Iranians feel strain of turmoil and sanctions

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I served in Iraq ... Trump plans to appoint a security advisor of Arab descent

 

 

Arab and International 02/22/2020 10:43 326 Editor: ha   

Baghdad today - follow up 

 

The US CNN reported on Saturday (February 22, 2020) that US President Donald Trump is planning to appoint a local official in the state of Florida who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a security advisor.

The network reported, "Julia Nshiwat, who is in Florida who is responsible for dealing with natural disasters, will replace Adm. Peter Brown, the head of the Coast Guard, who took over as President's Homeland Security advisor about six months ago." 

In its new role, Nshiwat will protect the United States from terrorist threats, reinforce protection from cyber attacks, and respond to natural disasters.

She had worked for the US State Department during Trump's term, and the office of the director of national intelligence in the administration of former President George W. Bush. 

Nishiwat, of Jordanian origin, is a former intelligence officer in the army, has served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and during her work she has directed a senior operations officer for terrorist network assessments in Asia and the Middle East. 

And Trump's decision to raise the position of homeland security advisor to the same position occupied by the President's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, with whom Nichiwat worked for the State Department. 

And Jordanian media said that "Nshiyat belongs to a clan that lives in the city of Salt (central of the Kingdom), and that she speaks Arabic fluently despite her origins in the United States."

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Parliamentary Defense: We will discuss with Allawi the implications of spreading the American patriot in Ain al-Assad

 

 

 

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The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee confirmed, on Saturday, its intention to raise the file of the American presence in Iraq and the deployment of the American air defense system "Patriot" without the government's knowledge of Ein Al-Assad base.

Committee member Karim Aliwi said in a statement to "Information", that "the United States of America has deployed Patriot air defense systems at Ain Al-Assad base after the Iranian missile attack, which indicates its intention to stay in it for a long time."

Aliwi added, "The American presence in the country caused many security and political crises, especially after the attack on the popular crowd in public, in addition to the martyrdom of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis."

And Aliwi added that "the committee is determined to put forward all security files regarding the American presence with the next prime minister and implement the decision to expel the American forces from Iraq urgently." 

Edited February 22, 2020 by DinarThug

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Source: The arrival of new US military reinforcements to “Ein al-Assad” to confront “Katyusha” 

 

 

Security 02/22/2020 11:40 437 Editor: ha    

Baghdad today - private 

 

A leader in the tribal crowd in Anbar Governorate revealed, on Saturday (February 22, 2020), that US military reinforcements arrived at the `` Ain al-Assad '' base in al-Baghdadi district. 

"A US military aircraft arrived at the base containing anti-Katyusha rockets and missiles fired at the base continuously," the commander, who declined to be identified, said in an interview with (Baghdad Today).

He added, "Other ground military reinforcements have reached the base, coming from the Kurdistan region."

On the other hand, the leader denied the tribal crowd "the reports that an American soldier was infected with Corona virus inside the base." 

Weeks after Iran launched missile strikes at an Iraqi military base hosting American soldiers, the Pentagon announced a new rise in the death toll among its military personnel.

And the ministry revealed, on Friday, that the number of US soldiers who had suffered a concussion in the brain as a result of Iran firing rockets at their base in Iraq last month, had risen to 110. 

In a statement, the Pentagon said that all the injured were diagnosed with light brain tremors, adding that 77 of them had returned to service. 

The statement added that 35 soldiers were transferred to Germany for further evaluation, and 25 of them were subsequently sent to the United States, according to "AFP". 

And US President Donald Trump initially announced that there were no casualties among American soldiers after the Iranian missile attack on Ein al-Assad base, at the dawn of January 8th. 

Iran launched ballistic missiles at the base in response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Qods Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, by a US plane on January 3 near Baghdad airport.

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'Iranian society is sick', says son of former president

 

Yasser Rafsanjani criticises Conservative hardliners after their election triumph

 

Patrick Wintour in Tehran

Sun 23 Feb 2020 11.44 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/23/iranian-society-is-sick-says-son-of-former-president

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Iran's elections have the lowest turnout since 1979

 

 

24th February, 2020
 

The official TV quoted, quoting the Iranian Interior Minister, said on Sunday that the turnout in the country's parliamentary elections on February 21 was about 42 percent

This is the lowest turnout rate since the 1979 Islamic revolution that brought clerics to power

Abdel-Reda Rahmani Fadli said that more than 24 million people voted on Friday, out of the 58 million who are entitled to vote in the elections

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The Guardian view on Iran’s elections: a closing door

 

The victory of hardliners in the parliamentary contest was engineered. But Donald Trump’s choices have destroyed faith in the promises of moderates

 

Sun 23 Feb 2020 19.05 GMT Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2020 19.08 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

Two women cast their votes in Iran’s parliamentary elections on Friday

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/23/the-guardian-view-on-irans-elections-a-closing-door