Let's talk Iran - November 28, 2021
At least 100 individuals wounded during Iran protests in Isfahan
At least 100 persons were wounded during the attack by Iran's security forces on the peaceful demonstration of the farmers and people of Isfahan. An upwards of 300 have reportedly been arrested and detained during the protests. LINK
British MPs slam Tehran’s ‘brutal crackdown’ on water protests
The British Committee for Iran Freedom condemned Tehran on Friday for its “brutal crackdown” on protests against water shortages.
The BCFIF — a cross-party body that includes members of both houses of Parliament, former Cabinet ministers and some 200 peers — said it stands “in solidarity with the people and farmers in Isfahan and other cities and provinces across Iran who are demanding their right to water.” LINK
People and women of Isfahan defy security forces, a woman gets killed
The clerical regime’s suppressive forces attacked the demonstrators who gathered for protest in Zayanderud River bed in Isfahan on Friday morning, November 26.
Hundreds of security forces attacked the protesting farmers of Isfahan and the locals who joined them for a protest this morning. They shot the protesters with pellet guns and used tear gas. At least 50 protesters were wounded by security forces, many in the head and face. Most of those injured did not go to the hospital to avoid being arrested. LINK
Video: Security forces brutally crackdown on peaceful protest for river revival in central Iran
Protests over the revival of a local river in Isfahan central Iran turned violent after security forces responded with brutal force. The protests had been ongoing for more than two weeks on the bed of the dried-out Zayandehrud River. Security forces in full riot gear shot tear gas and pellets and attacked peaceful protesters with batons on Friday. LINK
Time For Europe To Stand Up To Iran's Atrocities
In the same way as Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers tested the resolve of world leaders in the 1930s, the clerics in Iran are testing our resolve today, by spreading Islamic extremism around the globe, backing proxy wars in the Middle East, and bragging about their burgeoning nuclear capacity and development of long-range missiles.
Ever since the Ayatollahs took power in Tehran, the West has meekly succumbed to their hostage-taking strategy, offering weak-willed terms of appeasement instead of calling them out for their terrorism, tyranny and repression. LINK
Pressure likely to be exerted on Iran if it uses talks to boost nuclear program -U.S. envoy
The United States and its partners are likely to exert pressure on Iran if it uses talks scheduled to resume in Vienna on Monday as pretext to accelerate its nuclear program, the U.S. special envoy to Iran said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
"If that's Iran's approach, which is to try to use the negotiations as cover for an accelerated nuclear program, and as I say, drag its feet at the nuclear table, we will have to respond in a way that is not our preference," said Malley, who heads up the U.S. negotiating team. "Nobody should be surprised if at that point there is increased pressure on Iran.
"We hope not to get that there, but if we are, then pressure will have to increase to send a message to Iran that the choice it is making is the wrong one. That it has a different path available to it, but it's not a path open indefinitely because Iran's nuclear program is putting the very essence of the deal negotiated (in 2015) at risk," he said. LINK
Maximum fissures: Iran nuclear deal talks head toward oblivion
Expectations are low as talks resume following a lengthy hiatus and an Iranian election. The Iranians are making unrealistic demands and blowing off the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The Israelis, once again, are threatening to bomb. And the Americans are warning that they’re willing to walk away.
This is the result of Biden's weak Iran policy. LINK
Iran’s Nuclear Advances Weigh on Renewed Talks
Negotiators convene in Vienna with the aim of reviving the 2015 international agreement, a top Biden foreign-policy goal
As negotiators gather in Vienna for talks aimed at reviving an international nuclear agreement with Iran, one big question looms: Has Tehran advanced its nuclear work so much in the past two years that the 2015 deal can no longer be rescued?
Restoring the pact, which placed limits on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for relief from economic sanctions, is a top foreign-policy goal of the Biden administration. Iran’s new president, however, has delayed restarting talks while pressing ahead with nuclear work. LINK
Former Iranian nuclear head hints Fakhrizadeh worked on nuclear weapons
A former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) hinted that Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh had worked on a nuclear weapons program, despite a fatwa (Islamic legal ruling) issued against nuclear weapons by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in an interview with Iran's IRNA news agency on Saturday.
Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, the former head of the AEOI, told IRNA that despite Khamenei's fatwa, Fakhrizadeh had "created this system," adding that the scientist was tasked not just with defending Iran, but also with supporting the proxies backed by Iran. LINK
Low expectations on nuclear talks as Iran creates facts on the ground
World powers and Iran return to Vienna on Monday for a last ditch effort to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal, but few expect a breakthrough as Tehran's atomic activities rumble on in an apparent bid to gain leverage against the West. Two European diplomats said it seemed Iran was simply playing for time to accumulate more material and know-how. LINK
Iranian arrested in Kenya for planning terror attacks against Israeli targets
Iranian Mohammed Saeid Golabi was arrested in Kenya for coordinating a terror cell in Nairobi attacking both Israeli and local sites.
In 2015, Kenyan authorities arrested two Iranians suspected of planning an attack in Nairobi, the Kenyan Interior Ministry announced at the time.
In June 2012, two Iranians who were arrested were found to be in possession of 15kg of explosives that they had planned to use to carry out bombings in Kenyan cities. LINK
Iran Seeks to Return Oil Output to Pre-Trump Sanction Levels
Iran wants to pump more oil than it did before the Trump administration tightened sanctions, a top official said ahead of high-level nuclear talks whose outcome would directly impact the country’s energy-market ambitions.
“Plans are in place to increase oil output to more than 5 million barrels a day,” said Mohsen Khojastehmehr, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Co., according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. He provided no details or time frame for the target. LINK
Maryam Khakpour executed in Dastgerd Prison of Isfahan, another in Yasuj
A woman was hanged in Isfahan at dawn on Thursday, November 25. Maryam Khakpour was the 124th woman executed in Iran since August 2013. The international community should not be appeasing the mullahs' regime ruling Iran. LINK