Let's talk Iran - March 24, 2021
A panel of American dignitaries voice their thoughts about Iran's regime, how the U.S. admin should adopt a firm policy, and supporting the Iranian people's aspiration for a free, democratic, secular and non-nuclear Iran.
Northern Iran locals and security forces clash over minor rape case
Locals in Gonbad Kavus northern Iran clashed with security forces outside the judiciary yesterday after a security guard was only charged with kidnapping two girls despite accusations of rape and sexual abuse. LINK
NUCLEAR
Iran scaling up uranium production and mining, satellite imagery shows
Satellite Imagery Analysis over the last 3 months shows a significant development at Martyr Qasem Soleimani Uranium Mining and Industrial Complex (Saghand Uranium Mine and Yellowcake Production Plant) in central Iran. Either highly enriched uranium or plutonium is needed to construct a nuclear weapon. LINK
Iran Must Come Clean About Hidden Uranium, IAEA Chief Warns
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi: "detailed and technical discussions" are needed to ascertain the location of Iran's undeclared uranium and that this issue is "totally connected" to the future of JCPOA. LINK
Details on two of Iran's key Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) ballistic missile sites near the Iraqi border that were used to launch the January 8, 2020, ballistic missile attack targeting U.S. forces in the Ain Al-Assad base of western Iraq.
TERRORISM
Iran is torturing a hostage it wants to exchange with a terrorist
Inside a tiny prison cell in Iran, an expert on disaster medicine and a citizen of Sweden named Ahmadreza Djalali is dying.
At least, what is left of him is dying. This innocent man has spent four months in solitary confinement on a daily ration of 100 grams of bread. His possessions consist of a thin blanket and a picture of his wife and their two children. A prison photo of Djalali resembles a survivor of Nazi concentration camps. LINK
HUMAN RIGHTS
Iran’s Missile Threats, Terrorism, Human Rights Abuses Still Needlessly Overshadowed
Various NATO foreign ministers began holding meetings in Brussels on Tuesday. There is little doubt that some of their discussions will focus on Iran, but it remains to be seen whether the gathering will yield any sort of policy consensus on matters other than the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The West needs to change an appeasement policy vis-a-vis Iran that has proved along decades to be both ineffective and counterproductive. LINK
Iranians are looking beyond ayatollahs and the Islamic Republic
What happens when most of your population wants you to go out of business? For Iran’s regime, the answer may come sooner rather than later, as evidence mounts that the captive population they control is seeking fundamental change. LINK
UN extends mandate of Javaid Rehman: Iran women treated as 2nd class
His report details how gender discrimination permeates almost all areas of law and practice, treating Iranian women as second-class citizens. LINK
Inmate passes away in W Iran from lack of medical attention
According to statistics by the Hengaw Organization in March 2021, at least 12 prisoners in prisons across Kurdistan lost their lives from March 2020 to March 2021 due to lack of medical attention. LINK
Political prisoner denied hospital transfer despite serious health condition
Iranian authorities routinely exert pressure upon prisoners, especially prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, through denying them medical treatment. LINK
Iran: Supreme Leader Expresses His Concerns Over Cyberspace
Iran's dictator Ali Khamenei understands the power of the internet and social media as means for the Iranian people to report the truth to the outside world. His regime is preparing to take evasive censorship measures. LINK