UPI:

The Iranian regime has begun to withdraw its forces from Syria. This was the news from James Jeffrey, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and current special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh.

Jeffrey was addressing an online meeting of the Washington-based think tank, the Hudson Institute, in mid-May. Citing the accomplishment of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against the regime, he said: "We have seen the Iranians pulling in some of their outlying activities and such in Syria because of, frankly, financial problems...in terms of the huge success of the Trump administration's sanctions policies against Iran. It's having a real effect in Syria."

Jeffrey went on to outline the range of problems confronting the bankrupt Iranian regime, including the coronavirus pandemic, the management of which has been badly bungled by the mullahs. Tehran continues to insist that it has controlled the outbreak of COVID-19, telling the world that it has recorded just over 7,000 deaths, when in fact, accurate information gleaned daily from resistance units of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK), indicate that the real toll is in excess of 44,000 and probably much higher.

The Iranian economy is in freefall, with over 70 percent of the population living under the absolute international poverty line, unable to meet their basic daily needs. But rather than diverting funds to help, the mullahs have continued to spend billions on proxy wars around the Middle East. 

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