In first for Europe, Iran envoy sentenced to 20-year prison term over bomb plot

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ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - An Iranian diplomat accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday in the first trial of an Iranian official for suspected terrorism in Europe since Iran’s 1979 revolution.

Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago

Updated 12:19 PM ET, Sat January 18, 2020 By Kevin Liptak, CNN(CNN)President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.

Trump, speaking at a GOP fundraising dinner Friday evening, offered new details about the strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, which exacerbated tensions in the region and led to an ongoing dispute with Congress over his constitutional ability to wage war. Continue........

Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest – ‘Do whatever it takes to end it’

December 23, 2019(Reuters) – After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them.

That order, confirmed by three sources close to the supreme leader’s inner circle and a fourth official, set in motion the bloodiest crackdown on protesters since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

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Scenes from deadly protests in Iran

Unrest in Iran erupted for a sixth-straight day Tuesday as demonstrators protest the countries economic troubles.

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OIAC Welcomes Letter by 22 Bipartisan U.S. Senators To President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2017: Organization of Iranian American Communities(OIAC) welcomes the letter by 22 bipartisan U.S. Senators to President Donald Trump, demanding that the Administration hold Iran accountable for its January 29, 2017 ballistic missile test, conducted in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 as well as other provocative actions. . more....

February 21, 2017

OIAC Welcomes Letter By 22 Bipartisan U.S. Senators To President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2017: Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) welcomes the letter by 22 bipartisan U.S. Senators to President Donald Trump, demanding that the Administration hold Iran accountable for its January 29, 2017 ballistic missile test, conducted in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 as well as other provocative actions

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Cardin, Schumer, Senate Democrats Introduce Iran Sanctions Extension

February 21, 2017 : WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD), Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chair Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 12 other Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday to renew the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, which is set to expire at the end of this year. more...