Let's talk Iran - June 11, 2021
Iran Regime's Sham 'Elections' and the Alternative
Iran's upcoming presidential election has essentially become a one-man show. Truly democratic elections in Iran, by Western democratic standards, are a unicorn. LINK
Iran Election 2021: Families of Regime’s Victims Call for Boycott of Elections
Days before Iran’s sham presidential election calls for the nationwide boycott have amplified. Video clips on social media show family members of the Iranian regime’s victims joining the #BoycottIranShamElections campaign. LINK
Dark Humor: As Ratko Mladic Convicted, Ebrahim Raisi Runs for Presidency
Ebrahim Raisi, who who played a key role in the 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners, is currently running for the presidency.
Welcome to Iran under the mullahs' regime. LINK
Iran regains U.N. vote after U.S. enables U.N. payment
More appeasement from the Biden admin vis-a-vis Iran Yet another unilateral gesture to Tehran — U.S. enabling UN payment — despite the Biden admin pledging back in April that "we are not going to offer unilateral gestures or unilateral concessions." LINK
Senate Republicans Move To Require Congressional Approval for New Iran Deal
Senate Republicans introduced on Friday legislation that would require President Joe Biden to obtain congressional approval before he signs any new nuclear deal with Iran. The bill is considered a last-ditch effort to stop Biden from awarding Iran with billions of dollars in sanctions relief. LINK
Satellite Footage Shows Tehran Never Stopped Nuclear Bomb-Making Projects
On June 9, Fox News revealed unusual activity at the Sanjarian nuclear site located 25 miles (40 kilometers) outside the capital Tehran, Iran. According to new satellite images obtained from Maxar, there were 18 vehicles at the site on October 15, 2020. The Iranian government has used more vehicles and excavation in January along with a new access road that was later covered up in March. LINK
Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks
The outgoing chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran’s nuclear program and a military scientist. LINK
Russia said providing Iran advanced spy satellite to surveil military targets
Officials say satellite would be a major upgrade to Iranian capabilities, letting Tehran continuously photograph Israeli and US bases in Mideast and share data with terror groups. LINK
Warship Headed to Venezuela Is Iran’s New Threat to the U.S.
If the U.S. was willing to seize Iran's oil shipments for violating sanctions last year, it should be prepared to take direct action to stop Tehran from sending high-speed missile attack boats to a corrupt and dangerous regime in Venezuela. LINK
U.S. Concerned by Iranian Ship That May Be Headed for Venezuela
The Biden administration says they are closely tracking an Iranian navy transport ship headed for the Caribbean— most likely Venezuela—and is prepared to take action against the delivery of any weapons which may be on board. LINK
Iran: Political prisoner attacked after being held with violent criminals
Political prisoner Shakila Monfared was beaten and injured on Monday, June 7, by a number of prisoners after she was unlawfully kept in a ward that holds inmates convicted of dangerous crimes in Qarchak Prson. The regime has a practice of hiring violent inmates to attack political prisoners in order to place pressure on the latter. LINK
Evidence shows Afkari brothers tortured in prison
Saeed Afkari, brother to Iran's executed wrestling champion NavidAfkari and imprisoned Afkari brothers, tweeted yesterday that forensics confirmed his two brothers’ injuries from torture. LINK
Iran: Kurdish conservationist imprisoned to serve her term
Intel agents arrested Faranak Jamshidi on June 28, 2020. A member of the Green Society of Kurdistan, she was interrogated and pressured to make false confessions. LINK
Families of Flight PS752 denounce RCMP for not launching domestic criminal probe
Families of those who died aboard Flight PS752 say they left a meeting with RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki this week disappointed and frustrated that, 17 months after the shootdown, the Mounties have not accepted Ukraine's offer to establish a joint investigative team or launch its own criminal investigation in Canada. LINK
Iran’s water crisis
Iran’s exacerbating water crisis has turned into one of the country's greatest challenges. All six watersheds across the country are facing with drought, water shortage, or dehydration crises. LINK