The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United States said on Thursday that Iran’s destabilizing actions in the Gulf region, including its ballistic missile program and support for terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and extremist proxies in Syria, Yemen and Lebanon are a cause for concern. They warned that vigilance is required.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has compiled a statistical review about the status of Iranian workers following the regime’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries.
In March this year, Iranian state television broadcasted a report showing workers voicing their anger about their income. They said that the problem needed to be solved at the “roots” and asked where those who are responsible are.
An article in the International Business Times has highlighted criticism towards Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s latest crackdown. Rouhani has recently stepped up on supressing women. Another 7,000 morality are now patrolling the streets targeting women. Reports indicate that armed police are stopping girls as young as 12 in the street for not veiling in the correct manner.
Farideh Karimi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and a human rights activist has criticised Rouhani’s latest move, saying that the Iranian president has the power to halt these measures, despite Rouhani’s argument that the government could not interfere.
In protest to the interference of the Iranian regime in the affairs of other countries in the region, Jordan has decided to recall its ambassador from Iran, reports the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
A spokesman of the Jordanian government and State Minister for Media Affairs, Mohammad Momani, said that the diplomat has been recalled for “consultations”.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the price of fruit in Iran has risen sharply. The price of tomatoes has risen by 50 percent in the last week alone.
The head of the Fruit and Vegetables Sellers Union, Seyed Hossein Mohajeran, in an interview with the state-run Mehr news agency on Sunday 17th April, said that these prices are even reflected in the wholesale section of the Iranian bazaar in Iran.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported that Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh, a former General of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and former governor general of Yazd Province, was injured during clashes south of Aleppo in Syria. Fallahzadeh served as Governor of Yazd, central Iran, for a period of six years during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday 17 April that the Iranian regime will collapse as soon as Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is toppled. Mrs. Rajavi said that the mullahs’ regime rests on three main pillars.
Firstly, the obtaining of a nuclear bomb. Secondly, “absolute domestic repression”. And, finally, the export of terrorism and extremism abroad.
The mother of dissident Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti who was killed by the mullahs’ regime in 2012 is reported to be suffering from a major nervous breakdown since 4 April. Ms. Gohar Eshghi is said to be under immense psychological pressure following the death of her son who was murdered under tortuous conditions at the hands of the Iranian regime.
The well-known Iranian actress, Azar Mehdi Gholi-Khani, known also as Thuraya Hekmat, died on Friday 8 April, aged 62. The cause of death has been acknowledged as convulsion and blood clots in her brain. Hekmat had reportedly suffered a brain stroke and went into a coma just four days earlier on Monday 4 April.
An article on the website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) highlights the poor living conditions many people in Iran are subjected to.
Morteza Mir-Bagheri, the Iranian regime’s Deputy Interior Minister, has admitted that in 1,200 towns in Iran the rate of unemployment has reached 70 percent. He also acknowledged that the rate of unemployment is between 40 and 60 percent in 420 counties across Iran.
