Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., a former U.S. defense and foreign policy official now serving as Chairman of the Stimson Center in Washington, and Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad, a ranking executive for a major American technology company and scholar practitioner at the George Mason University School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, have written an article about how Washington policymakers have failed to comprehend Tehran’s political system.
Prison wardens in Iran’s notorious Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, raided a prison ward on Monday 30th May, according to reports from inside the prison. During the raid on the ward that houses ordinary prisoners, inmates were harassed and their belongings were damaged, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the family, friends and supporters of Jafar Azimzadeh have rallied for a second day to demand his freedom. They are gathered outside the Iranian regime’s Majlis (Parliament) in Tehran.
In Bahrain an appeals court has upheld the sentences for five men accused of spying for the Iranian regime. The prosecution released a statement on Sunday 29th May confirming that their life sentences will be upheld and the court has rejected the five defendants’ appeals.
An article published on Sunday 29th May reports that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir has stated that “that sending Iranian Shiite armed units to Iraq to participate in military operations or undergo training is unacceptable”. He said that the problem in Iraq is caused by religious conflicts that are a result of “Iranian interference”. One of Iran’s senior officers is “leading operations in Iraq against Sunnites”.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the Iranian fundamentalist regime has given international social media, in particular Telegram, 12 months to pass across any information they have regarding Iranian users. This was reported on Sunday by the official state news agency IRNA.
According to the statements from people close to his case, the life of Iranian journalist and human rights activist Mohammad-Sediq Kaboudvand is in imminent danger because of an ongoing hunger strike and the denial of medical treatment by government authorities.
Struan Stevenson, Former Conservative MEP and President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association, has written an article in which he voices his opinions regarding the reluctance of the Scottish National Party (SNP) to pursue Alex Salmond’s idea about building strong trade and cultural links with Iran.
