by Navid Felker
Iran’s fundamentalist regime is building terror cells in Africa to hit Western targets in retaliation at economic sanctions imposed by the US over the past year, according to security officials.
This network is being created by Qassem Suleimani, the head of the terrorist Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force; known for its foreign intelligence operations.
by Atousa Pilger
On Monday June 17, Ghasem Mirza Neko, Member of Iranian parliament, called the “export of revolution” and “waging war against the world” as the reasons of tough situation inside Iran. Apparently this was a reaction to the critics of hard conditions inside Iran.
“When you want to live in a cave, when you want to fight the whole world and export the revolution to everywhere, you have to accept hardships, not just for 14 years, but for much longer than that.”
By Armin Baldwin
A decision has been made by the Iranian resistance to raise the profile of their movement against the regime in Western capitals in Europe and the U.S., because as tensions increase in the Persian Gulf over multiple tanker attacks, Iran in the news daily.
Several thousand Iranians gathered opposite the EU headquarters in Schuman Place last Saturday, and marched in central Brussels. The march in Brussels was the first of a series of Iranian marches around the world, according to its organizers. The next is scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C., on June 21st. This is the first time that the Iranian opposition has organized a wave of major protests in major Western capitals.
By Azita Carlson
A cargo of crude oil was recently rejected by Italy’s oil giant Eni SpA because it bore the hallmarks of Iranian crude. Energy companies must now grapple with sophisticated techniques used by Iran to evade U.S. sanctions.
The cargo remains on board a Liberia-flagged vessel named White Moon, after Eni said the specifications didn’t match those of its contract for Iraqi oil. The ship’s documents show that the cargo, which Eni bought from the trading arm of Nigeria’s Oando PLC, was Iraqi, an Eni spokesman said.
by Navid Felker
A British-Iranian dual citizen and her British husband began a joint hunger strike this week to demand her unconditional release from an Iranian prison. The timing is dangerous, as the relationship between the two nations has grown increasingly strained.
by Atousa Pilger
Member of the Majlis, the Iranian regime’s parliament, Nahid Tajeddin, who is allied with President Hassan Rouhani, voiced a concerned view on Monday. “I was thinking about what I should say for the youth from behind this tribune? The same youth, who despite being 40 percent of the Iranian population, 25.3 percent of them have been unemployed in the [Persian] year 2017-2018, according to the data from the center for statistics,” she said.
By Armin Baldwin
As Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said in the past, the prominent hardline theorist Rahimpour Azghadi, a veteran member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution agreed, in remarks that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) on May 31st. that even without the help of other countries, Iran will destroy Israel and liberate Palestine within 25 years.
By Azita Carlson
In an effort to stop Iran from using backdoor financial methods as a means to skirt U.S. economic sanctions in its business dealings with leading European nations, the Trump administration is considering new sanctions.
These sanctions would directly target the alternate financial body set up by Tehran to ensure it can continue engaging in lucrative trade deals with Europe in the face of heavy U.S. sanctions. Iran’s Special Trade and Finance Institute (STFI) was meant to replace the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (ISTEX), which France, Germany, and the United Kingdom created in January to facilitate trade with Iran.
by Navid Felker
Christians in Iran are asking for prayers from the international community as the Regime’s authorities continue their attacks against the minority religious group.
In one of the most recent incidents, agents of Iran’s feared Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and EIKO, an organization controlled by Iran’s Supreme Leader, raided the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Tabriz on May 9, according to advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC). The MEC explained that the agents changed the locks, “tore down the cross” from the church tower, installed surveillance equipment, and ordered the churchwarden to leave.
By Saeed
Although evidence points toward something quite different, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani continues to project himself as a defender of human and women’s rights. In Iran’s prisons, the statistics regarding suspicious deaths of political prisoners seems to be increasing.
