Iran Focus
London, 6 Jul – Sir David Amess, a Member of Parliament from the United Kingdom, has written an op-ed piece for Forbes in which he urges Western politicians and the public not to forget about Iran.

The Conservative MP for Southend West accuses the West of inaction with regards to the brutal punishments carried out by the regime, which disproportionately affect opposition forces and minorities. He says that tales of executions, floggings, amputations, and blindings are met with “concern” rather than action by Western governments.

Iran Focus

London, 6 Jul – Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament, Svetoslav Malinov, said that he and his colleagues were “under no illusions” that there had been any positive changes in the nature of the Iranian regime.

Iran Focus
London, 6 Jul – Following the rocket attacks on Monday on a group of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Iraq, their press spokesman has written a piece for The Hill decrying the so-called moderate Iranian regime.
Shahriar Kia, who is also a spokesman for Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), urged the US Congress to put forward a bipartisan message that Iran must improve its human rights record and end its support for terrorism if they want to continue their relationship with the global community.

Analysis
London, 6 Jul – After the horrific attacks by the Iranian Government earlier this week on Camp Liberty, the makeshift home of many Iranian dissidents, it is time to assess how far the last year’s nuclear pact between Iran and several Western countries has gone.

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan, director of the graduate program in Global Affairs and Human Security in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, wrote a piece for The Hill in which he decried the myth of a moderate Iran as “naïve”.

Iran Focus

London, 6 Jul – Lord Clarke of Hampstead, a long-time member of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, in a July 4th message published on the NCRI website, said that the Rouhani regime is “a disgrace in the civilized world.”

Iran Focus

London, 5 Jul – Members of the European Parliament today called on the European Union and its member states: to condemn Monday’s missile bombardment of Camp Liberty; to press for an independent inquiry into the attack; and to act to dislodge the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from Iraq.