Eye on Iran: Iran's Khamenei Hails 'Resistance' of Syria's Assad

TOP STORIES Iran's Khamenei Hails 'Resistance' of Syria's Assad | Agence France-Presse Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on all state matters, on Thursday praised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his "resistance" after seven years of war. Iran Clamps Down on Dollar Trading in Fresh Attempt to Bolster Rial | Forbes The Iranian government has introduced new restrictions on the use of the US dollar by blocking imports priced in the currency, in what appears to be a fresh attempt to halt a slide in the value of its own currency, the rial. US Complying with Iran Deal, Judge Says in Boeing Ruling | Associated Press A federal judge in a civil case focused on a 2003 attack by terrorists backed by the Iranian government says the Trump administration has notified the court that it is complying with the 2015 multiparty deal designed to restrict Iran's nuclear program. The disclosure came in a ruling this week by Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo in Chicago in which he ordered Boeing to turn over to terror-attack victims details of a $16 billion contract with Iran Air, Iran's flag carrier, to purchase 80 commercial planes. NUCLEAR DEAL Europeans Engage With Iran on Regional Issues As Trump Deadline Nears | Reuters European powers and Iran have started talks over Tehran's role in the Middle East and will meet again this month in Italy as part of efforts to prove to U.S. President Donald Trump that they are meeting his concerns over the 2015 nuclear deal. HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNAL DISCONENT 'We Need To Hear Their Voices': Iran Veil Protests Spur Call for Debate | Bloomberg One of Iran's leading female politicians has called for debate over the mandatory wearing of the headscarf after protests indicated growing frustration among some younger women over the pace of change in the Islamic Republic. Iran Detains 35 Women for Going to Football Match | BBC News Iran has detained 35 women for trying to attend a football match... Iran has barred women from attending football games since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Iran At The Brink of An Ugly Civil War | Mohammad Al Shaikh for Al Arabiya In all probability, Iran will eventually succumb to popular demonstrations and protests, simply because it doesn't have the solutions to its growing economic problems, unless it abandons its costly expansionist practices. RUSSIA & IRAN Russia's UN Veto Sign of Warming Ties with Iran Says Khamenei Adviser | Al Monitor According to Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Russia's veto of a United Nations draft resolution linking Iranian arms to Houthi militias in Yemen is a sign of improving ties between the two countries. Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email press@uani.com. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons.  UANI is an issue-based coalition in which each coalition member will have its own interests as well as the collective goal of advancing an Iran free of nuclear weapons.