Ingrid Betancourt: Thank Albania

Ingrid Betancourt, politicians and activist of human rights

Albania, Feb. 27, 2017 - There are two reasons that Ingrid Betancourt, politician and activist for human rights brought in Tirana. To say thank you for the hospitality of our country to bring more than 2 thousand Iranian Mujahedin to this country, while others are expected to come, and to meet them, some of whom are her friends.
One of the most popular personalities in the world, aimed to be the first woman president in Colombia, but became the first woman who was kidnapped for six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, sees Albania with admiration in her engagement to house refugees.

With the Mullahs at the Helm, There Can Be No Solution to Widespread Poverty in Iran

With the Mullahs at the Helm, There Can Be No Solution to Widespread Poverty in Iran: by Heshmat

The Algemeiner, February 27, 2017 - Iranian authorities periodically launch campaigns to round up child workers and beggars roaming the streets. But can such campaigns be successful in a nosediving economy?

Officials sidestep this issue, as is clear in remarks made by the Iranian Deputy for Social Affairs, who claimed that the reason the issue is not being resolved is that there are too many organizations trying to tackle it, and not enough coordination among them. Similar assertions were made in a state TV program on the topic earlier this month.
Anyone versed in the topic, however, knows that the real culprit is the nationwide poverty caused by the atrocious economic policies imposed by the mullah-led regime. People who are not hungry do not send their children into the streets to beg or look for work when they should be in school and enjoying the precious years of their youth.
Even the state-run Salamat News website admitted that the regime’s repressive plans aimed at containing social crises have completely backfired.
“Rounding up drug addicts, homeless people living in the streets, runaway girls, beggars and many others that have ended up in such situations as a result of poverty and the class gap in our society have ended in failure as a result of hasty measures carried out by authorities,” its report reads.
Other reports indicate the middle class in Iran has nearly vanished altogether.
“One of the simplest methods thought about by each official after they come to office is to round up such individuals. There was hope to resolve this issue from our society, yet due to known reasons, these individuals have only been seen fleeing and returning to the streets. In the past 12 months, there have been many different plans and efforts launched by the municipality and the police, most leading to nothing but failures,” the website added.
Many Iranian officials, too, have admitted that the practice of rounding up people and holding them in special centers is not a strategic solution to the problem. They now acknowledge that the real solution would be to improve the public’s living conditions through major economic reforms.
Of course, the mullahs — whose plundering has left nothing for the people and who have wasted billions in the nuclear program and global terrorism — will have nothing to do with such suggestions, and therefore any expectation from Tehran in this regard is an illusion.

Indeed, as long as they remain at the helm, no end to these woes will be in sight.

Iran’s growing brain drain disaster

Iranian students are seeking better circumstances abroad, and leaving Iran for good

More and more Iranian college students, professors and experts are choosing to seek better opportunities abroad

HESHMAT ALAVI

Blasting News 23 February 2017 - Harsh crackdown and human rights violations, difficult living conditions under enormous pressures, and colossal education costs in Iran under the mullahs’ regime is leaving no choice other than leaving the country for #iran’s university students, professors and a variety of experts. This situation has become so extreme that currently Iran ranks first in the globe regarding the brain drain phenomenon. The scope of the damage caused by this reality is now and then resembled very vaguely in state-run media, revealing the irrecoverable nature of this disaster.

Location of 14 IRGC Terrorist Training Camps Around Iran

Iran: Scale of IRGC Foreign Fighters' Program Revealed

The NCRI today highlighted 14 IRGC training camps, as well as describing the command structure, stating that the commander of the Training Directorate, reports directly to Quds Force Commander, Qassem Soleimani. Terrorist training for operatives from across the globe is commanded by Colonel Tahmasebi. Codenamed '320', the commander of heavy weapons training at Imam Ali military base is Colonel Ali Mohammad. In charge of 'VIP Security' is Colonel Ramky.

Revealing Iran’s IRGC terrorist training centers and command HQ

Revealing Iran’s IRGC terrorist training centers and command HQ
The National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ) is going to hold a press conference in Washington DC on Tues. Feb. 14 to expose the Iranian regime’s malign activities in the Middle East and in Europe.
The NCRI-US office will reveal the command headquarters and Quds Force terrorist training centers for foreign mercenaries in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and other Middle eastern nations.
During this press conference, the names of most senior Quds force commanders and operatives directly involved in arming, training and facilitating foreign mercenaries and the locations would be exposed.

Anti-Terrorism Expert Warns: Stop Iran Regime's Spies Against MEK in U.S.

Americans must be wary of Iranian influence over US media

Many seemingly important news reports that gained attention in 2016 turned out to be marred with falsified information.

A major threat to the dissemination of true information to U.S. citizens lies in the existence of suspicious figures sent by foreign countries for the purposes of espionage and influence over U.S. foreign policy.

Iran is a prime example. Its golden age of insider influence has passed with the inauguration of President Trump. The Tehran loyalists no longer have established access to the U. S. State Department and the National Security Council. Wrote COL. Wes Martin in ‘THE HILL’ on February 12, the article continues as follows:

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But this does not mean Iran’s network of spies and agents in the U.S. are going to stop spreading misinformation. It simply means the primary means of influence has been relegated back to mainstream and social media.

Left unchecked, it still remains a serious problem that cannot be underestimated and deserves due attention. As someone who had to deal with the threat of terrorism firsthand, I appreciate the significance of such due vigilance.