Brigadier General Mithghal al-Batish of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) has said that the Bashar al-Assad’s army is not participating in the ground battles in the city of Aleppo. He said that those who are fighting are mainly from the IRGC (Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards), as well as their affiliated foreign militia which includes the Lebanese Hezbollah.
David Jones MP, former Cabinet Minister, has written an article for the Politics Home website in which he calls the bombing of civilians in Aleppo “tantamount to a war crime”. The bombing of civilians including women and children and the attacks on hospitals and medical facilities is a cowardly act, he added.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that over a thousand victims of scams ran by state-affiliated companies in Iran have protested in Mashhad, the second largest city in Iran. According to eye-witness accounts, they were protesting to demand their rights. They demanded that the money stolen from them is returned.
Ali Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), published his thoughts on the aftermath of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers last summer. He pointed out that the regime has done at least five provocative ballistic missile tests despite the UN Security Council resolutions.
Top officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the ultimate authority in all matters of Iran’s foreign and domestic policy, have commented on each test. Recently Khamenei said that: “Those who say the future is in negotiations, not missiles, are either ignorant or traitors.”
Ms. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 37 year old British-Iranian charity worker, has been detained by the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and held in solitary confinement without charge, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported.
Ms. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was travelling back home to London after a two week holiday in Tehran to visit her family. She was travelling with her one-year old baby daughter Gabriella when she was stopped at the check-in desk at the airport on 3rd April. She was then separated from her daughter and then transported to an unknown detention centre around 1,000 km away in the Kerman Province.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that Hassan Rouhani, president of the Iranian regime has publically praised Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force
Rouhani spoke at a rally in Soleimani’s hometown Kerman, south-eastern Iran. The rally was held to mark IRGC Day. He said that Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani is among the “honours” of Iran and the Kerman Province.
The Iranian regime’s chief of police has declared that Iran’s prisons are full according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari, head of the suppressive State Security Forces, added that new and harsher methods are needed in order to deter people from breaking the regime’s laws.
Friends of a Free Iran (FoFI), an informal group formed in 2003 by members of the European Parliament, has the active support of numerous MEPs from various political groups. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the FoFI group has announced its solidarity with the imprisoned teachers and union leaders of Iran, including those who are currently on hunger strike in protest against the Iranian regime’s crackdown on civil activities and gatherings.
