Iran Focus
London, 9 Sep – The final group of Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Liberty departed Iraq for Albania earlier on Friday, the Iranian opposition announced in a statement, adding that the final round of departures marked the “successful conclusion” to the process of relocating members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) outside of Iraq “despite the Iranian regime’s conspiracies, obstruction and threats, which continued until the very last day”.
London, 8 September – Almost 15 years on from the worst terror attack on American soil, a former US Senator has written an op-ed about Iran’s role in 9/11.
In a piece on The Wall Street Journal, Joseph Lieberman, the chairman of United Against Nuclear Iran wrote: “Forgetful officials should not be rewarding Tehran for its deadly actions with gifts like sanctions relief.”.
London, 8 September – Reports that the Iranian Regime’s Intelligence Minister has met with German security officials in Berlin are being spread by the Iranian regime’s state media.
Mahmoud Alavi, the head of a government body dedicated to the suppression of its citizens, was reported invited by German authorities.
London, 8 September – France’s former foreign minister has called for an international probe in the 1988 Iranian massacre, in which 30,000 political prisoners died at the hands of regime agents.
London, 8 September – This year marks it the 28th anniversary of the Iranian Massacre; an atrocity so huge that it accounted for the largest slaughter of political prisoners since WW2, and yet, it is again marked with silence from those at the head of the regime.
London, 7 September – The names of 59 senior Iranian officials suspected of involvement in the 1988 massacre were released by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on September 6.
The massacre was the largest execution of political prisoners since WW2 with the loss of over 30,000 people, mainly from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK).
London, 7 September – At least two more senior Iranian officials have been implicated in the 1988 massacre which killed 30,000 political prisoners, according to CNS News.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and former president, Hashemi Rafsanjani, have joined the likes of Justice Minister, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, and Ali Fallahian, who sits on the Assembly of Experts, in being accused of orchestrating and carrying out the mass murders.
London, 7 September – The names of 59 senior figures in Iran who played a role in the 1988 massacre, were released this week by the Iranian resistance.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) have been investigating the people who were involved in the crimes and uncovered almost 60 people who are still in the government today.
London, 7 September – The heart-breaking letter of a political prisoner has, this week, been smuggled out of the notorious Evin Prison.
Maryam Akbari Monfared writes about sacrificing her freedom to try and ensure a better life for her daughter and the children all over Iran.
Her daughter, Sara, who is now coming up for 11, was only three when Monfared was arrested for opposing the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.
London, 6 September – Former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Saturday, September 3, addressed a seminar on the 1988 massacre held at the Iranian Resistance’s headquarters north of Paris.
