By Armin Baldwin

On Saturday, June 15, 2019, thousands of Iranians gathered for a large protest demonstration in Brussels. They were protesting the brutal violation of human rights by the Iranian regime as well as the regime’s instigation of terrorism and warmongering in the region.

The crowd voiced their support for the Iranian Resistance movement led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) along with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the MEK’s resistance units inside the country.

by Atousa Pilger

Iranian political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali, 21, was stabbed to death by two Iranian regime operatives in the Greater Tehran Prison on Monday, June 10, 2019.

Amnesty international in a statement described the murder as shocking.

By Azita Carlson

Prominent human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh dedicated her life to peacefully pursuing human rights — including opposition to the discriminatory forced veiling laws, as well as the death penalty.

She was arrested at her home, on charges in connection with her human rights work, on June 13th 2018. Previously, in September 2016, Nasrin Sotoudeh had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a separate case also linked to her human rights work.

by Navid  Felker

Islamic funerals follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia law calls for burial of the body as soon as possible, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding in a mortuary. This is then followed by prayer.