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Europe should support the Iranian Resistance, not the Regime Written by  Shahriar Kia  on  13 August 2019 . Support for the Iranian resistance group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), and for a “maximum pressure” campaign on the Iranian Regime is not limited to one country or one political party. In fact, it’s something that has support in every country and every political party on earth, according to former Irish lawmaker Jim Higgins. Those people understand that when it comes to dealing with the Iranian Regime, there is a third option that involves neither appeasement nor war. That third option is supporting the Iranian Resistance’s right to overthrow the Regime. Many of the Resistance supporters attended the international conference in Albania last month, at the headquarters for the Resistance, to express their support, celebrate how far the Resistance has come, and talk about the next steps. Jim Higgins, a former Irish Fine Gael pol...

German Trade With Iran Halves in 2019 Aug 13, 2019 By Pooya Stone German exports to Iran have fallen by nearly 50% in the first half of 2019, according to data released Monday. This suggests that German businesses have been cutting ties to Iran in order to avoid any potential trouble with the United States after Washington reimposed sanctions on the Gulf country last year. German sales to Iran fell to 678 million euros ($758.8 million) from January through June year-on-year, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office. This is a 48% drop. Meanwhile, German imports from Iran plunged to nearly 110 million Euros, which is a 43% decline. The BGA trade association  said : “The fact that trade between Iran and Germany has collapsed that massively is not a big surprise, unfortunately.” The trade group explained that the extra-territorial character of the recent US sanctions means that businesses in third countries can be punished for trading with Iran, norm...

An opposition member: Iran’s society is a powder keg Shahin Ghobadi, member of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran Iran, Aug. 12, 2019 -  “The Iranian regime is facing explosive circumstances inside the country. Based on information gathered by the [Iranian opposition coalition] National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ), the month of July alone witnessed more than 280 protest rallies across Iran,” said NCRI member Shahin Ghobadi in an interview with Sky News. “During the past few weeks,  teachers  in numerous cities have been seen protesting because their demands have not been met. Last week the Interior Minister specifically said we have to be ready for developing events. Therefore, regime officials understand these signals very well. This regime is now completely bankrupt and engulfed in corruption. Based on statistics issued by the World Bank,  inflation  in Iran has reached 50 percent. It is worth noting...

Iran sentences 7 sugarcane workers to lashes for protests Aug 13, 2019  Seven workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory in the southwestern city of Shush were sentenced to eight months of suspended prison and 30 lashes each. According to the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Syndicate, the workers were tried and sentenced by the 102 nd Branch of the Shush Criminal Court. The report said that 10 other workers from the factory would be tried tomorrow by the same court. Another worker was also summoned. One of the charges brought against the 10 workers is “disrupting public order by leading and being present in illegal gatherings and preventing the company’s activities”. The Syndicate also said that workers have been summoned for charges such as “publishing messages on the internet”. The  report  said that a worker was summoned a few months ago for calling the company CEO a liar in a Telegram channel. The workers have not been identified. The Iranian govern...

Iran: Disagreement among the ruling elite over how to exploit the population The regime in Iran is known for plundering the livelihood of millions of already deprived Iranians from across the country Iran, Aug. 12, 2019 -  On August 4, Ali Rabiei, spokesperson for the Iranian regime’s government, announced that 30 percent of people illegible to receive government subsidies will no longer be eligible, while other reports of removing four zeros from Iran’s national currency, the rial, are resulting in many controversies among officials and the ruling elite. The Resalat newspaper, close to the mullahs’ Supreme Leader  Ali Khamenei , wrote on August 6 it is necessary to increase government direct subsidies to the population by striking the foreign currency (U.S. dollar) at the fixed state-set 42,000 rial price. Direct subsidies in Iran is money that rather poor people in Iran receive from the government to help them make ends meet. It s around 400,000 to 500,000 r...

Iranian political prisoners on hunger strike Political prisoners in Iran, with their rights constantly violated, see no choice but resorting to hunger strike Iran, Aug. 13, 2019  - The hunger strike of four Iranian political prisoners in Urmia prison in northwest Iran continues. The names of the hunger strikers are Mostafa Sabzi, Ghader Salimi, Bashir Pirmavaneh and Rahmi Tourgout. Reports indicate that the health conditions of these political prisoners are deteriorating and they are suffering from severely low blood pressure and significant weight loss. Bashir Pirmavaneh and Rahmi Tourgout started their hunger strike on July 22, Mostafa Sabzi and Ghader Salimi started theirs on July 23. Hunger strike by Akbar Bagheri, political prisoner, and supporter of MEK in the Prison of Greater Tehran Akbar Bagheri, a political prisoner, and supporter of the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ), incarcerated in the Greater Tehra...

