Iran Focus
London, 26 Jun – The husband of Nazanin Radcliffe, a British aid worker arrested in Iran earlier this year, has issued a statement regarding the accusations levied against her.
Richard Radcliffe’s statement was released via Change.org, on the petition that he created in order to get his wife released.
Iran Focus
London, 24 Jun – A prominent European politician has written an op-ed for United Press International (UPI) explaining the threat Iran poses to the global community as well as its own citizens.
José Inácio Faria, a Portuguese member of the European Parliament (MEP), is one of the 270 MEPs who signed a statement condemning Iran’s horrific human rights abuses. They pleaded with Western governments, including the EU, to ensure that further relations with Iran are conditioned with progress on human rights.
Iran Focus
The Hague, 24 Jun – Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) gathered at The Hague to protest the visit of the Iranian Regime’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
The protesters asked the Dutch government to condition their relationship with Iran on human rights improvements; citing Iran’s execution rate, its role in the Syrian civil war and its ties to international terrorism.
Iran Focus
London, 24 Jun – Iranians from all walks of life are coming together to support and promote the Free Iran grand gathering, due to be held in Paris, this July.
A video released by the official National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on their YouTube channel shows supporters from around the world holding up signs with #FreeIran written on them, to promote the rally.
Iran Focus
The Hague, 23 Jun – Dozens of Iranian nationals took part in a rally outside parliament in The Hague on Thursday, to protest at the visit by Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif, DutchNews.nl reported.
A spokesman for the group told DutchNews.nl Iranians are very upset he is being welcomed given that “more than 120,000 political prisoners have been executed in Iran”.
Iran Focus
London, 23 Jun – A member of the Syrian Resistance has pleaded with Western governments to stop accepting the lesser of two evils in Middle Eastern governments.
Haitham al-Maleh, Chairman of the legal committee of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, wrote a piece for The Hill on Wednesday, 22 June.
Iran Focus
London, 22 Jun – The Iranian Resistance has condemned the Iranian Foreign Minister’s visit to Paris and The Hague.
They say that Mohammad Javad Zarif is an instrument of the repressive regime, which routinely crushes human rights, democracy and peace in the country and the Middle East.
Iran Focus
Paris, 23 Jun – The Iranian resistance and their supporters held a rally in Paris yesterday to protest a visit by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif.
Members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) addressed the rally to bring attention to the widespread executions in Iran and interference of Tehran in the Syrian civil war.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 21 Jun – Iranian police shut down opposition newspaper, the Ghanoon, after it criticized the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
This news was announced on Monday via a statement on the newspaper’s website which said it had been shut down following complaints by the IRGC’s Department of Intelligence.
Iran Focus
Tehran, 21 Jun – Sholeh Pakravan, the mother of Reyhaneh Jabbari, has written a letter of support to Mr. Azimzadeh, the political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for the past 51 days.
Ms. Pakravan has been outspoken about the human rights abuses in Iran since her daughter was executed in 2014 for killing an Intelligence Ministry Agent in self-defence after he attempted to rape her.
