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Iranwire – In a previous report, IranWire identified the weapons and other equipment used by Iranian security forces to crack down on the nationwide protest movement that has swept Iran for eight weeks. This report takes a closer look at the individuals and companies that supply equipment used to either monitor and identify protesters or brutally suppress them. Surveillance Equipment CCTV …

The ongoing nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of a 22-year old Mahsa Jina Amini while in the custody of the morality police, will soon be entering its third month and there are no signs of consensus between the government and the people. In fact the people and the Iranian regime seem to be further away from one …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Iranian regime, which has long argued that it is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons… has lately changed its tone and is boasting that it currently has the ability to build a nuclear bomb. Biden’s new nuclear deal, if reached, will also allow Russia to cash in on a $10 billion contract to further expand Iran’s nuclear …

washingtonexaminer.com – The United States and its European allies (but the U.S. alone, if necessary) should warn that any successful Iranian assassination plot on their soil will result in military retaliation. Such strengthened deterrence is necessary in response to Iran’s escalating assassination threats. The latest incident disclosed on Monday involves independent Iranian journalists living in Britain. Iran International reports that two of its British-Iranian employees have been told …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Regime leadership shrewdly did not attempt to suppress the women-led protests in Iran with massive deployments of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and shoot-to-kill orders. Such a response might have run the risk of galvanizing even more Iranian men to join the protests. Instead, Tehran dispatched local police units and specially trained civilian, paramilitary Basij units — the regime’s …

Shabtabnews – In a recent report INLF outlined a workable and practical solution to the issue of ” Security versus Terrorism and Iran” . The report also asked the world community especially the EU to : ” 1- to recall their representatives from the existing illegal regime ruling over the Iranian nation, and not to give refuge to the Islamic …

gatestoneinstitute.org – By the time of this writing, we had the names of 385 protesters killed, including 40 women and 32 children, and 7 security men. A further 12,500 people have been arrested, according to statistics presented to the International Committee of the Red Cross. “People just don’t believe what our authorities say,” complains former Islamic Majlis (parliament) member Masud …

Amnesty – More than 760,000 people across 218 countries and territories have added their voices to petitions calling for the establishment of an independent UN mechanism to conduct investigations as a step towards pursuing accountability for the most serious crimes under international law committed in Iran, Amnesty International said today. On 2 November, Nazanin Boniadi, a British-Iranian actor and Amnesty …

Shabtabnews – In a open letter the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) asks Mr. Josep Borrell, the Vice President of the European Commission and the head of the European Union’s foreign policy, to change the recognition of Iran’s ruling regime from de jure to de facto The letter stated that “putting the issue of human rights as a …

117th CONGRESS2d Session Shabtabnews – The 117th US Congress calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately end violations of the human rights, and facilitate the unconditional, immediate release, of all arbitrarily detained individuals, including peaceful protesters, political prisoners, and prisoners of conscience, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 29, 2022 Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Norton, Ms. Speier, …