India Turns Away From Iran Oil Aug 12, 2019  By Jubin Katiraie US sanctions on Iran have caused major Iranian oil buyer India to switch to exports from Venezuela and America, despite a long-term trade relationship with Iran. Iran has previously  accounted  for roughly 17% of India’s total crude imports, worth $11.1 billion between 2017-2018, because of India’s rising energy consumption and falling domestic oil output. But this fluctuated greatly depending on US-Iran relations. Any sort of tension between the two nations caused India’s imports from Iran to drop dramatically, particularly after US sanctions were imposed in 2012 and 2019. This also meant that when sanctions were lifted, as was the case in July 2015 after the signing of the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian crude imports to India rose significantly. In that specific instance, they jumped 110%. When the US withdrew from the deal and rei...

Iran’s Changing Trends: Decades-Long Silence on Opposition Broken to Launch Unprecedented Attack Aug 12, 2019  By Pooya Stone For more than 30 years, it has been Iran’s state policy to keep silent about the opposition, namely the Mujahedin-e Khalq ( PMOI or MEK ), and its impact, both domestic and global. A recent salvo of remarks and statements reflect a change in the regime's policy in this regard. The new approach stems from an unprecedented MEK presence in domestic affairs. Public awareness of the group’s activities has left the authorities incapable of continuing their practice of denial. Official remarks have defended brutal suppression against the MEK and have also expressed anxiety about the MEK’s progress and its role in organizing and galvanizing protests against the regime. Senior officials warn about “major events” that could still be forthcoming. The officials are fully cognizant of the fact that after years of a massive demonization campaign aga...

Iranian Resistance Calls for the Release of Those Arrested in Mashhad on August 11 Published on  12 August 2019 . The religious fascism ruling Iran, on August 11, 2019, arrested Hashem Khastar, a teacher's representative and a number of others who demanded the resignation and removal of Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the clerical regime. They had gathered in front of a tribunal in Mashhad to support another individual calling for Khamenei's ouster when they were arrested. Hossein Sherafati Rad, the Khorasan Razavi General Director of Security, described the detainees as "overseas-related counter-revolutionary elements who had come to Mashhad from various parts of the country to foment protests, incite public opinion against the Islamic Republic, and create insecurity." "The detainees are from related counter-revolutionary groups overseas, they were associated with subversive groups, and they intended to design, organize and create intermittent disturba...

Monireh Arabshahi: I Feel Like A Free Bird Aug 12, 2019 _ Mrs. Monireh Arabshahi was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison for not covering her hair in a women-only subway train while giving flowers to women on International Women’s Day. Arrested along with her daughter  Yasaman Aryani  on April 11, 2019, and now  detained in Qarchak Prison in Varamin , Monireh Arabshahi sent out an open letter on her birthday on August 3, 2019. About the ongoing social problems in Iran and particularly, women’s double hardships, she wrote that all humans can be aware of what the next day brings with the steps they take toward tomorrow. Her letter is an example of the awareness and  sacrifice of a generation of Iranian women  who are determined to challenge the mullahs’ misogynistic dictatorship. The full text of this letter is as follows: Tomorrow is promised to no one. This was a sentence I had heard many times and I, like most people, believed it. But at ...

Iran: Resisting against the crackdown A show of how the Iranian people utterly despise the mullahs’ regime Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, Aug. 12, 2019  -  A video has gone viral in Iran showing a young man in Tehran, the capital of Iran, responding to repressive measures by a state security guard harassing a pedestrian. On Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of the famous Vali-Asl Square in Tehran, a repressive state security agent approaches a young man who was walking down the street. The agent starts to harass the man accusing him of “hanging around.” The young man, as shown in the video footage, resists and reacts vigorously to the agent who had drawn his baton to attack him. The state security forces found the young man, had him arrested and placed under torture following the upload of the video on social media. The regime in Iran is known for its atrocious record of  human rights violations . United Nations human rights bodies have condemned th...