Iran Focus
London, 29 Jun – In a panel discussion dealing with the IRGC and its meddling in the region, several distinguished speakers spoke about the threat and how it can be dealt with.
The panel discussion entitled “IRGC and Meddling in the Region” comes ahead of the Free Iran rally organised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the Mojahedin Organization (MEK) in Paris.
Iran Focus
London, 29 Jun – In a panel discussion on Friday, June 29, the last before the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s Free Iran rally in Paris, several more political figures spoke about the Iranian opposition’s and MEK’s role and the protests that have been sweeping across Iran since the end of last year.
Mitchell Reiss, Ambassador and former Director of U.S. State Department Policy, opened the panel discussion with great positivity, pointing out that momentum is starting to shift towards to Iranian Resistance and the Mojahedin organization (PMOI) or MEK. He thanked Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) for keeping faith in the cause and for bringing the realities of life in Iran to our attention.
By Jubin Katiraie
Iranian Resistance group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), has long been painted by Iranian Mullahs as a fringe group with little support from the Iranian people, but the Iranian uprising proves that to be false.
In December 2017, protests broke out in Mashhad over a draft budget that slashed subsidies for the poor and put more funding into Iran’s suppressive forces and malign military campaigns. At any other time, the Mullahs’ government might have quelled this protest, but the MEK stepped in to spread the protests across 142 cities in all of Iran’s provinces.
By Jubin Katiraie
Strikes and demonstrations continued on Wednesday, June 27th, across Tehran despite a massive crackdown by suppressive forces and threats by the regime.
Clashes were reported all over Tehran as marketers and shopkeepers continued their strike for the fourth day.
Iran Focus
London, 28 Jun – Many sectors of society in Iran are discriminated against by Iran, including religious and ethnic minorities and women. Human rights watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran have also drawn attention to the discrimination against people with disabilities.
The two organisations released a 71-page report detailing the extent of the problem in Iran. The document is entitled “‘I am Equally Human’: Discrimination and Lack of Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Iran” and it highlights that the public transport system, healthcare centres, government offices and many more places are inaccessible to people with disabilities.
Iran Focus
London, 28 Jun – Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the fatally flawed nuclear deal with Iran has been met with hysteria from the mainstream media and European politicians, but this should not be surprising. The media dislikes Trump and Europe is making millions from trade with Iran.
This deal, which was never ratified as a treaty by the Senate, was a diplomatic disaster. The mullahs never intended to fulfil their promises, there were no real safeguards in place to make sure that they did, and so it should come as no surprise that Iran has violated the deal.
Iran Focus
London, 28 Jun – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei opposed a bill, proposed by President Hassan Rouhani, about joining the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, on June 20, claiming that it would undermine Iran’s independence.
This left no doubt that Khamenei was against the bill, even though Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani had previously claimed that the Supreme Leader had no opinion on the bill and that the MPs would be allowed to decide whether to vote for or against on their own. In opposing the bill, Khamenei had directly intervened in the legislative process.
by Pooya Stone
Tehran Bazaar remained closed for a fourth continuous day as protestors maintained their positions on Wednesday, June 27th. All of Tehran’s major shopping districts, including the Grand Bazaar, the Goldsmith’s Bazaar, Mellat Avenue, Mowlavi, and the Aladdin Mall, among others, remained shuttered as stall owners and merchants refused to open their stores and begin trading.
By Jubin Katiraie
Over the past four decades, one of the cornerstones of regime’s strategy to remain in power has been to push the idea that there’s no other alternative for the Iranian people than the current regime itself, so the people have to get along with it anyway.
In line with the strategy, regime claimed that it had physically eliminated the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as their only rival. But when the organization continued to exist and stabilize, the regime launched a propaganda campaign this time, claiming out of weakness that the MEK has no place among Iranian people and that people will choose the Iranian regime over the MEK anytime.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian Mullahs are destroying the Middle East through their constant intervening in the domestic affairs of other nation states, sponsorship of terrorism, and ruthless prolonging of civil conflicts, like in Syria and Yemen, but there is a solution.
The Iranian Resistance group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), advise that the only way to end the Mullahs’ destruction is to evict the mullahs from the Middle East through toppling of the Mullahs, by and for the people of Iran.
