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UN expert: Executions in Iran among the world's highest EDITH M. LEDERER ,  Associated Press • August 17, 2019 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. expert on human rights in Iran says last year saw increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and continuing violations of the right to life, liberty and a fair trial in the Islamic Republic, including 253 reported executions of adults and children. Javaid Rehman said in a report to the General Assembly circulated Friday that while the number of executions was the lowest since 2007, "the number of executions remains one of the highest in the world." The significant decline, he said, is attributed to enforcement of a 2017 amendment to Iran's anti-narcotics law that saw the number of executions for drug-related offenses drop from 231 in 2017 to at least 24 in 2018. Rehman expressed concern that Iran has more than 80 offenses punishable by the death penalty, including adultery, homosexuality, dr...

The US should sanction Iran's incendiary kingmaker BY TZVI KAHN He has  called  for death to America and Israel. He has  described  non-Muslims as “animals who roam the earth and engage in corruption.” He has  dubbed  U.S. troops in Iraq “bloodthirsty wolves” and expressed support for Shiite militias seeking their demise. He has  hosted  Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as an  honored guest . He has  demanded  the execution of Iranian protestors, urging the judiciary in 2009 to show them no “compassion and leniency.” He has  described  the latest nationwide demonstrations, which began in late 2017, as a Western plot to subvert Tehran. And he plays a major role, behind closed doors, in selecting the leadership of Iran’s clerical regime. Meet Ayatollah  Ahmad Jannati , 92, who heads two powerful committees responsible for appointing Iran’s supreme leader, vetting candidates for key...

Iranian Resistance Strongly Condemn Javad Zarif's Trip to Northern Europe and Calls for Its Cancelation Published on  17 August 2019 . Such a visit will only embolden barbaric violation of human rights, the export of terrorism and warmongering According to the state-run media in Iran, Javad Zarif, the Iranian regime's religious fascism's Foreign Minister is expected to visit Finland, Sweden, and Norway on Monday, August 19.  The Iranian Resistance strongly condemns a trip by mullahs' medieval regime's chief terrorist turned diplomat. Such an invitation will only embolden the regime in its barbaric and systematic violation of human rights, the export of terrorism and warmongering. These planned trips which invoke the Iranian people’s repugnance and rage should be canceled. Zarif, Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Qassem Solemani, and other regime's officials, just like Adolf Hitler's Foreign Minister, must stand trial for facilitating and participatin...

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IRAN REGIME’S DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MEK: PART 1 Aug 17, 2019 By Mahmoud Hakamian Everyone should know by now that the Iranian Regime is a violent, totalitarian, dictatorship that cares not for its people or the world. The problem is that even those who admit that the Regime is not fit to rule, believe that there is no viable alternative and so the Regime must stay in place. This is wrong. The alternative to the Regime is the Middle East’s oldest, largest, and most popular resistance organization, having fought two separate regimes since it was founded in 1965. That is the People’s Mojahedin of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). The problem is that the regime spends so much money and effort to convince the world that the MEK is not capable of running Iran, has no support, has moral flaws that exceed the Regime’s, or anything else that will discredit the MEK. This short series will look at the Regime’s disinformation campaigns and the truth hidden behind them. In t...

Corruption of high-profile Iranian officials causes scandals Ali Shamkhani (Right) and Abdollah Pouri Hosseini (Left) were recently arrested for government-related corruption and embezzlement cases. Iran, August 17, 2019  - Virtually not a day goes by without a new corruption financial corruption case associated to Iranian officials coming to surface. The most recent case, involving Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Iranian regime’s Supreme National Security Council and the representative of regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei, has been making the rounds lately and has caused much commotion. According to state-run Entekhab newspaper, “The publication of a video of a home belonging to the family of the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has become the focus of a new scandal. According to this video, this 2,600-meter home, worth one trillion tomans (approx. $90 million) and located in Ferestheh Street, belongs to the spouse of [Ali] Shahmkhani. This is not the...

