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Iran: Commander warns that IRGC will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon

Adam Kredo wrote an article for the Free Beacon about the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps who are sending assets “to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei”.

The IRGC, Iran’s elite military force, will soon be in the U.S. and Europe said the Iranian military commander. He said that the forces will be operating to strengthen the regime and to thwart any potential attacks against Iran.

Protests outside Iranian parliament coincide with Rouhani’s presence

On Tuesday 1st November, Rouhani was in Parliament to defend his three new ministers. At the same time, many people from all over Iran gathered outside the buildings in protest against the Iranian regime’s plundering of the country’s already meagre assets. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) report that hundreds of teachers from the literacy movement, “Shandiz Padideh” shareholders, workers and employees of Telecom, business owners, and so on, attended the demonstration.

Hassan Rouhani: Lebanon Will Stand With Iran Against The “Zionist Regime”.

It looks like Iran’s dominance over Lebanon was sealed after the selection of Michel Aoun as president on Monday, according to Benny Avni at the  New York Post.

Aoun, an 81-year-old former general, is the first president in over two years and his elections speech was filled with patriotism and unity, including support for the terrorist Hezbollah force. He was once a sworn enemy of Syria, even fleeing the country for fear that he would be assassinated by Assad’s father, Hafez.

Iran: An American Citizen Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Facebook Posts

Iran has sentenced an American citizen to 18 years in prison for Facebook posts and “collaborating with a foreign government”.

Golamreza “Robin” Shahini, a dual national from San Diego, was handed the harshest sentence yet for foreign nationals. He has been critical of the Iranian Regime during the much disputed 2009 elections which led to the Green Revolution but denies all espionage charges.

Iran Payment, Why Was It in Cash?

A former US prosecutor has written a piece for FrontPage Mag, indicating the payment made to Iran earlier this year, which coincided with the release of US hostages, is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of dodgy dealings in Iran.

Iran: A Political Maneuver to Draw Attention Away From Human Rights Abuse in Iran

The Iranian Minister of Justice, Pour Mohammadi, has stressed that death penalty must not be ignored on the Iranian political agenda. The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) warns that this is nothing more but a political maneuver to blind the UN General Assembly and the international community who have been putting more and more pressure on the state of human rights in Iran.

Iran: Thousands Gather at Pasargadae, Organisers Arrested

Thousands of people from various locations gathered at Pasargadae, by the tomb of Cyrus the Great last Friday, in an attempt to protest against the current regime in Iran and its policies, which often turn against their own people. Unofficially, October 29 has become the unofficial ‘international Cyrus Day’.

Establishing Relations With Iran Should Be Conditioned Upon Respect for Human Rights

The National Council of Resistance of Iran published a story on October 31 about Christian Zimmermann, the Director of Human Rights and Minority affairs in Berlin, who attended a commemoration for the 24 members of PMOI/MEK killed in missiles attacks on Camp Liberty on October 29th, 2015. 

“In these months, the German government wants to pass a law in order to coordinate the economic relations with the human rights; But what will happen then?”,  Mr. Zimmermann asked, referring to the cooperation of German authorities with Iran, and their policy of appeasement with the Iranian regime.

Is Iran Gaining Ground in US Over the Arabs?

In his article on October 30, for Al-Arabiya, Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, a prominent UAE businessman and Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, one of the most successful conglomerates in the Gulf says that, “The world’s greatest state sponsor of terrorism is pulling out all stops to ingratiate itself with Washington elites with an image makeover projecting their supposedly peaceful culture – and it is all thanks to President Barack Obama, whose deal with the devil opened a window for the first time since Iran held 66 Americans hostage for 444 days during the 1970s.”

President-elect Maryam Rajavi, condemns rocket attack targeting Mecca, calls it ‘War against Muslims’

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on October 30, published remarks made by their President-elect, Maryam Rajavi, who strongly condemned the rocket attack on Mecca carried out on October 29, from inside Yemen, under the Quds Force supervision, and upon the orders of Khamenei. 

She described this as a declaration of war on all Muslims around the world. She demanded expulsion the Iranian regime from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and requested that the Islamic states cut off relations with them.