Iran: The Paper Mafia and Schoolbooks Black Market

School books

By Pooya Stone

Instead of answering the question of why students were left without a book for 20 days at the start of the school year, Ahmadreza Amini, the Director-General of Supervision and Distribution of Educational Materials in Iran, first outlined the process of textbook printing, and finally cited several factors, while hiding the main cause of this situation which is corruption by Iranian officials.

Iran’s Lies About the FATF

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FATF-Iran

By Pooya Stone

Iran’s Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri recently claimed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei agreed to all outstanding resolutions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) over Iran’s financial transactions and demanded the ratification of the two FATF bills still being held up in Iran’s Guardian Council and Expediency Council.

MOIS Refusing to Allow Hospital Care for Political Prisoner

 Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is preventing Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian from being released for medical treatment, even though her family has paid a bail bond.

Ohio Man Sentenced for Exporting Controlled Parts to Iran in Violation of Sanctions

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Iran trade sanctions case

By Pooya Stone

A man from Ohio was sentenced to 20 months in prison yesterday by the US District Court for exporting gas and oil pipeline parts to Iran for over ten years in a deliberate violation of US embargo and trade sanctions that have been in place since 1995.

Iran Continues to Execute Children

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Execution of juveniles in Iran

By Pooya Stone

Javaid Rehman says 7 minors were put to death last year and 2 so far this year; killings come despite human rights law prohibiting the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18

Iran: Athletes Face Internal Restrictions Before Foreign Opponents

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International Judo Federation

By Jubin Katiraie

On October 22, the International Judo Federation (IJF) banned Iran from all competitions authorized by the federation and its unions.

The Last Piece of This Domino Will Fall in Tehran

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Iran's proxies

By Pooya Stone

40 years ago, in tandem with founding the Islamic Republic in Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini established a long-term policy under the name “exporting the revolution”.

Activists Warn Against Over-Stating “One Small Victory” for Women’s Rights

Iran women rights

By Pooya Stone

On Tuesday, Quartz published an editorial by Kelly Nascimento-DeLuca, who is the daughter of the football star known as Pele and is presently working on a documentary about women’s soccer.

Even Iran Officials Admit HEPCO Privatization a Mess

Iran-HEPCO

By Jubin Katiraie

Back in September, workers of Iran’s Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) marched through the streets of Arak and blocked the north-south railroad to protest months of unpaid wages and the privatization of the company, which has destroyed the once productive factory.

Iranian-American Communities Condemn NBC’s Bias Reports Against the MEK

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MEK gathering in New York

Iranian regime’s apologists who see the imminent downfall of the clerical regime desperately try to justify the regime’s 40 years of crime via demonizing its only legitimate and viable alternative, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK).  

Recently, the NBC website parroted blatant lies about the MEK and repeated the Mullah’s 4-decade long-debunked allegations, while refusing to publish the MEK’s rebuttal to this article. NBC’s article is the latest in a series of organized attacks against the MEK via outlets with pro-engagement and pro-appeasement tendencies towards the Iranian regime.