Iran Focus
London, 18 Nov – Earlier this week, American lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to pass bills designed to renew sanctions on the Iranian Regime for their many human rights abuses.
The sanctions, which will last for another decade, was passed with a 419 to one vote. It is an extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, designed to punish investments in the Iranian energy industry and deter the Iranian Regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iran Focus
London, 18 Nov – The Iranian Resistance have stated that any solution for the Syrian conflict that does not involve the complete removal of the Iranian Regime and its Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will fail.
On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution to condemn the human rights situation in Syria and the terrorist interventions by the IRGC in the country.
Iran Focus
London, 18 Nov – Two key figures in the movement for a free and democratic Iran have met to discuss the successful relocation of Iranian dissidents from Camp Liberty in Iraq to Albania.
Maryam Rajavi, the President of the Iranian Resistance invited Dr Gérard Deprez, MEP and President of the Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI) at the European Parliament, to her residence in Auvers-sur-Oise on November 11.
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London, 18 Nov – The Iranian Regime’s history of mass executions is well documented by the brave Resistance forces, who refuse to allow the Regime to get away with such abuses.
Now, it appears that the Iranian Regime has decided to publicize their own crimes in graphic videos that was broadcast on Iranian state television.
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London, 17 Nov – Habib Kashani, a Tehranian City Council member reported that between October 22 and November 13, 412 people have died from the suffocating air pollution in the city.
It’s so serious that Tehran has been forced to increase its amount of cemetery workers.
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London, 17 Nov – Iran is impeding the freedom of movement of the US Navy in the Persian Gulf and in the Red Sea.
The lack of pushback from the USA in this matter has led to Iran exhibiting more violent behaviour towards their navy.
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London, 17 Nov – The Iranian Resistance’s President-elect Maryam Rajavi has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) Third Committee’s adoption of a resolution on human rights violations in Iran.
The UNGA, who voted on November 15, expressed concern over Iran’s use of the death penalty, especially for minor crimes, where a confession has extracted under torture, or its use against children.
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London, 17 Nov – Tehran is currently engulfed in thick, yellow smog, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people.
The noxious cloud has surrounded the city for almost a week now; due to the public health risk, officials ordered the schools closed last Wednesday and recommended that citizens stay indoors.
Iran Focus
London, 17 Nov – A former British lawmaker has written an op-ed for the Scotland Herald in favour of the UN General Assembly’s debate on the situation of human rights in Iran.
Struan Stevenson, a former Conservative MEP representing Scotland, noted that the UN special rapporteur on Iran had been denied access to Iran but had still been able to do enough detailed research, including interviews and analysis, to describe the human rights situation as dire.
