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LIVE UPDATES: European Lawmakers Urge EU to Tackle Iran Regime's Human Rights Abuses Written by Staff Writer on  23 October 2019 . Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi and Members of the European Parliament are addressing a conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: “European policy vis-à-vis Iranian regime’s suppression and warmongering, the massacre of political prisoners in 1988” - October 23, 2019. We’ll be updating this page live with the latest from the event. 17:40:  Rama Yade, former Human Rights Minister of France, tells the conference: "The pain of the mothers of Iran's 1988 massacre is still alive. What we need is the establishment of an independent inquiry into the 1988 massacre to shed light on this crime against humanity. There must be justice." "Appeasement will not reduce the Iranian regime’s ballistic capabilities and its terrorism. What is important here is to give up this blank check and adopt a clear condemnation of ...

The U.S. Should Focus on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses - Amb Ken Blackwell Written by  Mansoureh Galestan   on   22 October 2019 . Iran’s regime is becoming ever more brazen in its foreign policy, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently attacking commercial vessels in the Gulf, and seizing others,  including a British tanker , launching  missiles against  Saudi oil infrastructure  and pursuing aggressive policies in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen,  writes  former United States Ambassador Kenneth Blackwell . The Iranian regime's recent actions cannot simply be interpreted as a response to rising levels of pressure from the US, argues Ambassador Blackwell. " Its  abuses both at home and abroad have been getting worse for quite some time. And they have done so not because of newfound foreign pressure but because of the predictable absence thereof."   In an op-ed for Townhall on October 22, Amb Blackwell quoted...