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Iran Regime Criticised for Funding Hamas and Other Terrorist Groups in the Middle East

by Navid  Felker

The US Special Representative to International Negotiations censured the Hamas terrorist organization and its sponsor Iran on Sunday via Twitter.

Jason Greenblatt tweeted that the tens of millions of dollars that the Iranian Regime gives to Hamas is squandered on weapons, when the best use of the money would be to improve the lives of the citizens of Gaza.

150 Protesters Indicted, according to Tehran Prosecutor

by Staff writer, SF

According to Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor, 150 of the protesters arrested during the recent unrest have been indicted.

He added that four protesters are still in custody. However, he told journalists last week that 10 protesters were in custody. No independent source has corroborated or ruled out the figures released by Dolatabadi.

Iranian Refugees Protest Capital Punishment at UNCHR in Erbil

by Atousa Pilger

On Saturday, Iranian refugees gathered together in an act of solidarity in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil, outside the UNHCR headquarters.

In a joint statement, they explained that they were there to condemn the capital punishments handed out by the Islamic Republic’s courts — “to protest against the execution rule for political activists: Ramin Hossein Panahi, Hidayat Abdullah Pur, and others facing capital punishment by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Charged with membership in Komala, a Kurdish political party that resumed struggles against the forces of the

UN Urged to Launch Commission of Inquiry onto Iran’s 1988 Massacre

by Azita Carlson

The UN was urged to address the mass arrests and the killings alleged to be taking place in jails following the recent uprising in Iran, in one of the first of its kind hearings in Geneva, on February 1st, 2018. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also heard appeals from international civil society and NGOs to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate the months-long massacre during which the Islamic Republic of Iran executed an estimated 30,000 political prisoners, mostly activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in 1988.

Certain collapse of Iranian regime is approaching

by Armin Baldwin

The Iranian regime is barely standing. The recent protests that started at the end of December have rocked the already fragile regime. This is in a large part because of the young people of Iran. They make up the biggest demographic bloc in the population and they have decided that they want brighter and more prosperous futures.

The US imposes sanctions on to Iran-backed terror threats

by Staff writer, SF

The US State Department imposed sanctions against a key Hamas leader and other Iran-sponsored terrorist groups on Wednesday.
Ismail Haniyeh, who became the leader of the terrorist group’s political wing in May, was designated by the US government as a specially designated global terrorist.

U.S. and EU attempt to curb Iran’s ballistic missile program together

by Saeed

President Donald Trump has been very outspoken about his disdain for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He warned Europe that unless the flaws in the deal are fixed, he would scrap it altogether. He was issuing a final warning to Europe.

Haley set on calling Iran out for its negligence of international obligations

by Navid  Felker

UN Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley took several United Nations Security Council ambassadors to Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling in Washington DC to inspect pieces of weapons that implicate Iran in the illicit supply of arms to Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Iranian regime sentences protesters to death

by Staff writer, SF

Reports from inside Iran indicate that thousands of protesters were arrested during the recent unrest that swept across the whole country. There are now reports that a number of protesters will face the death penalty.

Is the balance of power shifting against Iran regime in the region?

by Atousa Pilger

Last June, tensions between Qatar and the Gulf states came to a head because of its relationship with Iran. The Gulf States including Saudi Arabia imposed a boycott of Qatar resulting in sea, land and air routes being cut off. Qatar refused to bow to pressure from its Gulf neighbours, instead fully restoring diplomatic relations with Iran.