Iran’s reaction shows its losing hopes in Europe

US French relationship

Following the 45-minute joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, of which the majority was spent discussing various policy issues vis-à-vis Iran, senior Iranian regime officials are extremely concerned about Europe falling in line with the United States on the Iran nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – and adopting a policy of strong actions against Iran’s regional meddling and ballistic missile program.

Iran’s state TV: “The French President, who used to talk about maintaining the JCPOA, spoke of reforming the deal while at the White House. Macron said we are seeking an agreement regarding all issues at hand, such as long-term nuclear activities, ballistic missiles, and Iran’s regional meddling.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felt the need to respond to such damning developments.

“If Europe intends to please Trump, they should do so from their own pockets and not from ours. As far as our interests in the JCPOA are concerned, we will remain in the deal. If these interests are not guaranteed, we will exit the agreement,” he said.

Rouhani also claimed if the U.S. exits the JCPOA “we will be able to manage the country without any problems, considering the fact that we have enough revenue,” according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani claimed Tehran will follow Trump’s “behavior” and answer consequently, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, considers the “agreement between Europe and the U.S. regarding the JCPOA and the future of our nuclear program as lacking any credit or value, according to the Fars news agency, affiliated to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Iranian officials are both attempting to save face and claim they are ready for all possible scenarios. The truth is, however, these remarks in itself resemble their grave concerns.

Iran’s propaganda machine is boasting about the possibility of launching uranium enrichment at 20 percent. This, however, is a JCPOA violation and Trump has expressed specific warnings in this regard.

As a result, the Iranian regime is neither in any position to pay the enormous price necessary to exit the JCPOA nor in a position to show meaningful resistance in the face of Europe aligning more and more with the U.S..

Interesting is how Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the man with the altimate word on all major state affairs, including national security and foreign policy, has remained silent.

IRAN IS THE MAIN PARTNER OF THE ASSAD REGIME IN A CHEMICAL ATTACK ON DOUMA

Iran is the main partner of the Assad regime in a chemical attack on Douma

On Sunday, images were sent from Syria showing chemical attacks against innocent civilians in Duma. Following the attack, which is said to be with chemical gas, in a tweet message, Donald Tramp called Bashar al-Assad as an “animal" and slammed Iran and Russia

President Tramp tweeted, “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price to pay.”

On Sunday President Tramp put blame on ex-president, Obama after the reported chemical attack in Syria.

"If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line in the Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" Trump tweeted, referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad

Photos and videos that were aired from the attack are outrageous. In these photos, women, men and children are seen with the lifeless eyes, lying down the carpets of the rooms and the floors with white foam running from their mouths and noses.

 Humanitarian aid organizations accuse Bashar al-Assad regime of launching an inhumane attack by toxic gas against the last stronghold of insurgents in the Eastern Ghouta, Syria.

According to the reports, the death toll rises to 100, and the injured exceed1000.

Iran and Russia, as spokespersons for the Assad regime

The Syrian regime and its supporters, Russia and Iran deny the attack and claim that this is a histrionics set up by the Assad’s opponents.

Russia and Iran called it a pretext for an attack on Syria by the West.

Iran and Russia justify Bashar al-Assad’s crimes

That is a long time, Russia and Iran have become the justifiers of Bashar al-Assad's actions. Every crime by Bashar al-Assad is quickly supported by the two countries and disapproval of the Assad’s regime is declared as a "conspiracy’.

The Syrian regime can count on its supporter, Iranian regime. Regardless of what sort of crime Assad commits against civilians, the Iran regime vindicates it. While the media portrays the results of the usage of chemical gas on the poisoned children, the Iranian regime calls them "provocative" and does not even intend to call Assad's regime, which does not meet any criteria, to self-restraint,.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the key supporters of the Syrian dictator in his seven-year civil war against the Syrian people which has funded billions of dollars to prevent the fall of the Bashar al-Assad.

Hassan Rouhani said on July 11, 2017, in the "Health Civil Festival on July 11, 2017, at the “Civil Health Festival”, Hassan Rouhani said that during the most difficult economic conditions of the government due to the sanctions they provided Iraq and Syria with money, weapons and the necessities.

Therefore, the Iranian regime is clearly the main accomplice in the crimes of Bashar al-Assad in Syria by spending billions of Dollars on preserving Bashar al-Assad’s power.

The Syrians have suffered a lot of the eight-year civil war. By taking decisive measures, the world must put an end to the war crimes committed by the Assad regime and Iran regime against the Syrian people.

Ali Khamenei, the masterminds of crimes against humanity and war criminal, and his puppet Assad must be brought to justice. Failure to take a proper action is a shame and paves the path for further crimes.

Iran Regime MP: The Fight Against Corruption Should Begin With Khamenei's Office

A member of Iranian regime parliament confesses that corruption has spread to a large extent in the regime's structure, which is unlikely to be confronted by law, and it is good to begin the fight against corruption initially from the office of the regime's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Gholamali Jafarzadeh Imenabadi, representative of Rasht in the regime’s parliament, stated the above comments in an interview with state-run Rouydad 24 and added: “Corruption has been dominated and accommodated in the country's structure, and I have no hope that this law can prevent this volume of corruption.”

He warned, “If one day our revolution (regime) faces trouble, it's because of this widespread corruption.”

This representative also noted the existence of “widespread moral corruption” in addition to financial corruption, in the regime, adding, 'unfortunately, today, people are clearly recommending each other to the authorities, and they are not afraid of that.”

This is not for the first time that a member of the parliament speaks of the massive corruption in the regime's structure.

Former member of the regime’s parliament, Ahmad Tavakoli, was the first to speak of the “systematic” corruption in the regime, adding, “The bodies responsible for combating corruption are themselves involved in some degree of corruption.”

Tavakoli explicitly warned that the regime will be “overthrown” if they do not fight against corruption.

Imenabadi who is a member of the commission on program, budget and computing of the parliament, said last year that some government agencies in Iran are “fleeing” the supervision and accountability, and some state institutions are not accountable to anyone.

Meanwhile, Mostafa Tajzadeh, affiliated to the so-called reformer faction, has recently wrote an open letter to Ahmad Tavakoli saying that Ali Khamenei is “flag-bearer of the fight against corruption only in opinion and speech”.

According to Tajzadeh, Khamenei and his subordinates in action are either “directly involved in corruption, such as the judiciary,” or “indirectly play a role in spreading corruption, like the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) with a massive entry into economic affairs.”

In his letter, released on March 18, Tajzadeh also wrote: “The leadership and his subordinates’ factional encounter with corruption in which ‘dealing with one (corruption) should be prolonged and the other should be ignored’ has expanded the scope of corruption.”

Warnings about the spread of corruption and its institutionalization in the structure of the regime are expressed at the time when, according to the International Organization for Transparency, in 2016, Iran with 29 points was ranked 131 among the corrupt countries.