VOA – “Iran must be stopped; that is our common challenge,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
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Iran Executions: Five Prisoners Hanged in Four Cities
Iran Human Rights – Five prisoners were executed at Ilam, Hamadan, Kermanshah, and Urmia central prisons on murder charges.
Read More »Tehran Police Chief Says Man Accused of Killing Policemen Will Be “Punished by Hanging”
CHRI – The alleged driver of a bus that was driven into three policemen and two members of the Basij volunteer militia, killing them all during recent clashes between the police and Sufi followers of the Gonabadi Order in Tehran, could be executed within weeks. “With the coordination that has taken place with the judiciary, the bus driver that drove …
Read More »Environmentalists Detained in Crackdown Denied Legal Counsel Amid Claims Some Were “Jewish Spies”
CHRI – “No one knows if they are well or where they are being held.” Several environmentalists who were arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in January 2018 continue to be denied access to legal counsel more than six weeks into their detention.
Read More »41 Tehran University Students Facing Prosecution For Participating in December 2017 Protests
CHRI – The Iranian Judiciary has opened cases against 41 students of Tehran University who allegedly participated in protests in the capital city in January 2018, the university’s Deputy Chancellor for Cultural Affairs Majid Sarsangi announced on March 1, 2018. “What we can do in terms of helping these students with their problem is to have talks with our dear …
Read More »Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Subjected to Inhumane Living Conditions as Punishment For Hunger Strike
CHRI – Inmates in the ward for political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison continue to be punished seven months after many of them went on hunger strike to protest their forced move to a high-security ward. Prison officials have denied them adequate heating during the cold winter months and prevented them from acquiring their own heating equipment, a source …
Read More »Iranian lawmakers block cuts to cash handouts
Al-Monitor – The discontinuation of cash handouts for a large segment of Iranians has become a controversial issue in the initial draft budget for the next Iranian year (beginning March 21). Some suggest that this prospect contributed to the grievances that caused the protests in late December. On Feb. 22, the new framework of cash handouts was finalized as part …
Read More »Iran’s Rouhani mocks his opponents, again
Al-Monitor – President Hassan Rouhani has once again caused a stir by mocking those opposed to his administration’s policies. Speaking to banking and financial officials about bringing inflation down to single digits after it had been close to 40% before he took office in 2013, Rouhani said, “This great achievement must be protected.” Suggesting that some individuals may be trying …
Read More »Terrorist organisation threaten Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
Dr. Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh, the spokesman of the Gonabadi Dervishes outside of Iran and the founder of International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights is threatened by the terrorist organisation of Sepah Quds in Iran. Sepah Quds, the main terrorist organisation of the Iranian regime responsible for assassinations outside the borders of Iran, released a short video clip on 5th of …
Read More »Member Of Basij Behind Fake Radio Farda Website
RadioFarda – The man behind dozens of fake news websites in Iran is a member of the Basij militia, one of the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, according to a new report from the Israeli company ClearSky Cyber Security.
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