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UNITED STATES STANDS WITH PEOPLE OF IRAN Created: 10 January 2018 Iran Human rights Protests Civilian Protests United States Iraq Syria the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) congressional bills Middle East LEBANON SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN Christian Press Release 01.09.18 Washington, D.C. Today, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 676, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), which supports the people of Iran engaged in legitimate and peaceful protests, condemns the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and urges the administration to use targeted sanctions to respond to the regime’s ongoing human rights violations. On the House floor prior to the vote, Chairman Royce delivered the following remarks (as prepared for delivery): “Today we stand with the people of Iran, who are engaged in legitimate protests against an oppressive, corrupt regime. This is a great people. It was the Persian King, Cyrus the Great, who is credited with drafting the first de...

GOOGLE NOT FOLLOWING IN STEPS OF AMAZON AND MICROSOFT REGARDING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN IRAN Created: 17 January 2018 Iran NCRI Protests United States Sanctions The people of Iran are trying to gather support from the international community in the midst of the unrest that has spread across the country. Following weeks of protestsand anti-government demonstrations, the Iranian regime has taken a number of steps to suppress the people even further.As it has done in the past, it suspended the use of Telegram – a messaging application used by a large number of people in the country. It is a known tactic of the Iranian regime to tighten and restrict the use of social media and there have been many people that have been arrested, tortured and imprisoned for their use of social media. However, Iran has a large population of savvy, young people and they are able to bypass restrictions put in place by the government. For example, they use VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) to get past censorship....

IRAN PROTESTS ARE NOT ONLY ABOUT REGIME CORRUPTION IN ECONOMY Created: 13 January 2018 Iran NCRI Protests Nuclear the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Iran’s Nuclear Program JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN Fundamentalism-Terrorism The widespread anti-regime protests in Iran have been fueled by corruption at all levels of government that has tanked the economy- especially since the 2015 nuclear deal.Lee Smith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute noted that the protests are definitely political, as the protesters are widely calling for an end to the Regime, but they are driven by economic factors that have not been solved by the nuclear accord. Smith said : “Economies under authoritarian regimes like the one in Tehran always reflect the country’s political architecture. The allocation of financial resources and privileges is how an authoritarian regime dispenses political favours and indicates its political preferences. Protests about the economy are by d...

LIBERATE IRAN: DEMAND RELEASE OF DETAINED PROTESTERS Created: 27 January 2018 Iran Maryam Rajavi NCRI PMOI/MEK Human rights Protests Demonstration Middle East NIKKI HALEY TEHRAN PRESIDENCY OF DONALD TRUMP By Ken Blackwell On November 9, 1978, the US Ambassador to Tehran, William Sullivan sent shock waves through the foreign policy establishment with a diplomatic cable to the White House titled, “Thinking the unthinkable. Iran without the Shah.” The Iranian monarchy had been a US ally for decades but in less than three months, the Shah and the monarchy were history. Pundits were surprised by that change, and they were surprised again when Iran erupted at the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018. As the principal opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) played an important role in organizing the protests and breaking the mullahs’ censorship with news about them. Among this news were reports that protests had emerged in more than 140 localities. In an era ...

LIBERATE IRAN: DEMAND RELEASE OF DETAINED PROTESTERS Created: 27 January 2018 Iran Maryam Rajavi NCRI PMOI/MEK Human rights Protests Demonstration Middle East NIKKI HALEY TEHRAN PRESIDENCY OF DONALD TRUMP By Ken Blackwell On November 9, 1978, the US Ambassador to Tehran, William Sullivan sent shock waves through the foreign policy establishment with a diplomatic cable to the White House titled, “Thinking the unthinkable. Iran without the Shah.” The Iranian monarchy had been a US ally for decades but in less than three months, the Shah and the monarchy were history. Pundits were surprised by that change, and they were surprised again when Iran erupted at the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018. As the principal opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) played an important role in organizing the protests and breaking the mullahs’ censorship with news about them. Among this news were reports that protests had emerged in more than 140 localities. In an era ...

IRAN: 3500 WORKERS OF NATIONAL STEEL INDUSTRIAL GROUP STAGE STRIKE Created: 27 January 2018 Iran NCRI Human rights Protests Inside Iran Demonstration A number of the 3500 striking workers of Iran’s National Steel Industrial Group in Ahvaz were threatened by the private employer of this unit to "be recorded as absent from work, deprivation from the personnel benefits on the days of inactivity, expulsion, and introduction to competent authorities (arrest).”On Thursday, January 24, the Free Union of Iranian Workers published directive of the Human Resources Directorate of the National Iranian Steel Industrial Group, and wrote that according to the report of the workers of the unit, “This official threat has been issued as the result of workers strike while the employer of this large steel complex has not paid the salaries and wage arrears of the workers until the end of November and refuses to pay any other claims of 3,500 workers under false pretexts.”

ANGLO-IRANIAN COMMUNITIES CALL ON THE UK GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC ASPIRATIONS OF PROTESTERS IN IRAN Created: 24 January 2018 Iran Maryam Rajavi NCRI Protests Syria IRGC Members of the Anglo-Iranian communities and supporters of Iran’s democratic opposition coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), took part in a major rally opposite Number 10 Downing Street to call on the Prime Minister to break her silence over the popular uprising in Iran and the regime’s brutal crackdown.Participants urged the Prime Minister and FCO to condemn the heavy crackdown on defenceless protesters which has resulted in 8000 arrests, who are now being threatened with the death penalty by the regime’s Judiciary. 50 protesters were killed in various Iranian cities since the nationwide uprising started on 28 December 2017. At least 8 detained protesters have been killed under torture in prisons, according to reports from Iran. Amnesty International has called for thorough investi...

