by Staff writer, SF
The Iranian Regime needs to alter its malign policy in Syria, following an airstrike that killed and injured dozens of Iranian-backed fighters from the Shi’ite Kata’ib Hezbollah group near to the Iraq-Syria border.
This strike, which is the first of its kind, targeted Iraqi militias, who have been coming into Syria to fight for the Bashar Assad Regime on behalf of Iran, and aimed to cut off Iran’s corridor to the sea, by targeting a strategic area near Albu Kamal.

by Saeed

Since the turn of the year uprising during December and January, when thousands of Iranians marched in more than 140 cities and towns across the Islamic republic, antigovernment demonstrations have rocked Iran. The clerical establishment that forbids public dissent, and has a history of harsh crack-downs on unauthorized protests, is being challenged by its people.

 by Staff writer, SF

UN Special Rapporteurs belong to what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. The largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, Special Procedures is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations, or thematic issues in all parts of the world.

by Atousa Pilger
It has been reported that a young Iranian man has died on the offshore detention centre on the island of Nauru a few days ago. The site is a regional processing centre and is Australian run. Initial reports say that the 26-year-old Iranian asylum seeker died by suicide.