by Azita Carlson
With US sanctions reinstated, the Free Iran Rally in Paris included a panel discussion on the role of sanctions and their effectiveness against the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) and the Iranian regime. Lincoln Bloomfield, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Military Affairs, moderated the discussion and opened the event with a pertinent question; what can the international community do to object to the behaviour of the Iranian regime?
by Staff writer, SF
Global terrorism expert, Walid Phares, moderated a discussion with a selection of prominent military and academic figures on the meddling of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Middle East. The discussion took place ahead of the Free Iran Rally in Paris, the annual gathering of Iranian opposition supporters organised by the National Council of the Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK).
by Staff writer, SF
On Friday, June 29th, an editorial was published in the Washington Times focusing on the panel discussions that were held as part of the Free Iran event held by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), of which the MEK is the largest member, this weekend in Paris. The panel discussions were held on Friday, a day before the main gathering, and featured small groups of high-level policy experts of different political backgrounds and nationalities discussing issues relating to the Iranian regime and the opposition movement.
by Staff writer, SF
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Former U.S. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Louis Freeh took the stage together on Saturday as part of the American delegation to the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) annual Free Iran convention in Paris. Both Mukasey and Freeh addressed the failing and morally corrupt Iranian regime and the resistance movement that is working to topple it.
by Navid Felker
Thousands of Iranians are once again publicly expressing their anger at the government. Last week hundreds of merchants in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar closed their shops to protest failed economic policies.
The continuing protests that have followed the turn of the year uprising that raged across Iran are indicative of the widespread discontent of the country’s people. For decades, the government has disregarded the economic conditions of its citizenry.
by Staff writer, SF
Despite repeated calls from human rights groups and governments to call it off, 51-year-old Sufi, Mohammad Reza Salas was executed, bringing international condemnation onto the Iranian regime.
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo tweeted, “We condemn the #Iran regime’s execution of Mohammad Salas, a member of the long-persecuted Iranian Gonabadi Sufi Dervish community. We call on our partners & allies to join us in condemning his brutal & unjust execution. Iranian people deserve respect for human rights & freedoms.”
by Atousa Pilger
The annual Grand Gathering of the Iranian opposition, attended by some 100,000 supporters, was held near Paris on Saturday, June 30th.
Just hours before it began, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei took to his official website, and said that the US economic pressure on Tehran was aimed at inciting the people against their government. “They are exerting economic pressure to sow division between the nation and the regime,” he said, adding, “Six US presidents have tried before him to achieve this, but they have given up.” He was referring to US President Trump. Khamenei also accused the United States of trying to destabilize the government in Tehran.
by Armin Baldwin
Washington and Beijing are in the midst of a trade war, and China has great energy needs. While US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, along with the accompanying sanctions, has stopped European investors from doing business with Tehran, Iran believes it can use Chinese investment and oil purchases as a way to compensate for the loss.
by Staff writer, SF
At the beginning of the year, authorities in the Comoros Islands, a tiny nation off the cost of Eastern Africa, cancelled a number of passports that had been ordered by foreigners. The official statement was that the passports were improperly issued. However, it has now come to light that more than two-thirds of the 155 passports that were cancelled belonged to Iranians.
by Saeed
News of the execution of 51-year-old Mohammad Salas, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish (a Sufi minority), has caused shockwaves across the country. He is the latest victim of the cruel and callous Iranian regime.
Salas was arrested during the protests in Tehran in February 2018 and has been incarcerated and subjected to tremendous torture. His ribs, nose and teeth were broken by official agents and he was blinded following a beating. He was forced into signing a false confession and was sentenced to death. His execution took place on Monday 18th June.
