The electoral commission said 92% of the 3.3 million Kurds and non-Kurds who cast their ballots supported secession. The announcement came despite a last-minute appeal for the result to be “cancelled” from Iraq’s prime minister.
Speaking at the United Nations in Geneva today, British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, condemned “Pakistan’s intensified repression in annexed and occupied Balochistan” and outlined an eight-point action plan to halt Pakistan’s human rights abuses against the Baloch ethnic minority.
“The Iran deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into,” Mr. Trump said. “Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don’t think you’ve heard the last of it, believe me.”
London, 12 Sep – Donald Trump is currently considering a more aggressive US policy towards Iran and its proxies groups across the Middle East, according to six current and former US officials.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says nations in the Middle East must confront parties “such as the Iranian regime” as part of efforts to defeat “murderous” terror groups and radical militias in the region.
London, 8 Sep – Iranian—backed Hezbollah militias have threatened to start attacking US troops once the so-called Islamic State has been driven out of Iraq. The message to America: Leave Iraq or face war with Iran.
Tehran provides the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist group, with the weapons it procures from Pyongyang. It is also reasonable to conclude that these weapons eventually pass on to Hezbollah, Houthis and the sectarian militias in Iraq.
