Struan Stevenson, President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA), has released a new statement about the ongoing human rights atrocities in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, 43 miles from Baghdad. The following is the text of his press release.
It is time for the West to listen to those who have experienced the Iranian regime’s abuses firsthand, argues Nasser Sharif, president of the California Society for Democracy in Iran. He made the argument in an op-ed published in The Orange County Register on Friday, June 10, 2016:
There have been numerous critics of the US/Iran nuclear deal from US Republicans to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Seven prisoners have been hanged in the Iranian cities Mashhad, Shiraz and Tehran. On Tuesday June 7 state-affiliated Rokna news agency reported the deaths of three men, aged 30, 35 and 40 whom were tried by the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad.
Iran’s tattered economy continues to be the subject of damning reports revealing the extent of the country’s economic depression. 60% of industrial and manufacturing units in the county of Gachsaran, southwest Iran, are currently closed.
Those who break fast in public will be “strongly” dealt with according to Mostafa Haghi, a senior Golestan Judiciary representative. The holy month of Ramadan began this week, if caught in public eating during daylight hours imprisonment and flogging will be used.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has published an article about the new promotional video clip the Iranian regime has issued in an attempt to recruit Afghan nationals to join the war in Syria in support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The six-minute clip has been made and broadcast by Ofogh TV, a state television channel. Fars news agency is another state media agency that has shown and distributed the clip.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have published an article on the poor living conditions of millions of Iranian people. The Iranian Interior Minister, Rahmani Fazli, on Monday 6th June said in parliament that there are 11 million people living in shanty towns, with 3 million of these living in the outskirts of Tehran, Mashhad and Ahwaz.
In an article published on the Gulf News website, it has been reported that Bahrain’s interior ministry confirms that there was an attempt to smuggle eight fugitives out of the country. These fugitives have been convicted over terrorism cases to Iran.
The article states that the interior ministry “has intensified efforts to locate and recapture prisoners who broke out of jail on Friday evening”. The coast guard pursued a boat off the coast of northern Bahrain and those on board were ordered to stop.
