Iran Focus
London, 16 October – A group of U.S. senators are concerned that Iran has been sponsoring attacks on the U.S. Navy by supporting Houthi rebels with the money from The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). They have requested that an official inquiry is carried out by the Pentagon to establish whether Iran has engaged in more military dealings since the deal was made.
Iran Focus
London, 16 October – A group of U.S. senators are concerned that Iran has been sponsoring attacks on the U.S. Navy by supporting Houthi rebels with the money from The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). They have requested that an official inquiry is carried out by the Pentagon to establish whether Iran has engaged in more military dealings since the deal was made.
Iran Focus
London, 14 October – On October 12, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reports a shocking measure. In Mokhtarabad village in South Roodbar, school authorities gave at least eight lashes of the whip to 10 schoolgirls, and expelled them from school, because their parents did not pay 30,000 toumans (approx. $8.5) to the school’s principal, in an attempt to force impoverished families to pay money demanded by the school.
Iran Focus
London, 14 October – October 10 marked The World Day Against the Death Penalty. In Paris, it was celebrated at the mayor’s office of Paris’ 1st district, where an exposition Organized by the Support Committee for Human Rights in Iran (SCHRI) was held. The exposition emphasized the execution of political prisoners in Iran, and was interspersed with speeches from elected officials, human rights defenders, and witnesses of human rights violations from Iran, where executions often take place en masse and have been denounced by the U.N. Secretary General’s most recent report on Iran submitted to the General Assembly. As reported by the National Council of Resistance (NCRI) on October 11, Maryam Ravaji, their President-elect, had this to say:
Iran Focus
London, 14 October – An expert on Social Science and a social researcher, was arrested by the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence agents on October 16، 2013. She was charged with Muharebeh, or “waging war against God.”
Iran Focus
London, 14 October – An article published in The Human Rights Watch on October 13 advises The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) that they should not award Iran the right to host FIVB international tournaments unless female spectators can freely attend volleyball matches in that country.
Iran Focus
London, 13 October – The mayor’s office in Paris’ 1st district hosted an exposition into executions in Iran on October 10, The World Day Against the Death Penalty.
Iran Focus
London, 13 October – Amnesty International is urging the Iranian Regime to take mercy on a child bride who allegedly murdered her abusive husband.
Zeinab Sekaanvand was only 17 when she was arrested in 2012, making her a minor under international law.
Iran Focus
London, 13 October – While Western Governments negotiate trade deals with Iran; Iranian prisoners have spoken out about the abuse and torture they have suffered under the Regime, from members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), intelligence officers and members of the government militia group Basiji.
Dozens of British law makers and MEPs, issued a statement in support of the international movement to obtain justice for the victims of the 1988 Massacre of political prisoners in Iran. In this statement they call for the trial of the perpetrators of this crime against humanity.
