By Jubin Katiraie
For decades the people of Iran have faced systematic state corruption by the government, state-run factories, and firms. While the Iranian government spends the national wealth in proxy wars in the region, Iranian workers are faced with difficult living conditions, and the gap between the poverty line and workers’ wages has tripled.
By Jubin Katiraie
A new German intelligence report from the state of Hesse on Wednesday outlined Iran’s illicit espionage activities in the central European country, including efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction during 2018.
By Jubin Katiraie
The economic situation in Iran has been on the decline for a number of years. The Iranian authorities have completely destroyed the country’s economy through decades of widespread corruption and mismanagement.
More and more people are falling into the absolute poverty category – even those with decent jobs. Goods – even the most basic of amenities – are becoming increasingly out of reach for many and the situation shows no sign of improving.
By Pooya Stone
Saudi Arabia displayed remnants Wednesday of what it says are Iranian drones and cruise missiles used in the attack on Saudi oil facilities this weekend and “undeniable” evidence of Iranian aggression.
By Pooya Stone
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’d ordered Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to “substantially increase sanctions” imposed on Iran, after an attack on Saudi oil facilities that the White House blames on Iran.
By Pooya Stone
There is growing evidence that a drone and missile attack launched against Saudi oil facilities under the cover of darkness originated in Iran. Houthi rebels in Yemen, accept the responsibility for Saturday’s attack, but US officials say the available evidence is showing that is not possible.
By Jubin Katiraie
The fall of Iran into the “trap of negotiation” was what the Iranian Opposition, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) used to say and is now heard from Iran’s government members. These days, the rope of sanctions tightens on the throats of Iran on one hand and the crises of no solution on the other reflects, more than ever, Iran stuck in the mud of dilemma, what Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei describes as choosing between ‘being crushed’ or ‘misery’. This situation can be seen in the statements of officials of both factions of the clerical establishment.
By Pooya Stone
An Iranian political prisoner was not transferred to a hospital on Sunday, despite needing urgent treatment because he refused to wear a prison outfit.
The family of Saeed Shirzad, a human rights activist, arranged his transfer for Sunday for a scheduled eye operation and even paid for the hospital, despite the fact that under Iranian laws the medical treatment of prisoners should be paid for by the state.
By Jubin Katiraie
British politician and former defence secretary Liam Fox will give a speech in Washington in which he will say that the attempts to save, the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are pointless. In his speech, he will urge the United Kingdom and the remaining signatories of the deal, to follow in the steps of the United States President Donald Trump.
By Pooya Stone
On Tuesday, September 24, thousands of members of the Iranian diaspora and their supporters from across the United States will rally outside the United Nations building in New York to show their support for the Iranian people’s quest for “regime change” and to urge the international community to adopt a firm policy towards Iran.
