Struan Stevenson, President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association, has said that the Iranian regime’s involvement in Syria is increasing on a daily basis, but despite this rigorous mobilisation, Tehran has “reached a deadly impasse in Syria with mounting casualties and little sign of progress”, reports the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
The Iranian Resistance has called on human rights defenders to act immediately to secure the release of sick prisoners and ensure they receive urgent medical attention. They have also called for the formation of an international delegation to look into the horrific prison conditions in Iran. They specifically ask for the following human rights professionals to act: the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.
Saleh Kohandel, a renowned Iranian political prisoner and a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), has written an open letter from prison. The letter, which was smuggled out of prison, was addressed to his relatives.
Reports from inside Iran indicate that several political prisoners in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison are on hunger strike.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that Political prisoners Jafar Azimzadeh, a worker’s rights activist, and Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA) are on the seventh day of an indefinite hunger strike.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported the tragic story of a 45-year-old man who attempted to commit suicide after not being able to pay for an almost $100 medical bill. The man, Ali Shafie, suffering from extreme pains in the stomach went to the Milad Hospital in Tehran for treatment. However, he was not accepted into the hospital because his insurance booklet had expired and he didn’t have the cash needed to pay.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the Iranian regime is planning to blind a man next week. This news, received from inside Iran, indicates that the punishment under the mullahs’ brutal retribution law will blind Mojtaba Saheli (Sabeqi), 31, in his right eye. The regime has already blinded him in his left eye.
It has been reported by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that the deputy commander of the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Iran’s southern shores to the United States and its allies. Almost a third of all oil traded by sea passes through this narrow strait.
Three members of the U.S. Congress have said that any kind of deal between the Iranian regime and Boeing would effectively be a subsidisation of the “world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism”.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported on the firm and strongly-worded letter sent to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Monday.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported that 12 Iranian banks have gone bankrupt, although the news has not been confirmed by the institutions themselves.
“The state-run ILNA news agency quoted a regime economist on May 1 as acknowledging the extremely high rates of unemployment and suggesting that the regime’s economy is beyond any reform.” They reported that currently 12 banks have gone bankrupt, but it is still to be publicly announced.
