Tuesday, March 7, 2017
RECENT RISE IN SUICIDES BY IRANIAN WOMEN HIGHLIGHT ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Suicides have been on the rise among Iranian women. Many social ills contribute to this. However, in the case of a young woman named Mahdis, it occurred just one day after she was released from prison last January. She was a 26 year old aspiring engineer, who was taken into custody by intelligence agents on January 24. She was like a different person after being released. She was sexually abused by Iranian suppressive forces.
Her story is similar to that of a 23-year-old political science student who took her own life after spending four months in prison.
“These heart-wrenching stories are but a small portion of the gross human rights violations committed by the religious fundamentalist rulers of Iran. Raping female prisoners is a common practice in Iran,” writes Soona Samsami, the representative in the United States for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), in a recent article for The Hill.
In a report recently released by Amnesty International, the Human Rights Group condemned Tehran for "heavily" suppressing "the rights to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and religious belief."
What Would an Egyptian-Iranian Thaw Mean for US Foreign Policy in the Middle East?
London, 7 Mar - The Trump administration’s aggressive policy towards Iran, seeks to establish a unified front against Iranian expansionism but how will Egypt’s ever growing closeness to the Regime affect the coalition?
Haisam Hassanein, a Glazer Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Wesam Hassanein, a master's candidate at the School of International Service at American University, explore this in an op-ed for The Hill.
After six decades of opposition, Iran and Egypt may find themselves aligned against the rest of the Gulf states.
The Hassaneins argue that this reversal of alliances in due to Egypt’s fear of Sunni Islamism, wanting to establish itself as a regional power, and its financial crisis.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
iran- Rise in Executions and Crackdown Against Iran’s Youth
News Blaze, February 26, 2017 - Executions and crackdown against Iran’s youth is increasingly on the rise. Many inmates in their 20’s and 30’s have been executed or killed during the past months, while hundreds have also been arrested or mistreated.
Dozens of prisoners have been hanged during the first two weeks of February, including a mass execution of 12 prisoners in Gohardasht Prison, west of Tehran, on Feb. 15. 13 inmates, including prisoners aged 29 and 30, were executed between Feb. 11-13 in the prisons of Qom, Zabol, Jiroft and Mashhad.
On Jan. 29, regime authorities publicly executed four prisoners in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Mashhad. These prisoners were all in their early to mid 20’s. Reports indicate 87 inmates were sent to the gallows in the month of January alone. Many of those executed never received due process and some were hanged while their cases were still open.
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Iran tests new versions of the Nasir, Dehlaviyeh missiles in naval exercises
Tehran, AFP, 27 February 2017 - Iran’s navy has test-fired the latest versions of the Nasir and Dehlaviyeh missiles during military exercises in the Gulf, local media reported on Monday.
“The latest naval cruise missile called Nasir was test-fired during Velayat 95 naval manoeuvres in the southern waters of the country,” said Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan , according to the Fars news agency, adding that the missile had successfully hit its target.
iran-FIRM LANGUAGE AGAINST IRAN’S THREATS AND IRGC DESIGNATION IS A CORRECT MOVE
IRAN FREEDOM, February 27, 2017 - During the past few weeks and following Iran’s January 29th ballistic missile test, tensions between Tehran and the West, and especially Washington, have escalated significantly.
Iran’s objective in the missile launch, a breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions and P5+1 agreements, was two-fold.
First, testing the West, and especially the United States, and evaluating possible reactions from the new Trump administration in the face of its saber-rattling.
Iran’s objective in the missile launch, a breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions and P5+1 agreements, was two-fold.
First, testing the West, and especially the United States, and evaluating possible reactions from the new Trump administration in the face of its saber-rattling.
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