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Iran news in brief, September 2, 2019

Iran’s regime vows to breach the nuclear deal, ignores warnings As the Europeans try to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and persist in negotiations with Tehran, Iran’s regime, emboldened by the European approach, vows to breach more of its commitments under the terms of the JCPOA. On September 1, in an interview with the state-run Khabar-e Fori news agency, Seyyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, said that Javad Zarif, the Iranian regime’s foreign minister, in session with this commission, underlined that if the Europeans won’t take concrete measures to circumvent U.S. sanctions, Iran will take its third step in breaching the JCPOA. On September 1, in an interview with the state TV, Zarif threatened Europe by saying, “If by Thursday, the Europeans won't’ take necessary actions, we will take the third step in reducing our commitments under the terms of th...

Iran news in brief, August 1, 2019

Iranian regime mounts pressure against prisoners in Evin Evin Prison in Tehran Iran, September 1, 2019 –According to reports, Gholamreza Ziayi, the new chief of the Iranian regime's notorious Evin prison in Tehran, has been mounting repression against prisoners. Ziyai has adopted new rules which put more pressure on prisoners. One of these rules is the removal of health insurance plans for prisoners. This means that prisoners and their families are responsible to cover all the health and treatment costs of prisoners. Those who don't have the money are deprived of medical treatment. Even if a prisoner is dying, they won't be transferred to the medical center before paying for their treatment out of their own pockets. The new restrictions also include a limitation on family visits. Since three years ago, Iranian political prisoners were granted one visit every 28 days even if they didn't make any requests in advance. But the new head of Evin prison has revoked ...

U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iran Regime's Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1 Written by  Sedighe Shahrokhi  on  31 August 2019 . Sep 2, 2019 The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against an oil tanker belonging to the Iranian regime for transporting Iranian crude oil to Syria in violation of international sanctions. "The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Adrian Darya 1, an oil tanker transporting 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil ultimately benefitting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)," the Treasury  said in a statement  on August 30, 2019. The Adrian Darya 1’s captain, Akhilesh Kumar, was also designated as part of the U.S. action. The IRGC-QF’s highest-ranking officials have long overseen the export of Iranian oil, often masking its origin and sending it to the Syrian regime or IRGC-QF proxies across the region, the Treasury pointed out. ...

Iranian “Assembly of Experts” member: The people dislike us! The Iranian people utterly despise the mullahs’ regime Iran, August 31, 2019 –Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi, a former member of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) and current member of the Assembly of Experts, made interesting remarks about the Iranian people. “The people dislike us and are discontent with us… not only our narrative but everything about us must change,” he said. Hashemzadeh Herisi, who is also the Iranian regime Supreme Leader  Ali Khamenei ’s representative in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azerbaijan province in north-west Iran, and leads the Friday prayers in the city, added: “We talk the talk of Takfir, considering one side the servants of the regime and the other traitors.” The Assembly of Experts has the responsibility to appoint a new Supreme Leader. Herisi referred to Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the mullahs' regime after the 1979 revolution, and said: “Khomeini was afraid of the people a...

Iranian regime sentences activist Atefeh Rangriz to heavy prison and flogging sentence Atefeh Rangriz, one of the activists arrested during Labor Day protests Iran, September 1, 2019 –An Iranian regime court sentenced Atefeh Rangriz, one of the activists arrested during Labor Day protests, to 11 and half years in prison and 74 lashes. The sentence was given in branch 28 of the Iranian regime's so-called revolutionary court, overseen by the criminal judge Mohammad Moghisei, an internationally known human rights offender. Iranian security forces arrested Atefeh Rangriz along with 35 other activists during a  peaceful protest on the occasion of Labor Day  in front of the regime's Majlis (parliament). She was later transferred to the Gharchak prison in Varamin, where female prisoners are held. Last month, 80 labor syndicates across the world condemned the arrest of Labor Day protesters in Iran. Earlier this year, Rangriz had described the conditions of Gharchak pris...

Iranian resistance units commemorate victims of Ashraf massacre Iran, September 1, 2019 –Members of " Resistance Units ," a network associated directly to the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ), installed large posters the Ashraf massacre victims in the mountains of Tehran. On September 1, 2013, at the behest of the Iranian regime, the forces of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, attacked Camp Ashraf, where some 100 MEK members had remained to oversee the sale of the residents' property. During the attack, the assailants murdered 52 MEK members in cold blood while they were unarmed and defenseless. This crime against humanity drew wide condemnations across the world. The MEK martyrs, which stood true to their principles and their goal for a free Iran till their last breath, became a source of inspiration for the youth and freedom fighters in Iran. In the past months, Iranian resistance units have played a key ...

Paris Remembers Iran's 1988 Massacre, Urges UN Action to Stop the "Ongoing Crime Against Humanity" Written by  Sedighe Shahrokhi  on  01 September 2019 . An event commemorating Iran's 1988 massacre of political prisoners was held on Friday in Paris District 1's City Hall. The conference, titled, “Iran: Massacred Human Rights: 31st anniversary of massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988,” brought together French lawmakers, mayors and human rights activists who appealed to the French government and the United Nations to hold Iranian officials accountable for their "ongoing crime against humanity." Iranian opposition leader  Maryam Rajavi  sent a message to the conference, saying: "The time has come for the international community to end three decades of impunity for the clerical regime’s leaders in accounting for their crimes." "The dossier of human rights violations in Iran, particularly the massacre in 1988, must be ref...

Why Is Trump’s Tweet About Iran’s Failed Satellite Launch Causing Controversy? by  Seth Frantzman August 31, 2019 The US was not involved in the “catastrophic accident” that befell an Iranian rocket launch, US President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday. The tweet adds mystery to what exactly happened in Iran. Satellite images had already disclosed that an Iranian rocket had exploded on Thursday. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One. 59.1K 7:44 PM - Aug 30, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 33.5K people are talking about this The imagery was provided to news companies, including NPR, and was from a commercial company. “This failure happened maybe a couple min...