by Navid Felker
According to Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, Harvard-educated Iranian-American political scientist and president of the International American Council, “For almost 90 years, Iranian women have struggled under the Pahlavis and the mullahs and have protested against their subjugation, dehumanization and suppression.”
By Staff writer, SF
An Iranian delegation, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, is visiting Iraq for three days this week before heading to Syria at the invitation of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as part of a tour to show that Iran has good relations with its Arab neighbours and promote unity after Zarif’s shock resignation scandal earlier this month.
By Atousa Pilger
The head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court threatened to bring in foreign fighters to attack the Iranian people and prevent an overthrow of the Regime in comments last week.
Musa Ghazanfarabadi told young Islamic scholars and clerics in Qom on March 6 that Iran would bring in “militia groups who are part of the axis of resistance [to] protect the Islamic Revolution in Iran”, including the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Liwa Zainebiyoun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, and the Houthi rebels.
By Azita Carlson
International media outlets have given little attention to Iran’s human rights abuses, even though a report published last month by Amnesty International indicates that human rights abuses have reached a new high. In fact, the Oslo-based non-governmental organization, Iran Human Rights, maintains that at least 273 people were executed in Iran in 2018.
By Armin Baldwin
A senior Iranian general responsible for arming the militias responsible for the murders of 179 British soldiers in Iraq is the mastermind behind Iran’s foreign policy, according to a new BBC documentary.
The programme will detail how General Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran’s terrorist Quds force, has been influential in Iran’s regional aggression since at least the 1980s when he began organising Hezbollah in Lebanon.
By Staff writer, SF
The testimony of many parents of autistic children in Iran show that schools for “special” children are poorly equipped to meet their children’s learning needs. They claim that the staff is inadequately trained and resources are scarce. Yet, after notifying authorities that their child had not been treated humanely in school, Iranian officials blamed the parents for not putting their child in a school for “special” children.
by Navid Felker
On International Women’s Day, on March 8, is it important to look at the misogynistic treatment of women under the Iranian Regime and to listen to Iranian women when they call out for regime change.
Since day one of this regime, the mullahs have eradicated women’s rights and their role in society, even under the supposed reformist presidents like Hassan Rouhani. Supposed moderate President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani even laid out in a prayer sermon that men were smarter, braver, and less emotional than women.
By Armin Baldwin
The internal disputes in the Iranian regime are becoming more and more frequent and increasingly public. Top level officials in Iran cannot agree on the right course of action and there are insults and criticisms being sent backwards and forwards.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister, announced his resignation on his Instagram page at the end of February. He said he was sorry for the “shortcomings” of his time in office. He said: “I apologise for not being able to continue in the post and for all the shortcomings and flaws in the period.”
By Atousa Pilger
State-run ISNA news agency, reported that the Statistical Center of Iran’s information on inflation for the Persian month of Bahman (January 21- February 19), showed that all food prices have increased compared with the same month last year — even compared with the previous month.
By Saeed
The Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa are islands in the Arabian Gulf that were seized by Iran in 1971. These islands are located near an important oil shipping channel — the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The UAE has been requesting arbitration for many years, so that the status of the islands may be settled in accordance with international law.
