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Recent Suicides Shine a Light on Iranian Human Rights Abuses

Iran Focus

London, 6 Mar – In 2017 alone, at least two women who were taken into the Regime’s prisons and sexually abused have committed suicide.

Mahdis Mir Ghavami, a Kurdish engineer from Kermanshah in Western Iran, killed herself on January 24, after two days in prison, while Hananeh Shalir Farhadi, a 23-year-old political science student, killed herself after four months of imprisonment.

Iran Tests New Weapons in Yemen

Iran Focus

London, 6 Mar – Iran has taken advantage of the crisis in Yemen in order to test its new weapons.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is providing the Houthi rebels, who have already taken over Northern Yemen cities including the capital Sana’a, with weapons like missiles, rockets, drones, and explosive devices.

This was revealed by the Houthi Supreme Political Council (SPS) at the end of last month.

Amnesty International Calls for Release of Iranian Political Prisoner

Iran Focus

London, 6 Mar – Amnesty International has released a statement about the human rights abuses inflicted on a critically-ill political prisoner.

Arash Sadeghi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Evin Prison, is suffering from respiratory problems and a stomach ulcer which has caused internal bleeding, abdominal pain and digestive complications.

Multiple Crises Face the Iranian Regime on the Eve of Elections

Iran Focus

London, 5 Mar – Many crises face the Iranian regime just three months prior to elections. The dust storms in southwest Iran, are just one. The Munich Security Conference hit Tehran with some eye opening blows. Their interests seem in contrast with those of Russia, and their differences with Turkey are escalating. Perhaps most importantly, there is a new administration in Washington.

Bahrain Arrests 25 Members of ‘Terrorist Cell’ Possibly Linked to Iran, Charges 16 More in Absentia

Iran Focus

London, 5 Mar – On Saturday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported that Bahrain uncovered what it called a terrorist cell, arresting 25 individuals, and charging 16 others in absentia. They say that the cell has e carried out at least six operations inside the tiny island Gulf kingdom.

Iran’s Control Over Internet Access

Iran Focus

London, 5 Mar – The clerical regime in Iran supresses its citizens in many ways, but some of the biggest crackdowns have been in the form of censorship.

Iran has censored many websites and blocked many social media apps.

At the beginning of the year Iran used Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to direct traffic away from numerous sites by using false routes. One of the consequences of this was that users in Hong Kong were unable to access the websites.

Iran-Born Scientist on Food and Water Strike in Prison

Iran Focus

London, 5 Mar – Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian born doctor who has been living in Sweden, is protesting his imprisonment in Iran by refusing food and water.

He was detained in Iran in April last year while attending a conference, and has been held without charge since then. He was officially invited to Tehran University to speak about his work as a disaster medicine researcher.

Iran Negotiating With Russia for Weapons

Iran Focus

London, 5 Mar – The United States Office of Naval Intelligence has compiled a report regarding Iran and the nuclear deal. It states that Iran is already taking part in negotiations to purchase cruise missiles from Russia as soon as the ban imposed by the United Nations regarding the selling of weapons to Iran expires in 2020.

Iran’s Toxic Influence

Iran Focus

London, 4 Mar – As a consequence of terrorism, thousands upon thousands of innocent Muslims now living in the United States after escaping from horrific war scenes at home are being stigmatised.

Hezbollah is a terrorist group that is continually growing in size and strength. Hezbollah is entering Mexico from the US through underground tunnels much like it happened in Lebanon where weapons such as rockets were smuggled across from Syria.

Syrian Opposition Negotiator Condemns Iran for Its Abuses at Home and Abroad

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Iran Focus

London, 4 Mar – The chief negotiator of the Syrian opposition, Salem al-Meslet, condemned the Iranian regime for its meddling in Syria and the repression of its own people at home. He said: “The Iranian and Syrian people have suffered from the Iranian regime’s crimes and terrorism, and this regime is using the Iranian’s people’s wealth for its terrorist plots.”

He said that the aim is to end the Syrian and Iranian dictatorships and to spare more lives from being lost to the terrorist plots of the mullahs in Iran.