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UN will continue to monitor rights abuses in Iran

The United Nations Human Rights Council voted on Wednesday to extend the mandate of its Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.

Political prisoners in Iran, including supporters of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) had written to Council Members earlier this month urging them to support the extension of Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s mandate in this Council session.

Maryam Rajavi condemns Brussels attacks

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, released a statement on March 22 condemning the political violence in Brussels that killed at least 31 people on Tuesday as a “crime against humanity”. Mrs Rajavi expressed her most sincere sympathies and wished for the recovery of the 270 who were injured.

“The Iranian people, who for the past 37 years have been suffering under the menacing rule of the religious and terrorist fascism of the mullahs or the “Godfathers of Daesh” (ISIS or ISIL), are too familiar with these atrocities and feel the pain of the peoples of Belgium and Europe in these difficult moments.”

Obama Pledges to Help Ensure Accountability for 1994 Argentina Bombing Blamed on Iran

United States President Barack Obama said in Buenos Aires Wednesday that the United States has offered whatever help it can give to hold accountable those responsible for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in the city, CNSNews.com reported.

Argentinian investigators have blamed senior figures in the Iranian regime for the attack, the worst in the country’s history.

Obama admin held secret talks to pay Iran regime nearly $2 billion ‘ransom’

The Obama administration has spent three years engaged in secret talks with Iran’s regime that resulted in the payment of nearly $2 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds to Tehran, with more payouts likely to come in the future, according to a recent letter issued by the U.S. State Department and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Charges filed against consultant to Iran’s UN mission

A consultant to the Iranian regime’s mission to the United Nations in New York has been criminally charged with violating a U.S. law against dealing with that country, according to an indictment made public on Wednesday.

Ahmad Sheikhzadeh, 60, faces seven charges including conspiracy to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, money laundering, and helping arrange false tax returns, the May 18 indictment said.

Clinton: New sanctions needed against Iran’s ‘extremist regime’

Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressing the Obama administration to impose new sanctions on Iran’s “extremist regime” over its sponsorship of terrorism, illegal arms transfers and human rights violations.

Clinton pointed to the “existential danger” that would be posed by the Iranian regime if it ever obtained a nuclear weapon.

Clinton told a Washington meeting on Monday it is “not good enough to trust and verify” that Iran’s regime is respecting the terms of its nuclear deal with the world powers. “Our approach must be distrust and verify.”

Sen. Menendez vows to keep fighting Obama on Iran deal

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has forcefully denounced the international nuclear accord reached with Iran’s regime last year.

The key Senate Democrat drew a stark contrast with the Obama administration over its diplomatic engagement with Tehran on Tuesday, in a sign of lingering tensions in some corners of the party.

Bi-partisan bill introduced in US to protect Camp Liberty residents

A resolution has been introduced in the United States Congress to provide protection and security for the residents of Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, Digital Journal wrote on Tuesday. The residents are members of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), and have been attacked numerous times by pro-Iranian forces.

Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) has introduced a resolution aimed at “Providing for the safety and security of the Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq and awaiting resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and permitting use of their own assets to assist in their resettlement,” the report said.

French FM: EU could impose sanctions over Iran missile tests

The European Union could impose sanctions on the Iranian regime over its recent ballistic missile tests, France’s foreign minister said on Sunday.

The United States, France and other countries have already said that, if the missiles are confirmed as nuclear-capable, the tests, conducted last week by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), would violate U.N. Security Council resolution 2231.

Executions in Iran reach highest level since 1989 – UN

Executions in Iran surged to nearly 1,000 in 2015, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Iran said on Thursday, the highest level in more than a quarter-century.