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Calls for Release of Illegally Detained Environmentalists in Iran

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Atousa Pilger
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Calls for release of illegally detained environmentalists in Iran

Calls for release of illegally detained environmentalists in Iran

by Atousa Pilger

The families of a number of jailed ecologists have issued a joint letter to the Islamic Republic’s head of judiciary calling for the release of their loved ones.

In their letter dated 28th June, the relatives note that the conservationists were not given fair trials, with a number of violations being noted, yet their loved ones remain imprisoned. They brought up the same concerns in a letter less than two months previous to this. The “illegal procedure”, they explain, is still continuing.

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United States Analysing Iran Threat

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Armin Baldwin
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National Security Adviser John Bolton, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and President Donald Trump sit together

National Security Adviser John Bolton, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and President Donald Trump sit together

By Armin Baldwin

Tensions between the United States and Iran have been heating up in recent weeks. A major conflict looked set to start until U.S. President Donald Trump decided to call off a retaliatory strike at the last minute.

Trump showed restraint in calling off a confrontation after the Iranian regime shot down an unmanned U.S. drone and then continued to brag about the cost of the damage it had inflicted on “the enemy”.

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Nine Injured in Strike on Saudi Airport by Iran-Backed Yemeni Rebels

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Navid Felker
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Abha International Airport is located in the capital of ‘Asir Province in Saudi Arabia.

Abha International Airport is located in the capital of ‘Asir Province in Saudi Arabia.

by Navid  Felker

In fighting that has triggered what the United Nations described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with millions of people displaced and in need of aid, Houthi militants claim drone attack on Abha airport, which was hit twice in similar incidents last month.

Abha International Airport is located in the capital of ‘Asir Province in Saudi Arabia. The airport has services to several domestic airports within the Kingdom.

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Iran Officials Deny Holding Political Prisoners

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Azita Carlson
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Gholamhossein Esmaili, A spokesman for Iran’s Judiciary

Gholamhossein Esmaili, A spokesman for Iran’s Judiciary

By Azita Carlson

Gholamhossein Esmaili, A spokesman for Iran’s Judiciary says there are no political prisoners in Iran. He made the claim during a live televised program, after being asked about the recent death of a political prisoner murdered in Tehran’s notorious Fashafuyeh Prison.

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Iran’s Intentions With Nuclear Deal Violations May Backfire

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Atousa Pilger
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A picture of Iranian flag and ballistic missile

A picture of Iranian flag and ballistic missile

by Atousa Pilger

Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it is more commonly known. He argued that the deal did not go far enough in curbing the Iranian regime’s malign activities and said that a number of other issues should have been addressed, including Iran’s ballistic missile program, its complete disregard of human rights and its terrorist activities across the region.

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Drug Smuggling in Northwestern Iran Prison Generates Huge Profits

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Armin Baldwin
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At the Orumieh Central Prison in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan human rights violations are prevalent and prison officials are smuggling narcotics.

At the Orumieh Central Prison in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan human rights violations are prevalent and prison officials are smuggling narcotics.

By Armin Baldwin

At the Orumieh Central Prison in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan human rights violations are prevalent and prison officials are smuggling narcotics.

Sixty percent of inmates at the prison are Sunni Kurds while the other 40% are Shiite Turks. Kurd prisoners have been sent from other cities to the prison and usually, have long sentences.

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U.S. Sanctions Are Crippling Iran’s Leaders

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Navid Felker
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supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

by Navid  Felker

The executive order that US President Trump signed this week has sent new shockwaves through the theocratic dictatorship by imposing another round of sanctions on Iran aimed at supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The sanctions appear to specifically target Khamenei, along with foreign minister Javad Zarif and eight senior commanders of Navy, Aerospace and Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — itself recently listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the Americans.

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Calls for Canadian Government to Designate IRGC in Its Entirety as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation

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Atousa Pilger
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The notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist group that has been wreaking havoc across the Middle East for decades.
(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): “If all parties return to the JCPOA (2015 Iran nuclear deal), if Iran does not accept the FATF, will not be able to work with the world banking system.

The notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist group that has been wreaking havoc across the Middle East for decades.

by Atousa Pilger

The notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist group that has been wreaking havoc across the Middle East for decades. It was finally designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States earlier this year – an unprecedented move as it is the first time a government of the U.S. has designated any country’s military as such.

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Young Woman Violently Mistreated by Iranian Regime Agents

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Azita Carlson
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Young woman violently mistreated by Iranian regime agents

Young woman violently mistreated by Iranian regime agents

By Azita Carlson

The Iranian regime is facing major pressure from several angles. It is under a huge amount of economic pressure because of the crippling sanctions that have been put in place by the Trump administration with the aim of cutting the regime off from the funds that it uses to finance terrorist activities.

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Trump Stands With Iranian People

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Armin Baldwin
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The Iranian rally goers, who came from 40 states, marched from the State Department to the White House chanting, “Change, change, change. Regime change in Iran”

The Iranian rally goers, who came from 40 states, marched from the State Department to the White House chanting, “Change, change, change. Regime change in Iran”

By Armin Baldwin

On Monday, Donald Trump met one of the demands of the Iranian-American community by putting sanctions on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a whole host of his cronies, something that the Iranian Diaspora had advocated for in Washington DC on Friday.

Of course, the most important demand of the rally – regime change in Iran – will take longer to accomplish, but Trump will not be the one to do it. It’s not that the US couldn’t, but that it is the Iranian people’s right to depose the malign mullahs that have wreaked havoc on their country.

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