rest will come into force, the most important of which are those related to the oil sector, after a period of 180 days ending on November 4.

Iran gives Indian refiners a 60-day credit period in oil sales, meaning that the price of shipments loaded at the end of August is due in November.

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Global reports in recent years have been casting light on the Iranian arena. The grim picture on the ground has always been brought to the focus. The oil-rich nation has high unemployment, rising poverty rates, soaring prices, rampant corruption and chronic despotism, according to most of these reports.
The recent of these reports was made by a Swiss paper named Neue Zürcher Zeitung. It surveyed the opinion of Iranian citizens in Tehran and Mashhad. 
The respondents' answers, according to the paper's report, were indicative of one theme: the end of the regime is near since the people are brimming over with anger and frustration.

It also said the US president Donald Trump has become more insistent on changing the regime in the country ruled by clerics since 1979.
Tough sanctions are the main pillar of the plan. The report says the US administration had deemed these measures necessary for the Iranian terror to come to a halt.
The report, posted on Al-Arabiya, said the Iranian society has been facing a lot of setbacks, especially on the economic area, in recent years. These pressures will lead the people to descend on squares to demand fall of the repressive regime.
Also, the Swiss paper also cast light on the increasing propaganda campaign led by the regime on the streets of nationwide. "Photos of the supreme leader Khamenei are everywhere."
According to the report, the totalitarian rhetoric of the regime is no longer resounding with the Iranian people.
Heading for worse
Two Iranian girls opened up on the regime's repressive behaviors in Iran. 
They highlighted the problems facing them whose root cause is the regime and its policies. 
"Youthis in Iran are downtrodden. They are facing countless forms of repression. For men, they are not able to find good work and make money for marriage. And girls are facing woes relating to personal freedoms, especially when it comes to hijab," the two girls, named Ghazal and Yasmin, said.
"All Iranian young men want to leave the country. Immigration is their prime dream," they noted. 
Iran saw mass protests last December. Bulk numbers of civilians took to the streets to speak up against the regime. They demanded halting foreign meddling and focusing instead on the home front.
The Iranian regime represses all non-Persian minorities, especially the Ahwazi Arab people. They are killed, tortured, displaced, jailed, and unfairly treated on all measures.
The report noted:"The recent protests were alarming for the Iranian regime. They are held by young people and the lower brackets across 70 cities."
The report said the root causes of the protests are not so difficult to track."The government of Rouhani has slashed subsidy budget allocated for the poorer brackets. Also, the government raised prices of fuel due to the sharp decline in oil prices, which went down from $ 95 billion in 2011 to $ 48 billion this year."
"Most of Iranian villages and towns are poverty-stricken. They are seeing soaring prices. And the budget allocated for these areas has declined significantly in recent years."
The report also brought to focus the legacy of former pariah president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He allowed institutions with close ties to the powerful military apparatus the IRGC to have independent financial institutions that are immune to the state's oversight. They have made colossal profits by siphoning the people's deposits.

Depositors have always held protests for their money to be brought back to them.
The report pointed to the Ahmadinejad-Khamenei row."It is not a coincidence that former conservative president Ahmadinejad, who adopts a tough anti-West rhetoric and put down protests that broke out after rigging elections in his favor in 2009, is now speaking out against Khamenei."
The paper also cited another citizen, named Adlan from Mashhad, 44, as saying Rouhani has destroyed everything."I have opened a motorcycle repair shop for nine months. And I am now obliged to shut down the business. It has gone bust."
He noted:"The Iranians eat rice twice a day. Over the past two years, prices of rice have increased fourfold. We were better off under Ahmadinejad." 
Citing the remarks of the Iranian national, commentators said the Iranian regime is collapsing."As days pass, Mullahs lose popular support. They become more hated. Their policies become more exposed."
"What is remaining for a decisive change in Iran is not too far. The regime is in its very last days."

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/28381/Iran-is-seething-revolt-is-now-likely-more-than-ever-before-Commentators

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 India's oil imports from Iran will be hit from the end of August as the State Bank of India (SBI) has informed refiners it will not handle payments for crude from the Middle Eastern nation from November, the finance head of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said on Friday, according to the Times of India.

Such a move from the Indian state-controlled bank would come after US President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran on May 8 and said he would reimpose sanctions within 180 days.
 
