Iran hangs 18 prisoners, including at least one woman, in just two days

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Iran hangs 18 prisoners, including at least one woman, in just two days

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Tehran, 18 Jul – Iran hanged 18 prisoners, this past weekend; with 16 executions on Sunday alone.

Eleven prisoners were hanged in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, on Sunday, but only two have been identified; Saeed Saberi and Moslem Bahrami. The charges have not been specified but at least one member of this group was a woman.

Two men were hanged on Sunday, in a public square in the city’s Mehshahr District, according to the state-run Tasnim news agency. They have only been identified by their initials Q. J. and M. R.

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US Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes resolution on the rights of Iranian exiles living in Camp Liberty

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US Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes resolution on the rights of Iranian exiles living in Camp Liberty

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Washington, 18 Jul – The United States’ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted unanimously last week to back a resolution regarding the rights of Iranian exiles living in Camp Liberty in Iraq.

The exiles are members of Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), who have been designated a protected group of people by the United Nations for the discrimination and violence that they face.

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Continuing intrusion into private space by the Iranian regime

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Continuing intrusion into private space by the Iranian regime

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Tehran, 18 Jul – In the last six weeks, two cases have illustrated the continuing intrusion by the regime into the private space of Iranians. On July 6, 80 Afghan nationals were arrested and deported “for dancing” at a village celebration. On May 26, 35 students were sentenced to flogging for attending a mixed graduation party, a case which also served to underline the draconian enforcement of gender apartheid by the regime.

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Amnesty International: Iran cruelly denies medical care to prisoners; an act prohibited under international and Iranian law

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Amnesty International: Iran cruelly denies medical care to prisoners; an act prohibited under international and Iranian law

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London, 18 Jul – Amnesty International released a report on Monday which found that Iranian political prisoners are routinely denied adequate medical care.

The report, Health taken hostage: Cruel denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons, shows that Iranian authorities, particularly the Office of the Prosecutor, and prison administrations, refuse to provide adequate medical care for political prisoners, whether they are stricken with a terminal illness or suffering from the beatings and torture inflicted by the prison guards.

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Iranian Artist Talks About Oppression and Art

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Iranian Artist Talks About Oppression and Art

Washington, 17 Jul – Atena Farghadani drew a cartoon mocking Iran’s parliament in protest of her country’s anti-birth control policies. For this, she was arrested by the Revolutionary Guard in the summer of 2014.

In her July 15 interview with Michael Cavna of the Washington Post, after she was released from prison, the Iranian artist says: “I’m stuck in a limbo.” referring to the mental weariness and the physical problems caused by her imprisonment. “At the moment,” she continues, “since I’ve arrived at the certainty that there is miracle lying in the art of drawing and painting, I’m more determined to continue doing it than ever.”

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Maryam Rajavi Explains The Truth of Islam

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Maryam Rajavi Explains The Truth of Islam

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London, 17 Jul – Earlier this month, billions of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which marks the joyous end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), writes, “To practicing Muslims of all stripes, Ramadan is a season of compassion, self-betterment and community, values wholly denigrated by the persistence of terrorism and tyranny under the name of Islam.”

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Maryam Rajavi’s message of consolation and unity to France

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Maryam Rajavi’s message of consolation and unity to France

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Paris, 16 Jul – Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Friday expressed her condolences and heartfelt sympathy to French President, Francois Hollande, and the Government and people of France, especially the families of the victims of the horrific crime committed in Nice at the Bastille Day celebration on Thursday evening. She also prayed for the quick recovery of the injured.

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Tom Ridge: We must support freedom for Iran

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Tom Ridge: We must support freedom for Iran

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London, 15 Jul – In his speech at this past weekend’s “Free Iran” conference, which was published on the Washington Times’ website, Tom Ridge, former governor and congressman for the state of Pennsylvania, and a former Secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, urged support of a free, democratic Iran.

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West Keeps Repeating Past Mistakes, One Year After Iran Nuclear Deal

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West Keeps Repeating Past Mistakes, One Year After Iran Nuclear Deal

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Washington, 15 Jul – The former Foreign Minister of Italy has written an op-ed for The Hill on the West’s mistakes following 2015’s “controversial” nuclear agreement.

Giulio Terzi said that Iran’s past actions should have shown the likelihood that they wold renege on the terms of the deal, but Western politicians continued to laud Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a moderate. Considering the many reports by human rights organisations regarding Iran’s brutal treatment of political opponents, women, and minorities, the Regime is anything but.

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Howard Dean: Iranian regime leaders are war criminals

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Howard Dean: Iranian regime leaders are war criminals

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London, 14 Jul – Last weekend’s rally for the Iranian Resistance attracted over 100,000 attendees to Paris.

Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont, was one of many bipartisan US politicians at the event.

In his speech he lauded the efforts of Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and other members of the Resistance for coming together to fight the regime. He stated that Rajavi’s 10-point-plan was something that Western countries wanted to see implemented in Iran, with the introduction of a secular government.

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