Iran news in brief, October 9, 2019
Iran news in brief, October 9, 2019
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China Pulls out of Iran Oil Development
China Pulls out of Iran Oil Development Written by Shamsi Saadati on 08 October 2019 . The Iranian regime’s oil minister Bijan Zangeneh said Sunday that China’s state oil company pulled out of a $5 billion deal to develop part of the Gulf State’s massive offshore natural gas field; something that France’s Total SA withdrew from in 2018 over US sanctions. The South Pars field deal, which was agreed upon following the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The deal is about to collapse since the Iranian regime starts breaching it. In addition, U.S. sanctions on the Iranian regime have made it harder for foreign companies to do business in Iran. Zangeneh said that the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) was “no longer in the project”, but did not elaborate on the reason for this, but the oil ministry’s SHANA news agency said CNPC “had pulled out of a contract”. Iran has the world’s second-largest known reserves of natural gas and the ...
Iran’s Regime Ranks First for Executions per Capita
Iran’s Regime Ranks First for Executions per Capita Written by Hamideh Taati on 09 October 2019 . Iran’s regime holds the infamous record of the world’s top executioner per capita. It also ranks first for the most number of juvenile executions in the world. Women are also victims of the death penalty in Iran, with at least nine women having been executed since mi-June alone. Since Hassan Rouhani took office as President, Iran’s regime has executed at least 3,800 people. In fact, as early as 1980, Rouhani, as a lawmaker, had called for dissidents to be made an example of by being hanged in public. “ Conspirators should be hanged in Friday prayers for people to see them and to have more of an impact ,” Rouhani told a Parliament session on July 13, 1980. Executions have continued unabated in Iran all throughout 2019. Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran-HRM) reports that at least 199 people have been executed in Iran thus far this year. ...
NCRI Factsheet: Widespread Presence of Iranian Regime's IRGC Quds Force in Iraq Under Diplomatic Cover
NCRI Factsheet: Widespread Presence of Iranian Regime's IRGC Quds Force in Iraq Under Diplomatic Cover Published on 09 October 2019 . National Council of Resistance of Iran - October 9, 2019 For the past week, Iraq has been burning in the flames of the protests of a disgruntled population over the poor state of people's livelihoods. A key slogan in the nationwide popular uprising since October 1 has been the call to expel Iran's regime and its agents from Iraq and end the mullahs' meddling in the affairs of this country. As the uprising continues and the country's youth stand their ground over their legitimate grievances, suppression has taken more brutal and deadly proportions. According to media reports, the death toll is mostly due to direct shots at protestors, particularly sniper fire by the Hashd Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) militia, which is under the Iranian regime's control. Reuters reported on October 4 that its reporters witnes...
World Day Against the Death Penalty: Hold Iran to account for the 1988 massacre
World Day Against the Death Penalty: Hold Iran to account for the 1988 massacre World Day Against the Death Penalty-Stop executions in Iran Analysis by PMOI/MEK October 9, 2019 —Since 2003, October 10 has become known as the World Day Against the Death Penalty . The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty considered this initiative as a global effort to abolish the death sentence across the world. IRAN HRM @IranHrm World day against the # Deathpenalty Join Twitter storm to call 4 end to executions in # Iran Date: Oct 10, 2019 Time: 8 pm CET / 2pm EST # HumanRights # noDeathPenalty # NoImpunity4Mullahs 41 2:58 PM - Oct 9, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 39 people are talking about this This year’s anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty Many governments and prominent NGOs support this day. As a tradition, on each anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, human righ...