A new report from by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on imprisonment and persecution of Christians, Baha’is, Jews and minority Sunni Muslims has made key lawmakers to call for new human rights sanctions targeting Iran’s clerical regime and has urged President Obama whose administration is undergoing negotiations with Tehran to spearhead this step.
US negotiations continue alongside human rights violations in Iran
Women’s deplorable condition in Iran under mullahs’ rule
Soheila Jelodarzadeh, head of an organ involved in assisting women-supported-families, said: Presently, one million of these women are covered by Emdad Committee and another 200,000 are supported by various aid institutions, but another million of these women are unknown and may suffer social harms.
Maryam Rajavi testifying before US congress
Maryam Rajavi testifying before US congress
On Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade will hold a hearing in two panels on the rising threat of ISIS.
The first panel would be with Robert Ford, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Syria, and Walid Phares, co-secretary general of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group on Counterterrorism.
US populace sees Iranian regime as a threat
A major portion of the American populace (65%) see the Iranian regime as a real national security risk. Fox news released a survey on Friday which stated that over sixty percent of the American population thinks that “Iran poses a real national security threat to the United States,” and the U.S. fight against Islamic extremism was going “very badly” or “somewhat badly”.
General Shelton says regional efforts against Iranian regime should not stop in Yemen
General Hugh Shelton wrote in The Hill, saying that its time for the international community to stand behind the regional coalition against the regime’s agents in Yemen. But it should not just stop there and Tehran’s influence should be severely restrained in other regional hotspots like Iraq and Syria.
New EU sanctions against Iranian regime
The European Union has re-imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank and 32 shipping companies on Wednesday using new legal grounds. The regime of sanctions on Iran is far from over.
Iranian Christians barred from attending Churches on Easter
The Iranian regime is notorious for its harsh and uncompromising stance on religion, rivaling perhaps even Saudi Arabia. But much more so than Saudi Arabia, the Islamist regime of Iran has shown a taste of religious repression.
Religious scholar Al-Husseini calls on Iraqi Shia not to fall prey to Iranian regime deceptions
Seyyed Mohammed Ali Al-Husseini, General Secretary of Arab Islamic Council of Lebanon, urged Arab Shiites not to be deceived by the fabrications of the velayat-e faqih regime of Iran. Meanwhile, he urged them to follow their own Arab nation, Iraqi TV Al-Taghier reported on April 4.
Senator Joseph Lieberman wishes Iran be free of oppression in New Year
Former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, on the occasion of the Iranian New Year that began on March 21, spoke against the Iranian regime, one that would eventually be overthrown, for him.
IRAN – Maryam Rajavi: Way forward is to compel mullahs abide UN Security Council resolutions
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, responds to the news of the joint statement between the Iranian Regime and the P5+1.
