Staff writer, SF
A member of Iran regime’s Guardian Council, said to the crowd of trainees at the Judiciary Training Center that the judges’ verdicts should be based on the laws of the country, and if there were no laws in a specific matter, judges should refer to the fatwa of a famous religious reference authority.
by Armin Baldwin
When former president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh announced that he was formally cancelling his alliance with the Houthi rebels, he was pretty much guaranteeing that he would be the target of an assassination attempt. Saleh was assassinated by Houthi rebels two days after he announced his decision and videos of his bloody and lifeless body were spread across social media.
by Navid Felker
It has been announced that the United States’ military will remain present in in Syria after the defeat of the Islamic State. Officials in the US believe that more than three-quarters of the Syrian regime’s forces are sourced by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
by Armin Baldwin
Students at several major Iranian universities are protesting against political suppression, gender discrimination, and increased tuition.
On Monday, what began at Tehran University, Beheshti, Kharazmi, and Allameh Tabatabaei Universities in the capital, had by Tuesday, and expanded to several other institutions. Hundreds of students at each university have gathered for the second day in a row.
by Azita Carlson
As they wrapped up an annual summit on Tuesday, the Gulf Cooperation Council blasted Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Iran. However, they did not discuss the Qatar crisis, said to be the worst in the bloc’s history.
In a joint declaration, the six-nation regional alliance affirmed the importance of preserving the GCC’s existence, which was allegedly threatened by a bitter dispute between its members.
Staff writer, SF
On 6th December, MEPs and political figures discussed several issues relating to Iran, in particular its human rights record.
MEP and President of the Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI) group Gérard Deprez spoke about Iran’s alarming execution rate and emphasised that the situation has shown no signs of improvement over the course of more than three decades. He emphasised the importance of ensuring that the Iranian regime is held accountable for the crimes it has committed, especially the 1988 massacre that is classed as one of the worst crimes in modern history. Deprez pointed out that the Iranian regime will not change.
Staff writer, SF
Former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh made a grave error when he believed that he could share power with the Iran-backed Houthis. He decided to step away from his alliance with the Houthis and basically signed his death warrant in doing so. Two days later he was dead.
by Armin Baldwin
British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker who was arrested by Iranian authorities during a visit to her family in Iran, remains in jail. She was arrested and imprisoned in April last year. Her daughter was with her on the trip and Nazanin was arrested and separated from Gabriella who has been cared for by her maternal grandparents ever since.
Staff writer, SF
Iran should immediately end the practice of using child soldiers in the Syrian conflict, Human Rights Watch has said.
Iran can hardly claim that it must rely on children to fight, when it has maintained that its presence in Syria is limited, and advisory, HRW’s Iran Researcher Tara Sepehri Far wrote on 30 November on the human rights group’s website.