"(Oil) loading will be affected from end-August under the current mechanism unless a new payment route is established," IOC's A K Sharma told Reuters.
Local refiners use SBI, the country's biggest bank, and Germany-based Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIH) to pay in euros for purchase of Iranian oil.
 
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), owner of the world's biggest refining complex, plans to halt oil imports from Iran while Rosneft-promoted Nayara Energy has started cutting purchases from this month, sources said. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/28368/Top-Indian-bank-stops-dealings-with-Iran-over-sanctions

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Iran is slowly being strangled from any significant influence in the region which is good for Iraq.

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 Desperate times for the folks there. It is sad to to realize that there will many casualties when the balloon goes up. 

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And wait for it ,----- the dinar is the go to currency in the region --- need a huge need for the Iraqi boneheads to understand , their money is great again !  Put that value to it ,.  numb- nutz

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Renault: We will not abandon Iran despite the re-imposition of US sanctions

 

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The French company "Renault" for the auto industry, they will not give up their presence in Iran , despite the re - imposition of US sanctions against Tehran. 

"We will not give up our existence, but if we have to reduce our activity, we will have a limited presence because we are convinced that this market will reopen at some point and that our survival in Iran will certainly give us preference," Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the company, told a Paris meeting of shareholders. "He said.

"We will not do this at the expense of Renault's interests. We will see that our presence in Iran will result in direct or indirect punitive measures by the US authorities," he said. 

"To that end, there is a team working on this file and communicating directly with the US administration to see what can and can not be done," he said. 

Renault has a strong presence in Iran, with over 160,000 cars a year, with a total sales of 3.76 million cars worldwide. 

In contrast, the two rival companies, Peugeot and Citroen, announced their withdrawal from the Iranian market, in compliance with the sanctions imposed by the United States.

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France can keep all their cars, Citroen, Peugeot, Renault.  Trifecta of garbage autos.  Please send them to Iran!!  

 

I’ve worked on them all and their engineering is embarrassing.  

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On 6/9/2018 at 8:01 PM, yota691 said:

Iran to launch an international exchange to trade in euros

Shaabour Mohammadi, head of the Iranian bourse organization, announced the opening of the international Kish exchange in the euro-euro currency.

Mohammadi said in a statement Saturday that "the Fares," that the project to launch the International Exchange, will be presented to the Supreme Council of the stock exchange within the next two months.

He pointed out that the project includes the inclusion of foreign companies and local companies can conduct transactions denominated in the euro currency.

Mohammadi pointed out that the foreign transactions of the Iranian capital market were not affected by the withdrawal of the US from the nuclear agreement, while progress is made in international transactions and towards the membership of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (ISESCO).

"Countries that are less associated with America can easily engage in activities in Iran, like those of neighboring countries," he said.

iran already get hot 

[normala rashid]

11 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

France can keep all their cars, Citroen, Peugeot, Renault.  Trifecta of garbage autos.  Please send them to Iran!!  

 

I’ve worked on them all and their engineering is embarrassing.  

you should tell putin to helping iran now 

[normala rashid]

9 hours ago, yota691 said:

 

Renault: We will not abandon Iran despite the re-imposition of US sanctions

 

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The French company "Renault" for the auto industry, they will not give up their presence in Iran , despite the re - imposition of US sanctions against Tehran. 

"We will not give up our existence, but if we have to reduce our activity, we will have a limited presence because we are convinced that this market will reopen at some point and that our survival in Iran will certainly give us preference," Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the company, told a Paris meeting of shareholders. "He said.

"We will not do this at the expense of Renault's interests. We will see that our presence in Iran will result in direct or indirect punitive measures by the US authorities," he said. 

"To that end, there is a team working on this file and communicating directly with the US administration to see what can and can not be done," he said. 

Renault has a strong presence in Iran, with over 160,000 cars a year, with a total sales of 3.76 million cars worldwide. 

In contrast, the two rival companies, Peugeot and Citroen, announced their withdrawal from the Iranian market, in compliance with the sanctions imposed by the United States.

dont give up french ! 

