UN Special Rapporteur Produces Damning Report on Human Rights in Iran
By Staff Writer
Javid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, presented his report to a UN panel in New York on Wednesday, with the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union in attendance, criticizing the increase in executions and suppressions inside Iran.
Poverty in Iran Leads Children to Search Through Rubbish
By Staff Writer
One Iranian man died in Shiraz on October 21 after eating rotten food from a trashcan, a chilling example of the prevalence of poverty in Iran. Many in Iran are now so poor that they have to resort to digging through the garbage to find food to eat or resources to sell on, including young children.
The Charge of Corruption on Earth for Environmental Activists and Suspicious Murder of an Environmental Activist
Terrorism, widespread arrests, fabricating cases and eliminating prisoners are the regime's toolkit to confront the uprising
The clerical regime's criminal prosecutor indicted five environmental activists who were arrested nine months ago by the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence, with charges of "corruption on earth," indicating that their files are ready to be submitted to the court. (IRGC News Agency - October 21). This is despite the fact that the regime’s judiciary had previously charged them with spying.
Iran: Imprisoned Civil Rights Activist Pens Open Letter
By Mahmoud Hakamian
Atena Daemi is a civil rights activist that was arrested on 21st October 2018. She was immediately put into solitary confinement where she remained for 86 days before being transferred to the women’s part of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. The following May, she was charged with insulting the country’s supreme leader, propaganda against the regime and assembly and collusion against national security. Judge Moghiseh of Revolutionary Court Branch 28 gave her a sentence of 14 years imprisonment.
Re-Imposed Sanctions on Iran Amplify Effects of Measures Targeting Terrorist Proxies
By shahriar kia
On Tuesday, Express News reported that the British destroyer HMS Dragon had recently been obstructed by fast attack vessels belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps while it was transiting the Persian Gulf. Tehran and the IRGC have frequently pointed to these sorts of boats as the main tools in “swarm tactics” that would supposedly be employed by the Islamic Republic to defeat larger and better equipped Western navies.
Chinese Bank to Stop Handling Payments From Iran Amid U.S. Sanctions Pressure
By Mohammad Sadat Khansari
Sources in the know are saying that the main official channel for fund flow between China and Iran – Kunlun bank – will soon stop handling payments from Iran because of the upcoming U.S. sanctions that are due to take effect at the beginning of next month.
Iranian Regime Continues to Recruit Child Soldiers to Fight on Its Behalf
By Amir Taghati
The United States has imposed more sanctions on Iranian manufacturers because of their support for the Basij militia.
The Basij militia is said to be recruiting child soldiers from Afghanistan to fight on Iran’s behalf in Syria.
The reputation of the Basij force is horrific. During the Green Movement in Iran which was the result of the 2009 presidential election, the people were calling for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s removal from office.
United States Continues to Pile Pressure on Iranian Regime
By Amir Taghati
The Trump administration’s strategy to deal with Iran is to put it under extreme pressure with the aim of cutting it off from the funding that permits it to carry malign and terrorist acts across the Middle East and beyond.
SWIFT Pressured by U.S. Treasury to Disconnect Iran Regime
By Staff Writer
According to reports, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin said, "I can assure you our objective is to make sure that sanctioned transactions do not occur whether it's through SWIFT or any other mechanism. Our focus is to make sure that the sanctions are enforced.” The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is a global financial messaging service that connects more than 11,000 banks in more than 200 countries. The US Treasury is in negotiations with the SWIFT network to disconnect Iran.
Iran: Authorities Try to Force Prisoner Into Ending Hunger Strike
Farhad Meysami-Iran Authorities Try to Force Prisoner Into Ending Hunger Strike
By Shahriar Kia
Farhad Meysami is a human rights defender that has been campaigning for women’s rights in Iran. He is a medical doctor that was arrested and imprisoned in July and he is currently being held in the medical clinic at the notorious Evin Prison in Iran’s capital city.
He was arrested for s