POPULAR PROTESTS SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE MULLAHS IN IRAN Created: 18 January 2018 Iran Maryam Rajavi NCRI PMOI/MEK Iranian Resistance Iranian Opposition Protests Civilian Protests By Mahdavi nasim At the beginning of 2018, Iran witnessed a main uprising during the ruling mullahs’ era. People clearly chanted the slogan of death to the dictator specifically referring to Khamenei, the supreme leader. The Iranian society, which is engaged in a dire economic strongly hates the ruling regime and has the potential and readiness to overthrow the regime. In July 2017, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi , the elected president of the NCRI , said Regime change was within reach. But at that time, for some analysts, who thought they had trustworthy intelligence from the Iranian community, what Maryam Rajavi uttered appeared to be unrealistic. Click here for the full text of the lecture

ANALYSIS: WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR IRAN’S SIMMERING FIRE OF PROTESTS? Created: 23 January 2018 Iran NCRI Protests Opinion Demonstration TEHRAN Hassan Rouhani The protests, with people demanding higher salaries, employment, improved education and healthcare, an end to corruption and the regime in its totality, are far from over. (AP) By Heshmat Alavi The recent uprising sweeping across Iran is rattling the very pillars of the ruling regime. Despite claims and analysis of this movement coming to an end, senior Iranian officials and state media continue to express concerns about its impact, and what lies ahead.Although many of these remarks are made in line with Iran's hardliners targeting the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, they reflect the undeniable reality that the people completely abhor the entire regime. This indicates the protests, with people demanding higher salaries, employment, improved education and healthcare, an end to corruption and the regime in its totali...

WE SHOULD LISTEN CLOSELY TO IRAN Created: 26 January 2018 Iran Maryam Rajavi NCRI PMOI/MEK Human rights Protests United States Opinion JCPOA Paris Middle East Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei (Photo by Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) By Heshmat Alavi As the world continues to debate the recent Iranian outburst of protests, its "lack of leadership" as they claim, and the road ahead, there is no doubt in the minds of senior Iranian regime officials over who led, and continues to lead, this latest uprising that continues to rattle the very pillars of the mullahs' rule.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made his thoughts crystal clear.“The incidents were organized” and carried out by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), he said although using a different term. “The [MEK] had prepared for this months ago” and “the [MEK’s] media outlets had called for it.” The MEK is best known for first blowing t...

TRUMP WARNS THIS MIGHT BE FINAL IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WAIVER Created: 13 January 2018 Iran Human rights United States Europe Nuclear Trump Warns This Might Be Final Iran Deal Waiver, President Trump renewed the Iran nuclear deal, but said that this will be the last time. The deal, which must be renewed every 120 days, waives key sanctions the US lifted as part of the deal. However, the renewal places 14 new sanctions on people and entities for alleged offenses unrelated to Iran’s nuclear industry. Senior administration officials said Trump will pressure European partners to agree to impose new conditions on Iranian behavior.

THE PRESIDENT TRAMP’S TEMPORARY WAIVING OF NUCLEAR SANCTIONS WITH A DEADLINE TO FIX THE FLAWS Created: 13 January 2018 Iran NCRI Human rights United States Nuclear JCPOA Iran Deal Weapons Sanctions United Nation NIKKI HALEY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP President Trump extended waivers of nuclear sanctions against Iran for another four months, as the “last time”, and with the condition of fixing the serious flaws in the deal. The act supplemented with extra non-nuclear sanctions against individuals and entities related to the Iranian regime’s missile program and human rights violators.Following the President Trumps stance on the issue, the Ambassador of the United States to the UN, Nikki Haley, released a statement on the President’s announcement on Iran.

UN REPORT FINDS IRAN IN VIOLATION OF YEMEN ARMS EMBARGO   Created: 13 January 2018 Iran NCRI United States Yemen Houthis United Nation NIKKI HALEY Iran has violated a UN arms embargo by failing to block supplies to Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a UN expert's report. (Lockheed Martin) UNITED NATIONS: Iran has violated a UN arms embargo by failing to block supplies to Yemen's Houthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired at Saudi Arabia, according to a UN experts' report seen by AFP on Friday.The finding is expected to bolster accusations from the US and Saudi Arabia that Iran has supplied weaponry to the Houthis in their war against the Saudi-led coalition. "The panel has identified missile remnants, related military equipment and military unmanned aerial vehicles that are of Iranian origin and were introduced into Yemen after the imposition of the targeted arms embargo," said the report presented to the Security Council. ...

FRANCE, U.S. 'DETERMINED' TO UP PRESSURE ON IRAN OVER BALLISTIC WEAPONS Created: 20 December 2017 US policy towards Iran European policy towards Iran PARIS (Reuters) - France and the United States are determined to “vigorously” raise pressure on Iran over its ballistic missile program including possibly through sanctions, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said during a visit to Washington. Le Drian was in the American capital on Monday to meet U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster and U.S. President Donald Trump’s special adviser Jared Kushner. Tensions between Iran and France have risen in recent months with both sides repeatedly trading barbs in public, including le Drian accusing Iran of “hegemonic temptations” in the region. ran on Sunday criticised President Emmanuel Macron over his tough stance toward Tehran and said Paris would soon lose its international credibility if it “blindly follows” U.S. President