Fox News has reported that a United Nations committee has urged Iran to cease enforced disappearances immediately. It has also denounced the regime’s use of arbitrary detention and is concerned about the “severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief”.
The measure was approved on Tuesday by the General Assembly’s human rights committee with the result being 85 for and 35 against. 63 countries abstained.
Exhaust fumes from millions of vehicles that travel around Tehran’s roads are responsible for around 80 percent of the pollution in the city. Now, as winter progresses, the emissions fail to rise above the cold air making the situation even worse.
Fox News has reported that 11 Middle Eastern and North African countries have accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and criticise the regime’s interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in the region. They say that the actions of Iran are causing tension instability in the Middle East as well as sparking tension throughout.
Iran has once again violated the 2015 nuclear deal but will they face the consequences? Dr Majid Rafizadeh, a political scientist and president of the International American Council on the Middle East, writes in an op-ed for the Gatestone Institute that the US appears to be giving concessions to the Iranian Regime.
People from all over the world are calling on action to be taken against the Iranian regime. Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, President of the International American Council, has highlighted the importance of the next U.S. administration taking charge and putting an end to the “militaristic, hegemonic and ideological ambitions” of Iran. He said it needs to adopt firm policies, and unlike the Obama administration, it needs to firmly follow through.
Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner, is facing extreme pressure in prison in recent weeks. She is the first 1988 massacre survivor who is going after justice for the death of family members who died during the mass execution. As a result of her filing an official complaint with Iranian regime’s Judiciary for an investigation into the events of 1988, Maryam has been denied visits from her family and has been held incommunicado.
In an article from Fox News on November 10, Iran’s violations of the nuclear deal it signed with six world powers, that lifted sanctions, and endeavored to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities is addressed.
When Iran exceeded its limit on its heavy water stockpile, it violated one of the terms of the nuclear deal, United Nations monitors reported on Wednesday, November 9. They say this violation occurred on the same that Iran demanded the U.S. stick to the deal.
Alsharq Al-Awsat Newspaper published a report on 5th November 2016 about the results of research that was carried out by the Khalij-e-Fars (Persian Gulf) researchers regarding the 1988 massacre in which political prisoners in Iran were systematically executed.
The newspaper article said that the researchers looked into the statistics, numbers and the events related to the numerous executions in Iran in 1988 when Khomeini was in office.Iran’s dictatorial regime is established on the gallows that Khomeini founded. It uses suppression and execution as a way of eliminating rivals who think differently and have differing ideologies. The executions have still continued since the 1988 massacre.
