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Iranian Government Tries to Make People Believe That Sanctions Will Have No Effect

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Iranian Government Tries to Make People Believe That Sanctions Will Have No Effect

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London, 17 July – Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Iran would once again face the sanctions that were lifted when the 2015 nuclear deal was signed, officials in the country have tried to downplay the impact that they will have. Several officials have publicly said that sanctions are nothing more than a minor inconvenience and other officials have said that Iran is perfectly capable of adapting to sanctions and finding ways around them, as it has done in the past.

However, the Health Minister of Iran, Hassan Ghazizadeh, said at the weekend that the impact will not be quite as easy to deal with as some officials are making out. The Health Minister is a very outspoken official that is not a fan of President Hassan Rouhani. He said that the upcoming sanctions are a “storm” that will “rattle our lives” and said that there is no point in pretending that it is not the case.

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World Medical Association Condemns Child Executions in Iran

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World Medical Association Condemns Child Executions in Iran

World Medical Association condemns child executions in Iran

Iran Focus

London, 17 July – The World Medical Association has condemned state-affiliated doctors in Iran for their complicity in the facilitation of the execution of young prisoners in the country.

This follows the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, 19, in June, who was sentenced to death in 2014 after the Legal Medicine Organisation in Iran gave their official medical opinion that he was mentally “mature” at 14, when the crime took place.

The WMA’s President Dr Yoshitake Yokokura and Chair Dr Ardis Hoven wrote an open letter to Iran Leader Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and Head of the Judiciary Sadegh Larijani, in which they stated that the involvement of doctors in the execution of people aged under 18 when a ‘crime’ was committed is illegal under international law, unethical, and in direct violation of their duties as physicians.

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How MEK Would Protect Human Rights in Iran

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How MEK Would Protect Human Rights in Iran

How MEK would protect human rights in Iran

By Jubin Katiraie

No one should be under any illusions about the dire state of human rights in Iran. Under the Mullahs ‘rule, human rights are for the elites and are denied to all others.

This sad fact is backed up by decades of research from human rights organisations, like Amnesty International, international government agencies, the United Nations, and Iranian opposition groups, like the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and it will not change while the mullahs are in charge. After all, the Ruling apparatus has had 40 years to change its behaviour; why would we expect it to start now?

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Iran’s Involvement in Iraq Creates Chaos

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Iran’s Involvement in Iraq Creates Chaos

Iran’s involvement in Iraq creates chaos

Iran Focus

London, 16 July – Chaos is spreading across Iraq like wildfire. With exceptionally hot weather for this time of year, many have the impression that they are living in hell. And it is not just the heat that is creating this feeling, it is the political climate too. There are many problems in the country and there have been for many years.

Revolutions and chaos preceded by invasions are familiar to the country and the city of Basra is particularly suffering now. An escalation of events in the southern part of the country is taking place, weakening the whole country at the same time.

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Students Arrested During Iran Protests, Now Sentenced to Prison

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Students Arrested During Iran Protests, Now Sentenced to Prison

Students Arrested During Iran protests, Now Sentenced to Prison

Iran Focus

London, 16 July – Many Iranian students joined the December/January protests earlier this year, rallying against economic hardship, and chanting slogans against Supreme Leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, calling for the downfall of the theocratic system and longing for Freedom and Democracy.

According to Iran HRM, Many of these students were subsequently arrested. Now, they are being sentenced to prison terms, and their sentences are being upheld by Iran’s Appeals Courts.

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Iran’s Surface Level Jamming of Foreign Satellite TVs Harmful to Health

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Iran’s Surface Level Jamming of Foreign Satellite TVs Harmful to Health

Iran's Surface Level Jamming of Foreign Satellite TVs Harmful to Health

Iran Focus

London, 16 July – Since 2003, Persian-speaking satellite channels have been periodically subjected to jamming in Iran. Despite warnings about the health risks of exposure to jamming signals from the Health Ministry, and Shiraz’s representatives to the Iranian parliament, the Information and Ccommunications Technology Minister says that equipment for monitoring “jamming signals” has been installed in the city of Shiraz and several other cities across the country.

A jamming technique that sends counter beams to the satellite cannot target just one or two specific programs. Instead, it blocks many adjacent satellite channels, leading to international backlash.

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Pressure Mounts on Iran After Paris Bomb Plot

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Pressure Mounts on Iran After Paris Bomb Plot

Pressure mounts on Iran after Paris bomb plot

Iran Focus

London, 16 July – Pressure is increasing on Iran now that Germany has officially charged Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi with conspiracy to commit murder and activity as a foreign agent.

Assadi, the Vienna-based diplomat for Iran since 2014, is suspected of being involved in a bomb plot against the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) at the rally in Paris at the end of June.

He is accused of hiring a couple from Belgium to commit the attack and supplying them with explosives. The husband and wife were arrested in Brussels by Belgian authorities on the day of the rally and found to be in possession of 500 grams of a homemade explosive and a detonation device.

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German Intelligence Release Report About Iran’s WMDs

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German Intelligence Release Report About Iran’s WMDs

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Iran Focus

London, 16 July – The German intelligence agency for the Hesse state has published a new report about countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction and has singled Iran out as one of two states that are currently seeking to obtain them.

The report reads: “Weapons of mass destruction are a continued instrument of power politics that also, in regional and international crises situations, can shatter the entire stability of state structures. States like Iran and North Korea attempt, in the context of proliferation, to acquire and spread such weapons by, for example, disguising the transportation ways through third countries.”

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Iranian Government Seems Ready to Implode

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Iranian Government Seems Ready to Implode

Iranian Government Seems Ready to Implode

Iran Focus

London, 15 July – Beginning last December, widespread protests began in Iran, that have now reached unprecedented levels due to dire economic and living circumstances. Today, the Iranian government appears to be ready to implode at any time, unless it handles the current issues with transparency.

The Iranian system under new American and international economic sanctions does not seem to be sustainable.

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Iran: Internal Crisis Becoming Increasingly Evident

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Iran: Internal Crisis Becoming Increasingly Evident

Iran: internal crisis becoming increasingly evident

Iran Focus

London, 15 July – Internal disputes among officials in Iran are becoming more and more publicised. Previously, Iran’s state media omitted to report honestly about the goings-on and disputes among officials and the different factions, but it is becoming more challenging to hide.

Mahmoud Sadeghi is a very outspoken official. He is a representative to Iran’s parliament and he recently accused his colleagues of succumbing to bribes to that a parliamentary motion should be shelved.

The motion in question is regarding legal violations that take place at Tehran’s municipality.

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