Iran: The T4 military airbase in Syria’s Homs Province, home to Iran’s IRGC & proxy militia units, was targeted in an attack last night. An unknown number of IRGC members have been killed, according to reports.
The T4 military airbase in Syria's Homs Province, home to #Iran's IRGC & proxy militia units, was targeted in an attack last night.
An unknown number of IRGC members have been killed, according to reports.#IranOutOfSyria pic.twitter.com/VuKhyPX9ys— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 9, 2018
Iran’s mullahs intend to transfer 300 million euros in cash from Germany to Iran. US intelligence services on high alert.
Bild reports:#Iran's mullahs intend to transfer 300 million euros in cash from Germany to Iran.
US intelligence services on high alert.#IranUpdate pic.twitter.com/yA1kXriFky— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 9, 2018
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Suspending Flights to Tehran
“For commercial reasons KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has decided to suspend its direct flights to Tehran, Iran for the time being as of 24 September. As a result of the negative results and financial outlook for the Tehran operation, the last flight will take off from Amsterdam on 22 September 2018 and land at Schiphol on 23 September,” the carrier said Saturday in a statement.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines suspended its flights to Tehran back in 2013 over the sanctions imposed on Iran. In 2016, shortly after the Iran nuclear deal, stipulating sanctions relief, took effect, the company resumed direct air traffic with the city.
On Saturday, July 8, the brave people, and youths of Borazjan (Bushehr province, southern Iran) continued their protest against the lack of drinking water and the neglect of the regime’s corrupt and oppressive officials about the terrible condition of livings.
The people slashed the aggressive foreign policy and the corruption of the regime which have led the livelihood and the national economy to the verge of collapse. The people chanted the slogans, “Death to the dictator” , “the enemy is right here, they are lying it is the United States”, “let go of Syria, think about us”, “We do not want incompetent government”, “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, we are all together”, “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life just for Iran”, “With a less embezzlement our problems would be solved”, “We shall die, but do not tolerate humiliation” and “With a less theft, our problems will be solved”.
A social media campaign accompanying the letter to Pompeo features the hashtag #BanIRIB.
More than 50 Iranian dissidents and former political prisoners have urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to enforce sanctions against IRIB, the Iranian regime’s official broadcaster.
The regime’s main propaganda arm, IRIB was exempted from US sanctions by a 2013 waiver – the result of a side agreement in which Tehran undertook not to jam outside broadcasts. That waiver, however, expires on Thursday. The Iranian dissidents told Pompeo in their letter that the regime “continues to interfere with satellite broadcasting into Iran by the practice of terrestrial jamming.” The sanctions waiver on IRIB should “be revoked or allowed to expire,” the letter said.
The dissidents highlighted IRIB‘s role in perpetrating the Iranian regime’s systematic abuses of human rights.
Once again, Iran is ranked with some of the worst places in the world in terms of the fight against human trafficking – the buying and selling of men, women and children in the labor and commercial sex markets. According to the State Department’s most recent Trafficking in Persons report, Iran is a “Tier 3” country among others.
The US State Department described Iran as “a source, transit, and destination country for men, women and children subject to sex trafficking and forced labor.”
Among the depredations committed in Iran, Iranian girls between 13 and 17 are targeted by traffickers for sale abroad.
US and Saudi Arabia’s official discussing policy on Iran
JEDDAH: Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Frank R. Fannon will arrive in Jeddah as part of a multinational visit to Zagreb, Croatia, Brussels and Belgium.
In Jeddah, he will join a delegation led by Brian Hook, director of policy planning, to convey the US administration’s Iran policy, which seeks to address the totality of Iranian threats and malign activities.
Iran Regime Censor Cryptocurrency
The Iranian Regime has made the move to censor all cryptocurrency transactions in the country, after the Iranian people complained that they had been unable to access crypto exchanges like Binance, block chain and local Bitcoins due to the Regime’s internet blockade.
This move by the Regime may seem surprising, considering that Iran was on the verge of a block chain boom. However, this action is fairly typical for the Regime that wants to stop its people from accessing an open internet and trade in anything other than the falling rial.
Vienna: Iran Fails to Get Guarantees on Continued Access to Oil, Financial Markets
After a two-hour meeting, which included ministers from the European Union, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China and even Iran, a 11-point list of commitments was released that laid out Iranian access to energy markets, shipping insurance and foreign investment. However, the list did not give any specific measures on how to provide those guarantees.
U.S. State Department Director of Policy Planning Brian Hook told reporters that the U.S. goal in relation to energy sanctions is “to increase pressure on the Iranian regime by reducing to zero its revenue from crude oil sales.” The U.S., he added, is working to minimize disruptions to the global market, “but we are confident that there is sufficient global spare oil production capacity.”
Director Hook pointed out that U.S. sanctions “do not now, nor have they ever, targeted humanitarian goods;” he added, “Our sanctions pressure the Iranian regime into changing its behavior, and they do not target the Iranian people.
