Iran Focus
London, 1 November – On October 29 the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) published a statement by the Papal Legate and the Secretary of the Conferences in the Marche region of Italy. The statement speaks to the necessity of prosecuting the perpetrators of the Massacre in Iran in 1988.
Iran Focus
London, 31 October – Two political prisoners under the Iranian Regime have written a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Asemeh Jahangir, about their horrific imprisonment in Gohardasht prison in Karaj.
Hassan Sadeghi explains that he is on the verge of blindness as a result of torture in the notorious Evin Prison in the 1980s and denied him medical treatment for months at a time.
Iran Focus
London, 31 October – Fresh revelations surrounding governmental corruption in Iran have surfaced which show that Supreme Leader Khamenei and other Regime authorities are the most corrupted in Iranian history and should be brought to justice.
It appears that Regime supporters, like Saeed Toussi, are essentially free to commit crimes with full impunity because of the dirty secrets they know about the Regime Leaders. On a leaked audio file, Toussi said: “His majesty (Khamenei) told Larijani to terminate the dossier. One can easily get rid of the guy. If they try me, I’ll take 100 people down with me.”
Iran Focus
London, 31 October – The President-elect of the Iranian Resistance has condemned the rocket attacks on Mecca on Saturday.
Maryam Rajavi described this brutal attack, believed to have been launched from Yemen on the order of Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei, as a declaration of war against all Muslims.
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London, 29 October – In an article for Forbes, Amir Basiri, a Iranian human rights activist, writes about the new financial sanctions that the Obama administration has added to supplement the nuclear deal that came into effect early this year. These new sanctions allow for non-U.S. persons to deal with Iranian entities that are minority owned or controlled by sanctioned individuals or bodies.
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London, 29 October – In a letter addressing the Iranian regime’s Attorney General, Narges Mohammadi writes, “I will not be silent until my rights are respected and justice is served.”
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on October 27, writes about the impassioned controversy between Narges Mohammadi and the Iranian regime’s Attorney General, cleric Jafar Montazeri, who addressed her as one side of a sinister triangle and a despicable element.
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London, 29 October – In an October 27 article by Courtney Kube for NBC News she writes that U.S. officials believe Iran has supplied weapons to the Houthis in Yemen — including coastal defense cruise missiles, as told to NBC News.
Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan said, ”We believe that Iran is connected to this.”
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London, 29 October – In an article published in Al-Arabiya by Saleh Hamid on October 27, sources told that publication that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and the companies affiliated with them, have acquired a percentage of new oil contracts signed between the Iranian oil ministry and International companies.
Iran’s military force, the Revolutionary Guards, command an industrial empire with huge political influence, and have now won sanctions relief under a nuclear deal agreed with world powers.
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London, 29 October – On October 27, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) published an article about a group of political prisoners in Iran’s Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, who have written to António Guterres, the newly-elected next United Nations Secretary General, and Asma Jahangir, the new UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran.
In this letter, the political prisoners tell of the appalling human rights abuses and political violence by the regime in Iran.
Iran Focus
London, 28 October – The Iranian Regime doesn’t have even one percent of the popular vote, according to a representative from a teacher’s union.
Hashem Khastar, a representative of the Teacher’s Trade Association in Khorasan, said in an interview that the only people who support the Regime are those who benefit from it, i.e. the very rich.
