It is becoming increasingly evident that US President Donald Trump’s present drive against Iran is not specifically related to the Iranian nuclear programme but actually concerns Iran’s regional activities. According to a Reuters report on 10 October 2017:

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, Turkey will deploy troops in Syria’s northern Idlib region as part of a so-called de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month.The “de-escalation” zones, agreed by Turkey, Russia and Iran, would be further discussed in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Ankara next week, Erdogan said in an interview with Reuters while he was in New York for the annual…

On September 3, the RIA Novosti news agency reported: “There held a protest against the actions of the government troops of Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims at the Myanmar embassy in Moscow.

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