[yota691]

Obama took lying to new heights with the Iran deal

 

 

 

 

President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State John F. Kerry, speaks to the media about the Iran nuclear deal on Sept. 10, 2015. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)

By Marc A. ThiessenJune 8

 

When it comes to the Iran nuclear deal, the Obama administration increasingly appears to have been a bottomless pit of deception.

First, President Barack Obama failed to disclose to Congress the existence of secret side deals on inspections when he transmitted the nuclear accord to Capitol Hill. (They were only uncovered by chance when then-Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) learned about them during a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency officials in Vienna.) Then, we learned that the Obama administration had secretly sent a plane to Tehran loaded with $400 million in Swiss francs, euros and other currencies on the same day Iran released four American hostages, which was followed by two more secret flights carrying another $1.3 billion in cash.

Now, in a bombshell revelation, Republicans on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), have revealed in a new report that the Obama administration secretly tried to help Iran use U.S. banks to convert $5.7 billion in Iranian assets, after promising Congress that Iran would not get access to the U.S. financial system — and then lied to Congress about what it had done. (Full disclosure: My wife works for Portman).

In July 2015, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew assured the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that, under the nuclear accord, Iran “will continue to be denied access to the [U.S.] financial and commercial market” and that “Iranian banks will not be able to clear U.S. dollars through New York, hold correspondent account relationships with U.S. financial institutions, or enter into financing arrangements with U.S. banks.” A few weeks later, one of Lew’s top deputies, Adam Szubin, used the exact same words in testimony to the Senate banking committee.

But Senate investigators found that on Feb. 24, 2016, the Obama Treasury Department “granted a specific license that authorized a conversion of Iranian assets worth billions of U.S. dollars using the U.S. financial system” — exactly what Lew and Szubin said would not happen — including unlimited future Iranian deposits at Bank Muscat in Oman until the license expired.

Not only that, Senate investigators found that officials from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which regulates U.S. banks’ compliance with U.S. sanctions law, “encouraged two U.S. correspondent banks to convert the funds.” The report says “both banks declined to complete the transaction due to compliance, reputational, and legal risks associated with doing business with Iran.” The Post’s Alan Sipress and Karen DeYoung explain how President Trump’s decision might affect an already tense Middle East.(Sarah Parnass, Joyce Lee/The Washington Post)

Then, after issuing the license, the Obama administration explicitly denied to Congress that it had done so. Lew and Szubin both failed to disclose the license in congressional testimony while continuing to assert that the Obama administration would not give Iran access to U.S. financial institutions — when they had just tried to do so. And in a June 2016 letter to Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Treasury officials declared “The U.S. Department of Treasury is not working on behalf of Iran to enable Iranian access to U.S. dollars elsewhere in the international financial system, nor are we assisting Iran in gaining access to dollar payment systems outside the U.S. financial system. The Administration has not been and is not planning to grant Iran access to the U.S. financial system.” This was patently false.

Investigators also found internal State Department emails, in which officials admitted that the Obama administration had “exceeded our JCPOA commitments” by authorizing Iranian access to U.S. banks. Furthermore, the report reveals that the Obama administration put on more than 200 “roadshows” across the world where they encouraged foreign financial institutions to do business with Iran “as long as the rest of the world left the United States out of it.” According to the report, during a roadshow in London, OFAC Director John Smith “downplayed the likelihood of any future penalties or fines,” telling the audience “that 95% of the time OFAC sees an apparent violation it results in a simple warning letter or no enforcement action.”

In other words, the Obama administration: (1) told Congress it would not allow Iran access to U.S. financial institutions; (2) issued a special license allowing Iran to do exactly that; (3) unsuccessfully pressured U.S. banks to help Iran; (4) lied to Congress and the American people about what it had done; (5) admitted in internal emails that these efforts “exceeded” U.S. obligations under the nuclear deal; (6) sent officials, including bank regulators, around the world to urge foreign financial institutions to do business with Iran; and (7) promised that they would get nothing more than a slap on the wrist for violating U.S. sanctions.

How bad is this? Remove the words “Obama” and “Iran” and replace them with “Trump” and “Russia” and imagine the outrage that would ensue over the same revelations. Democrats would be holding news conferences, and the story would be front-page news.

We hear a lot these days from the media about the danger of presidential lies. Well, when it comes to the Iran deal, the Obama administration took lying to new heights. And no, that’s not Fake News.