Iran Focus
London, 16 May – An Iranian political prisoner is being refused hospital treatment by the authorities after suffering a suspected heart attack on Sunday.
Afshin Baymani, who is in his mid-forties, suffers from a serious heart condition that has been known about for many years. He is currently being held in Ward 4 of Hall 12 of the notorious Rajai-Shahr Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran.
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
A recent article in theNew York Times Magazine provided a candid look at the politics and rhetoric surrounding the Iran deal. The article featured an interview with Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for the Obama administration, and detailed how the Iran deal was sold to the American public. The remarks by Rhodes were not only surprisingly honest, but confirmed the charge made by many that the administration had misled the public with regard to the deal with Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 14 May – Mashhad was the scene of a large protest on Thursday as over 1000 people gathered to demand their money back in relation to an investment scam, the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported. The protesters were investors in large stock companies such as Padideh Shandiz, a company supposedly specialising in international tourism development with close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
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London, 14 May – A high-ranking member of the Syrian opposition has said those fighting in Aleppo’s brutal ground war are mostly soldiers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and affiliated militias such as Hezbollah.
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London, 14 May – British MP David Jones has penned an opinion piece at politicshome.com calling the bombing of civilians in Aleppo ‘tantamount to a war crime’. Jones, the Conservative MP for Clwyd West in Wales, welcomed the extension of the ceasefire to include Aleppo and said international efforts should now focus on how to ensure the fragile pause holds.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 13 May – Retired teacher and political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Agoushi has been on a hunger strike since 24 April in Tabriz Central Prison, north-west Iran, in protest against systematic mistreatment, according to local reports.
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London, 13 May – The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has published an infographic detailing the changes and events that have taken place since the nuclear deal was signed last year.
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London, 13 May – Ali Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has stated in an Independent Journal op-ed that Iran’s nuclear talks and negotiations have failed to change the fundamental situation in Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 13 May – Iranian authorities have told the family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in solitary confinement for five weeks, they may be allowed to meet her in jail.
The British mother held prisoner in Iran has been allowed to see her parents and her infant daughter for the first time since her arrest.
