Als nach der verlorenen Wahl der türkische Präsident Tayyip Erdogan seinen Krieg gegen PKK und kurdische Opposition begann, bekam er alsbald Rückendeckung vom Präsidenten der Autonomen Region Kurdistan Irak, Masud Barzani. Großzügig steckten Vertreter seiner Partei etwa der New York Times, die PKK sei doch genauso schlimm wie der Islamische Staat. Das deckte Obama bei seiner Kehrtwende in der Kurdenfrage und damit auch Erdogan den Rücken. beim näheren Hinsehen stellt sich heraus, dass Barzani und Erdogan sehr viel gemeinsam haben.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered the inquiry, headed by former civil servant Chilcot, in 2009 and it was initially expected to take only a year to finish.

Its report is expected to shed light on how the then Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to support the U.S.-led war in which 179 British service personnel were killed.

Families of some of the British soldiers who were killed in Iraq are threatening legal action unless a report into the war is published by the end of the year.

The official inquiry began in 2009, but its chairman Sir John Chilcot says it will not be released until responses have been gathered from those likely to be criticised.

Washington is satisfied with the comprehensive nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1, as it meets the strategic goals of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon according to the U.S. State Department’s Persian Language Spokesperson Alan Eyre, a member of the U.S. nuclear negotiator team.

Iran‘s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad that Iran hasn‘t persuaded nuclear weapon and the achieved nuclear deal met our demands, Mehr News Agency reported August 13.

Pakistan‘s foreign policy chief will visit India for security talks on Aug. 23, he said on Thursday, in the rivals‘ first attempt in months to restart efforts to improve ties despite intermittent violence on their border.

Iran‘s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Islamabad on Aug.13 after a two-day trip to Lebanon and Syria.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his government is ready to recognize Iran‘s peace plan to establish the stability in region.

Iran‘s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with President al-Assad, who has lost the control of two thirds of Syria’s territory in combating with moderate and extremist military groups on Aug.12.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah.

(12.August) Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was expected to head for Damascus from Beirut later in the day, according to Iranian state media.

Names:

Reza Afshar; Computer science – Orange County , California

Reza Fani-Yzadi; IT Specialist, HR Activist – Berkeley

Hassan Kalantari; Engineer, Social and Political Activist – S.F.Valley

Roozbeh Mir Ebrahimi; Journalist , New York

Ebrahim Nabavi; Satirist , Winner of Prince Claus Award – Irvine

Bijan Pirzadeh; Civil Engineer , Human Right Activist – Los Angeles

Dr. Azita Rezvan; PHD- Policy Development – Los Angeles

Dr. Mir Hamid Salek; Dentist , Journalist – Bakersfield, Ca

Massoud Shabafrooz; Criminologist, Civic Society Activist, Fresno

Ali Shakeri; Peacebuilder, Center for Citizen Peacebuilding@UCI-Irvine

August 9 , 2015