Let's talk Iran - Jan 30, 2021
NUCLEAR
Trump left behind a sanctions minefield for Biden
A U.S. State Dept spokesman tells Politico: " #Iran is a long way from returning to compliance, and there are many steps in the process we will need to evaluate...Our first order of business will be consulting with Congress and our allies on the path forward.” LINK
UN-Earned Sanctions Relief Would Set Stage for More Malign Activity From Iran’s Regime
As Tehran continues its malign activities & nuclear extortion, western governments should adopt a firm policy to prevent the regime's further destabilizing measures. LINK
TERRORISM
Failed EU Appeasement Policy on Iran
As the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has a duty to protect the lives of EU citizens. His groveling acquiescence to the theocratic fascist regime in Iran puts the lives of our citizens at risk. Decades of appeasement must end. LINK
Iran’s 2018 Terror Plot Reveals Extent of the Regime’s Global Impunity
In 2018, two Belgian citizens of Iranian extraction traveled to Luxembourg for a meeting with an Iranian so-called diplomat, Assadollah Assadi. There they received an explosive device that their handler had smuggled into Europe on a commercial flight while traveling on his diplomatic passport. Their target: bombing a 2018 opposition rally just north of Paris. LINK
UN experts find 'growing' evidence Iran sending weapons to Houthi rebels in war-torn Yemen
As part of new UN panel of experts report on Yemen, it cites a “growing body of evidence” of Iran’s arming of the Houthis, including anti-tank guided missiles, sniper rifles and RPG launchers all with markings consistent with those made in Iran. LINK
HUMAN RIGHTS
Iran executes ethnic Baluchi who was tortured into confessing
Hamed Javid Khald was held in solitary confinement for a long time following his arrest, and was severely tortured to make forced confession, including through being lashed with cables and having his fingernails pulled out. LINK
Iran’s regime executed champion boxer after torture, third in 4 months
The Islamic Republic of Iran continued its execution spree of elite Iranian athletes, with the killing of champion boxer and prominent sports coach Ali Mutairi on Thursday, in Sheiban prison located in the Khuzestan province.
The UN condemned the execution of Mutairi, and activists and family members said the the 30-year-old Mutairi faced severe torture that led to his false confession stating he killed two Basij militia members. LINK
Source: Jailed Iranian Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activist Beaten, Dragged to Common Criminals’ Ward
Authorities at an Iranian women’s prison have beaten and dragged a jailed dissident to a ward for common criminals, telling her that she did not deserve to remain in the company of other political prisoners in a separate ward, according to a knowledgeable source. LINK
Untold Stories From the 1988 Massacre in Iran
One of the most hideous crimes of Iran's regime was the 1988 Massacre in which more than 30,000 political prisoners were executed across the country. LINK
Iran — Women, mothers with quarter-century sentences in a hell called Qarchak
Qarchak Prison is the place for detention of at least 2,000 female inmates, but it does not resemble a living quarters for human beings. Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee described Qarchak as the following: “Life does not flow in Qarchak Prison.” And this is all one could say about it. Other political prisoners have also written about the abysmal conditions in this notorious prison after they were released. LINK
Iran executes tortured Baluch man in SE Iran despite international pleas
A political prisoner was executed in southeastern #Iran this morning. The court relied on forced confessions & torture, ignoring the serious due process abuses committed by IRGC agents & prosecution authorities during the investigation process. LINK
Iran: Eighth Executions in One Week, Javid Dehghan Executed Despite Domestic and International Outrage
Despite widespread domestic and international protests, this morning the clerical regime’s Judiciary hanged the Baloch political prisoner Javid Dehghan Khald in Zahedan Prison, upon the insistence of the Revolutionary Guards. Javid, 31, was arrested in May 2015 and sentenced to by the Court in Zahedan after being severely tortured to make a forced confession. LINK
Iran: Health Deterioration of Political Prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna
The health of political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna, imprisoned for five and a half years, has deteriorated, but authorities in Evin prison are preventing her provisional release for treatment and hospitalization. She suffers from chronic colitis and severe migraines. She has also suffered from severe intestinal bleeding since July 2020 and doctors said she was physically unable to endure the detention. LINK
PROTESTS
Iran: Creditors of state-backed financial institution resume protests
A group of creditors who had invested in Caspian Credit Institution gathered in front of the Financial settlement committee building on Thursday, January 28 in protest to not receiving their overdue payments. An increasing number of ordinary people are seeing their life savings stolen by the mullahs' regime. LINK
OTHER
Iran’s crumbling economy: Rising unemployment, declining per capita income, and poverty
Lack of economic stability, dual exchange rate, inflation and recession, lack of a clear picture of the current state of the economy and an ambiguous political future coupled with political instability, uncertainty in economic affairs, and an unfavorable business environment are some of the challenges that the Iranian economy faces. LINK
Iran IRGC-linked agency denies ‘rumors’ of Israeli F-35 jets entering Iranian skies
Israeli F-35 jets did not enter Iran’s skies late on Friday as air raid sirens were sounded in the capital Tehran, a news agency affiliated with the country’s Revolutionary Guards reported on Saturday citing a military official.
The unnamed official denied “rumors” of Israeli F-35 jets entering Iran’s skies and said that “last night’s incident had nothing to do with air threats that would activate the country’s air defense system,” Tasnim news agency reported. LINK
Unlike Other Countries, Iran’s Regime Continues To Deprive People From Vaccination, Pursuing Its Inhumane COVID-19 Policy
The coronavirus pandemic is a global crisis. Thus, governments are rushing to procure credible vaccines and carrying out public vaccinations. But the case is different in Iran under the mullahs’ regime. LINK