Sports Stadiums In Iran Are Women’s Battleground Against A Misogynist Regime Where does FIFA stand? Aug 17, 2019  Iranian women have been struggling to enter sports stadiums for years and have turned them into a  battleground  against the mullahs’ misogynist regime. In recent days, with the  FIFA  warning and setting a deadline for the Iranian regime to allow women to enter the stadiums, the issue has sparked a backlash from government officials and received widespread media coverage. According to a report by Varzesh 3, a state-run website, on August 3, 2019, “The World Football Federation has given the Iranian Federation until August 31, to determine the presence of women in sports stadiums … Dariush Mostafavi, head of the Football Federation’s Professional Licensing Appeals Committee, said: ‘FIFA has given a deadline of August 31, 2019, to determine the presence of women in stadiums and they are very serious about this issue … FIFA says wom...

IRGC Arrests Several Young Women For Entering Sports Stadium The IRGC ( Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ) arrested several young women for attempting to enter Iranian stadiums and transferred them to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The arrests are said to have taken place upon the president of the Football Federation in Iran, Mehdi Taj’s request from the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Agency to prevent girls from attempting to enter stadiums in Iran for the 2022 World Cup qualification matches. The IRGC Intelligence forces arrested several young women on August 12, 2019, who circumvented Iran’s ban on women in stadiums by entering a stadium disguised as men to watch a football match. Zahra Khoshnavaz, Leili Maleki, and Hedieh Marvasti are among those who were arrested. Forough Alaei, a photographer for Donya-ye Eqtesad is also among those arrested. In recent years, Zahra Khoshnavaz had gone into Azadi Stadium many times wearing male clothes to watch her favorite team ...

Iran: How $18 billion went missing Billions of dollars are being plundered by officials and regime insiders in Iran Iran, August 17,2019  - During the Persian year 2018-2019, Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani’s government sold $29 billion worth of U.S. currency at the state-set price of 42,000 rials to a variety of governmental institutions or companies and individuals with special connections to the ruling elite to import basic goods and services for the people! However, a huge share of the $29 billion was used for importing luxurious goods later sold at the rate of 120,000 rials per dollar. All the while, many receiving companies, and individuals didn’t even bother to import anything for the cheap dollars and merely deposited their fortunes in foreign banks. U.S. dollars are sold at two completely different rates in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government sells them at a fixed price of 42,000 Iranian rials, while the fluctuating market price has...

Iran: IRGC insider close to Khamenei arrested Hassan Abbasi, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Iran, August 17, 2019  - The arrest of Hassan Abbasi, a member of the Iranian regime’s  terrorist-designated  Revolutionary Guards ( IRGC ) and a leading figure in the mullahs’ plainclothes forces apparatus, is another indication of internal disputes flaring into a major crisis. Abbasi was arrested for his remarks about Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi. The Fars news agency, linked to the IRGC, posted a report on Abbasi’s arrest on August 4. “Hassan Abbasi’s remarks, scheduled for 4 pm today in the first sessions of the law training school, was canceled due to his apprehension,” the report reads in part. The Ministry of Intelligence and Security ( MOIS ) issued a statement on August 14 saying Abbasi was arrested based on a complaint filed by the MOIS. Abbasi’s remarks on January 1, 2018, had raised many eyebrows among Iranian regime officia...

Iranian security forces beat young street vendor in Ahvaz Iran, August 17, 2019  - On Thursday, agents of the Iranian regime’s municipality in Ahvaz beat a young street vendor in Ahvaz and confiscated his belongings. One of the angry youth who was filming the scene said, “Is this a country? What kind of a country is this? These people are trying to earn a bite of bread!” With rampant government corruption and unemployment taking its toll on the Iranian economy, many people have resorted to unconventional jobs to make ends meet. Street vendors and porters have increased in numbers, and they’re being regularly suppressed by security forces. Some people work in several shifts and jobs just to be able to pay for these expenses. The less fortunate resort to selling their body organs to escape poverty and keep food on their families’ tables.

British -Iranian Academic Kameel Ahmady Arrested In Iran A British-Iranian dual national has been arrested in western Iran, according to his family. The wife of Kameel Ahmady, a social anthropologist, said he was taken into custody on Sunday from their home without a reason being given. Mr. Ahmady has researched female genital mutilation and child marriage in Iran, among other subjects. Another British dual national, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been in Iranian custody since 2016 over spying claims. Earlier this year, the UK foreign office advised all dual nationals against all travel to Iran because of the risk of arbitrary detention. The new alleged arrest comes as high tensions, caused by oil tankers seizures, continue between the two countries. Professional websites in Mr. Ahmady’s name identify him as “British-Iranian originally from Kurdistan”. His LinkedIn profile says he studied at a number of UK universities, including the London Sc...