By Jubin Katiraie
The US has tightened travel restrictions on over a dozen Iranian diplomats and their families living in New York, according to a US diplomatic note sent to the Iran mission to the United Nations on July 12.
These diplomats are subject to the same restrictions that the US imposed on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in the country on Sunday amid heightened tensions between the two nations.
By Pooya Stone
It has been confirmed that an academic with dual French and Iranian nationality has been arrested and detained during a trip to Iran. Fariba Adelkhah is a researcher at the prestigious Sciences Po university in Paris.
In a live broadcast on Tuesday, Gholamhossein Esmaili, a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary confirmed that she was in custody in the country, but refused to give any further information. Esmaili said: “This person was detained recently (…) but due to the nature of the case, this is not the proper time to give any information about it.”
By Jubin Katiraie
Tensions in the Middle East are escalating with the Iran’s government standing accused of being responsible for a number of provocations. The United States has been particularly vocal about Iran’s belligerence in the region and it has requested military backing in the Strait of Hormuz.
By Pooya Stone
United States sanctions targeting the Iranian government are working, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday.
Some people said “American sanctions wouldn’t work if the Europeans didn’t come along. And that’s turned out to be false. They have worked”, Pompeo said in a radio interview with Sean Hannity of The Sean Hannity Show.
By Jubin Katiraie
During the summer of 1988, more than 30,000 political prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons. The vast majority were supporters and sympathizers of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) but there were also other victims such as supporters of leftist groups.
By Jubin Katiraie
Every year, the Iranian Opposition People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) hold a grand gathering for a Free Iran. It is usually held in Paris, but this year it was held at the new home of the MEK in Albania – Ashraf 3.
By Pooya Stone
The latest monthly report by OPEC says Iran’s oil output in June has dropped by 142,000 barrels per day compared to the previous month and reached 2,225,000 barrels.
Iran’s output was 3.8 million barrels per day before the returning of United States sanctions.
By Jubin Katiraie
Every year, Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI), otherwise known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), and its parent coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Iranians from all over the world and many distinguished guests from numerous countries gather to support the opposition movement and the people of Iran in the quest for a ‘Free Iran’. For the past few years, this major event has taken place in Paris, but this year it was held in Ashraf 3, the new home of the MEK, in Albania.
By Pooya Stone
This weekend, president Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani was in Tirana, Albania joining a large gathering by the Iranian resistance to call for a free Iran. Among the guests, former Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) could be named.
The two spoke at the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) celebration calling for the fall of the mullahs’ regime and the establishment of a new democratic republic realizing freedom of press, women, and religion. The group advocates a 10-point plan presented by its president-elect Maryam Rajavi for the future of Iran.
By Pooya Stone
During the second day of a series of conferences, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Maryam Rajavi addressed a wide audience at Ashraf 3 in Albania, where several thousand members of the main Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) are based.
