by Staff writer, SF
Tehran MP Mahmoud Sadeghi announced that a number of employees of Iran’s General Inspection Organization (GIO) have been arrested for “accidentally” auditing bank accounts of the Justice Department.
In 2009 Iran’s General Inspection Organization (GIO) reported that Iranian banks had $38 billion worth of delinquent loans. While most Iranians had difficulty obtaining small housing loans, 90 people managed to secure loans for housing facilities totaling $8 billion from banks.
by Staff writer, SF
According to Radio Free Europe and videos posted to social media, rallies in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and in the cities of Karaj, Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Qom have increased in number and ferocity. The Iranian people are giving voice their anger over the worsening economy and the plunging value in their currency. The return of U.S. sanctions on August 6th, per U.S. President’s decision in May to exit the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, is exacerbating the situation.
A protestor was killed on August 3rd, according to semiofficial Fars news agency, when someone fired a gun from a passing car. Fars also reported that about 20 protesters in Karaj were detained by security forces.
Dozens of protesters in the capital, Tehran, can be seen in videos sent to RFE/RL (Radio Farda). Many are chanting “Death to Khamenei,” in a reference to the Supreme Leader. Other demonstrators could be heard chanting, “Iranians, shout your demands.”
by Staff writer, SF
Sarir Movaghan, has been a student at Isfahan’s Azad University since 2014. The 23-year-old Baha’i student has been expelled just one semester before she was due to complete her Bachelor’s degree in architecture. Movaghan and her family have only recently decided to go public with the news.
“On May 24, Sarir received a call from the university’s security office,” according to a source. “She was told that she had been expelled from the university and she must go to their office for further explanation.”
After her expulsion, security agents raided and searched Movaghan’s home in Isfahan and interrogated her for hours.
by Staff writer, SF
The White House administration has warned European states that trading with Tehran will result in penalties by Washington.
Reliable sources at the State Department revealed that in the past three months, US officials held meetings at several European capitals where they defined Washington’s position on the sanctions. “Officials stressed that the US will not hesitate to enforce penalties on all parties that ignore Washington’s warnings from dealing with the Iranian regime,” the sources said.
by Staff writer, SF
Over the weekend protests continued in Iran reaching a sixth consecutive day. Efforts by the regime to halt the demonstrations, including the arrest of those seeking regime change in the Islamic Republic, have failed according to multiple reports from the region. Nightly demonstrations have resulted in curfews being imposed in parts of the country.
Iranian dissidents have been heard chanting, “death to the dictator” and “Mullahs should go away,” and at least one protester was shot by Iranian security forces. Still, their voices will not be quelled.
by Staff writer, SF
The Iran lobby supporters have been put in a difficult position by US President Trump’s comment that he’d be open to a meeting with Iranian regime leader Hassan Rouhani “anytime”.
A denouncement of the invitation reaffirms the belief that the regime is not interested in a meaningful dialogue on topics such as human rights, support for terrorism, or interfering in neighboring countries.
The Iran lobby says they want diplomatic opportunities between the U.S. and Iran. Now that the president presents an opportunity, the National Iranian American Council quickly denounced it.
by Staff writer, SF
Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump said to the press after meeting with Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte: “I’ll meet with anybody. I believe in meeting. The Prime Minister said it better than anybody can say it: Speaking to other people, especially when you’re talking about potentials of war and death and famine and lots of other things—you meet. There’s nothing wrong with meeting. We met, as you know, with Chairman Kim. And it—you haven’t had a missile fired off in nine months. We got our prisoners back. So many things have happened. So positive.”
by Armin Baldwin
Protests that began on Tuesday afternoon in Iran this week, continued across the country. Shopkeepers, vendors, farmers, and truck drivers joined together to protest worsening economic conditions.
Following the plunge in value of the Rial by 120 percent in the last six months, store owners closed their shops and went on strike.
by Staff writer, SF
While a reshuffling of the president’s cabinet is unprecedented in the history of the Iranian regime, there have been rare instances of conflicts and clashes within the regime that could described as a ‘re-allocation of positions’. But, it is quite clear for both Iranian people and the regime, that Iranian society’s eruptive state and the course of political, social and international developments are all threatening the very existence of the vilayat-e-faqih regime.
by Staff writer, SF
Over the past weekend, Iran’s currency, the rial, plunged to a new record low, dropping to 112,000 rials to a single U.S. dollar.
