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Iran’s judiciary in Golestan to deal harshly with breaking fast in public

A notorious prosecutor for the Iranian regime’s Golestan Province in northern Iran has threatened imprisonment and flogging for anyone breaking the fast of Ramadan.

Mostafa Haghi gave a statement to the state-run news agency, Mehr, on 5 June, announcing that brutal punishments will befall anyone breaking the fast during daylight hours.

Leading site of Iranian oil production is subject to massive closures

Roughly 60 percent of industrial and manufacturing units have been closed in Gachsaran, southwestern Iran; putting the majority of their employees out of work.

The city of Gachsaran produces 30 percent of all the oil in Iran; a major contributor to the country’s wealth. It’s the fifth-largest producer of oil and the second-largest producer of gas in Iran.

Iran: Seven prisoners hanged in Mashhad, Shiraz, and Tehran

Seven prisoners in Mashhad, Shiraz and Tehran have been executed in the past three days according to reports from the Iranian regime’s news agency.

On Tuesday 7 June, the Rokna website announced that three men, aged 30, 35 and 40, had been hanged on Monday, in the central prison of Mashhad. The names of the men, who were sentenced by the so-called Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, north-east Iran, and the nature of their crime is unknown.

Iranian Intelligence ministry arrests Sunni youths.

At least eight young people have been arrested by the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in the Iranian cities of Mahabad and Bukan.

On May 30, two Sunni brothers, Ali and Farooq Mavot were arrested in their home by MOIS agents who beat them before transferring them to an unknown location. Ali was previously arrested in 2012 for his religious activities and spent three years in prison.

Two people arrested for publishing caricatures of Iranian officials

The Iranian Regime’s Cyber Police (FATA) have arrested two young Iranians for publishing cartoons of the regime officials.

On June 1, the state-run Jam News website reported that the FATA had arrested two people, aged 30 and 31, for publishing cartoons of the regime officials on the internet.

Iranian citizens protest against the diversion of River Karoun

Residents in Ahwaz, a city in Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan are protesting the regime’s attempt to divert water from the River Karoun.

The protesters formed a human chain in front of the Choubi Park across from Street 17 in Kianpars region.

Saudi Arabia has arrested 32 spies working for Iran

Over the past three years, Saudi Arabia has arrested 32 spies who had had links to Iranian intelligence services.

Of those arrested, 30 were Saudis, one was Iranian and one was an Afghan; according to a report in the Saudi daily newspaper, Okaz.

Iran intensifies their oppressive measures fearing more social protests during Ramadan.

The mullahs’ regime is using Ramadan as its excuse to crackdown on so-called ‘morality crimes’, stating that they want to preserve public security and composure.

The security forces issued a statement emphasising the need to adhere to strict moral codes, avoid displaying a breach of fasting or create noise pollution.

Bahrain foils jail-break of terrorists headed for Iran.

Bahrain’s interior ministry announced that they had recaptured eight terrorists who broke out of jail and were being smuggled to Iran, on Saturday 4, June.

The jailbreak happened on Friday evening; coast guards spotted a boat off the northern coast of Bahrain.

When the boat refused to stop; coastguards detained the boat full of escaped prisoners.

White House omitted line about Iran from briefing transcript – ABC News

Washington, 4 Jun – In the wake of the admission from the United States State Department that it intentionally edited and deleted video from an archived press briefing to hide statements it made about the nuclear negotiations with Iran, ABC News has found that the White House has recently omitted a line from a transcript of a May 9 briefing that also involved questions from Fox News about Iran.