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London, 2 November – In an opinion piece for the Washington Times by Alex Carlile, published on November 1, 2016, he says, “Every parent understands this simple concept: Do not reward kids’ bad behavior. But one can only wonder whether, when it comes to international relations and dealing with rogue regimes, our policymakers understand this basic concept.”
He’s using metaphor in referring to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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London, 2 November – On Friday 28th October, thousands of people from all over Iran took part in a protest against the clerical regime’s policies in Pasargade – the site of the tomb of Cyrus the Great on the occasion of his birthday. The Iranians at the protest described him as the “pride of every Iranian and a foundational figure in the establishment of human rights principles” said the NCRI (National Council of Resistance of Iran).
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London, 2 November – Benny Avni said in an article on the New York Post that Lebanon’s recent selection of Michel Aoun as president seals Iran’s dominance over Lebanon – the latest outcome of President Obama’s attempt to reorder the Middle East and Russia’s reassertion of power through an alliance with the Iranian regime.
Iran’s biggest enemy, Saudi Arabia, has more pressing issues than Lebanon to deal with – Yemen’s civil war for example.
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London, 1 November – Bashar Jaafari, one of the fiercest defenders of the notorious Bashar al-Assad’s supporter in Syria, has been given keepsake by the United Nations (UN).
Just a few days ago, on October 24, the Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon honored several envoys for their ten years of service, issuing them with a keepsake. Bashar Jaafari was among them, smiling in a photograph during the ceremony, well known as the defender of Bashar al-Assad’s in Syria.
On the same day, many innocent civilians in Syria were killed or wounded following bombing strikes by al-Assad and his allies.
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London, 1 November – Mr. Christian Zimmermann, the Director of Human Rights and Minority affairs in Berlin commemorated those killed at Camp Liberty last year and raised important concerns in building relations with governments that don’t respect human rights, such as Iran.
On October 29 last year, Camp Liberty was struck by rockets, killing more than 20 people and injuring dozens. The Iraqi Shi’a militia, the al-Mukhtar Army, claimed responsibility for the callous act, as reported by Amnesty International. At the time, Camp Liberty was situated in the north-east of Baghdad and housed almost 2,250 Iranian exiles. Most of them were supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the main opposition force to the Iranian regime, closely linked to The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
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London, 1 November – On October 29 the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) published a statement by the Papal Legate and the Secretary of the Conferences in the Marche region of Italy. The statement speaks to the necessity of prosecuting the perpetrators of the Massacre in Iran in 1988.
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London, 31 October – Two political prisoners under the Iranian Regime have written a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Asemeh Jahangir, about their horrific imprisonment in Gohardasht prison in Karaj.
Hassan Sadeghi explains that he is on the verge of blindness as a result of torture in the notorious Evin Prison in the 1980s and denied him medical treatment for months at a time.
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London, 31 October – Fresh revelations surrounding governmental corruption in Iran have surfaced which show that Supreme Leader Khamenei and other Regime authorities are the most corrupted in Iranian history and should be brought to justice.
It appears that Regime supporters, like Saeed Toussi, are essentially free to commit crimes with full impunity because of the dirty secrets they know about the Regime Leaders. On a leaked audio file, Toussi said: “His majesty (Khamenei) told Larijani to terminate the dossier. One can easily get rid of the guy. If they try me, I’ll take 100 people down with me.”
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London, 31 October – The President-elect of the Iranian Resistance has condemned the rocket attacks on Mecca on Saturday.
Maryam Rajavi described this brutal attack, believed to have been launched from Yemen on the order of Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei, as a declaration of war against all Muslims.
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London, 29 October – In an article for Forbes, Amir Basiri, a Iranian human rights activist, writes about the new financial sanctions that the Obama administration has added to supplement the nuclear deal that came into effect early this year. These new sanctions allow for non-U.S. persons to deal with Iranian entities that are minority owned or controlled by sanctioned individuals or bodies.
