Iran Focus
London, 10 November – The deputy commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC), Hossein Salami, has bragged about the murder of 260 Americans in the 1980s.
Hossein Salami said: “In 1983, the flames of Islamic revolution flared among Lebanese youth for the first time, and in a courageous act, a young Muslim buried 260 United States Marines under the rebels east of Mediterranean Sea.”
Iran Focus
London, 9 November – The Iranian regime is infamous for its treatment of artists, creatives, and activists – and it’s never been one to advocate freedom of expression. Many artists and activists remain in captivity in Tehran’s prisons. Powerless and robbed of their basic freedoms, some opt to go on a hunger strike as their last resort to fight the regime and the injustice. Two brothers – a filmmaker Hossein Rajabian and a musician Mehdi Rajabian – have been on a hunger strike since October, as they live their days as captives in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison.
Iran Focus
London, 9 November – On November 7 the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) published remarks from an article in the Qatari Newspaper of Al-Arab written by Abdullah Alami, member of the Saudi Economy.
The following is what he wrote for the Qatari Newspaper of Al-Arab :
Iran Focus
London, 8 November – Sassari’s main TV channel as well as Sardegna Reporter, a website covering the overall Sardinia region, as well as other media and social networks, have all given much attention to a conference held at the main hall of the Central University in the Italian city of Sassari. The event generated many reports on the justice-seeking movement which is aimed at bringing to justice the perpetrators of 1988 massacre.
Sassari’s mayor wrote in his Facebook page: “the city of Sassari, too, joins the freedom-lover Iranians and supporters of the justice-seeking movement for the 30,000 political prisoners massacred in Iran during the summer of 1988, to condemn this Iranian regime’s crime against humanity,” after the conference.
Iran Focus
London, 8 November – According to reports received by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and published by them on November 7, political prisoner Lavin Karimi in Hamedan prison has been denied medical treatment for stomach problems she incurred during torture while under interrogation.
She is now experiencing bleeding in her stomach, and prison doctors say that she must receive medical treatment immediately. However one of her torturers, a man called Rajabi, told Lavin that the Intelligence Ministry will not allow her out of prison, and the prison can do nothing to help her.
Iran Focus
London, 8 November – The media has reported the role that Iran plays in the conflict in Syria in the past. Earlier this year, the Spanish digital newspaper El Confidencial quoted a special report provided by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that revealed the extent of Iran’s involvement in Syria. And it’s not just the media. Various organisations and noteworthy politicians, such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, have also demanded that the Islamic Republic of Iran stops meddling in the affairs of the Middle East.
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London, 8 November – According to a November 7 article published by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), there has been an alarming increase in abortions in Khuzestan, especially in Arab-settled areas.
Issues like unemployment, the rising cost of housing, deprivation, and a difficult life situation, has caused a prevalence of abortion in this province, which is ignored by the regime’s officials in Khuzestan.
Iran Focus
London, 8 November – The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported on November 5, that the head of the Iranian regime’s Social Workers Association, Hassan Mousavi Chalak, acknowledged that following Iraq, Iran is the second saddest country in the world.
“Iran is not among the happy countries.” According to ISNA state news agency, he said that based on average statistics on social happiness provided by several respected International organizations, “among 185 countries, Iran is ranked 105, and regarding the world’s unhappiest countries, Iran is at the bottom of the list, behind Iraq. We are the second saddest country in the world after Iraq.”
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London, 7 November – On Friday, the BBC reported that FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, had imposed a fine of 37,000 pounds (or about 46,000 US dollars) on the Islamic Republic of Iran over its match against South Korea last month. The match made headlines at the time because it coincided with the Shiite Islamic holiday of Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. The coincidence led to criticism by Iranian clerics, because the expression of joy is considered forbidden during the two holy days. But the country’s authorities worked around this situation by imposing guidelines on attendees at the game, ordering both Iranians and foreign visitors to refrain from cheering or applauding.
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London, 7 November – On Friday, a report from Reuters indicated that the economic conflicts between Iran and Saudi Arabia are far from over, notwithstanding the optimism that followed earlier OPEC meetings to which both the Iranians and the Saudis had participated. Early last month, it was suggested that Saudi Arabia had stepped back from its demand for Iranian participation as a condition of OPEC putting into effect a collective output reduction aimed at raising global oil prices, which remain at approximately half of last year’s levels.
