ANALYSIS: IRGC bypass sanctions through Rouhani's 'smile diplomacy'

By Hamid Bahrami

Al Arabiya, 9 August 2017--  This week marks the beginning of Hassan Rouhani ’s second presidential term, which is vital for the existence of the ruling theocracy in Iran.

THE ONLY ORGANIZED OPPOSITION MEK AND REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

When confronted with the question of whether the Trump administration backs regime change in Iran, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington would work with Iranian opposition groups to reach “peaceful transition of that government.

Iran: Women prisoners of Evin write letter of protest

In an open letter of protest, women political prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison have demanded the removal of restrictions on their imprisoned male relatives and the opportunity to contact them.

The letter was written in the wake of the relocation of a number of political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison, Karaj.

Following the transfer, prison authorities forbid any and all contacts with them.

While protesting the imposition of the new restrictions, the women political prisoners in Evin called in their letter for the resumption of their visits with their husbands and brothers and lifting of medical and medicinal ban presently in place.

This letter has been written and signed by Mahvash Shahriari, Fariba Kamalabadi, Elham Hosseinabadi Farahani, Zahra Zehtabchi, Elham Barmaki, Fatemeh Mosanna, Narges Mohammadi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Golrokh Iraee, Azita Rafizadeh, Nasim Bagheri and Atena Daemi.

IRAN: PROPAGANDA AGAINST PMOI/MEK, FOCUSING ON THE 1980S

NCRI - In response to the widespread justice-seeking campaign for the 1988 massacre and the slogan of no to executioner, no to imposter (no to Ibrahim Raisi and no to Hassan Rouhani), the Iranian regime’s Council for Coordinating Propaganda announced that the propaganda against the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) centered around the eighties is at the top of its agenda.

IRAN'S CHINK IN THE ARMOR: HUMAN RIGHTS SANCTIONS

by Heshmat Alavi 

For decades the western policy makers turned blind eyes on the situation of human rights in Iran. They ignored the fact that the devastative foreign policy of the Iranian regime is derived from its brutal domestic behaves. Heshmat Alavi, a political/rights activist has more in a piece at Forbs. Discussions over United States foreign policy vis-à-vis Iran are continuing as we speak.

Executioner Replaces Another Executioner

Rouhani appoints another 1988 massacre executioner as justice minister

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appointed Alireza Avaie, involved directly in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran’s Khuzestan Province, to replace Mostafa Pourmohammadi as justice minister in the new cabinet. Pourmohammadi was one of the three members of the massacre 1988 massacre “Death Commission.

US SANCTIONS OPEN PATH FOR IRANIAN OPPOSITION

By INU Staff

INU - US lawmakers enacted a comprehensive sanction bill and designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT).Targeting Tehran’s military and terrorist arm is a t signal that US policy has shifted against Iran’s destabilizing role in region. It acts as a facilitator for change in of Iran, but the main factor for change is inside Iran

Iran and Massacre of 30,000 MEK and Other Political Prisoners

By Jubin Katiraie

The US Senate voted almost unanimously last Thursday to impose new sanctions on Iran. The legislation cracks down on Iran’s activities including their missile development programs and human rights abuses. This is the first time that Iran has been targeted for violation of Human Rights.

what factors have given rise to the graduates employment crisis In Iran?

IRAN, 07 August 2017-- With unemployment turned into Iran’s national crisis and a significant part of the unemployed being university graduates, the question kept being asked is why unemployment rate among country’s university graduates is on the rise?

The Revolutionary Guard: America wants to implement the Libyan model in Iran

Staff writer, Al Arabiya, 7 August 2017 - The commander of the Air Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Ali Hajizadeh, said that the United States wants to apply the Libyan model in Iran in response to reports about the United States pressuring the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect suspicious military

Iranian MPs under fire for ‘humiliating’ selfies with the EU’s Mogherini

By Staff Writer

Al Arbiya, 7 August 2017 - After what seemed to be a “struck by stardom” moment, members of the Iranian parliament are being criticized for their “unusual” behavior with the EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, the BBC reported on Sunday.

Mogherini was bombarded with MP members who asked to take selfies with her. The diplomat was in Iran for President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration on Saturday.

North Korea's 'No. 2' official strengthens ties with Iran as UN hits Pyongyang with new sanctions

. On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council slapped sanctions banning exports of North Korean coal, lead, iron ore and seafood that could reduce the hermit regime's export revenue by one third.
. Iran's official IRNA news agency reported Kim

Iran: Nurses' Protest Gatherings in Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz and Rasht + Photos

Iran, Aug. 8, 2017 - Iranian nurses’ nationwide protest rallies were held on Sunday, August 6th in Tehran and other major cities in the country including Isfahan, Ahvaz, and Rasht. They were protesting a new government plan to train nurses on the job in hospitals.

Iran: Rouhani’s exclusion of women as seen by the press

The issue of women’s exclusion from Rouhani’s new cabinet has been also covered by the state-run press.

The Ghanoon daily published a cartoon criticizing women’s being denied the opportunity for political participation. Under a big banner shown in the cartoon, men are the only candidates whose names are listed, while women are sitting on the sideline and have no prospect for participating.

(The state-run Ghanoon daily – August 6, 2017)

Iran: No Information About Political Prisoners in Gohardasht Prison Raises Concern

NCRI - The families of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Gohardasht prison in Karaj express their concerns about forced transfer of these prisoners to a super-security ward.

According to reports, political prisoners were recently forcefully transferred from Ward 12 to the super-security Hall 10, Ward 4, of Gohardasht prison after beating and mayhem.

The Nationwide Protests of Nurses in Different Cities of Iran

NCRI - The nurses’ nationwide protests were held on Sunday, August 6, 2017, in accordance with previous calls in front of the Ministry of Health and Universities of Medical Sciences in Tehran and other cities across Iran.

Nurses launched the rally to protest against a plan called “Training Hospital Nurses.”

Iran: Propaganda Against PMOI/MEK, Focusing on the 1980s

NCRI - In response to the widespread justice-seeking campaign for the 1988 massacre and the slogan of no to executioner, no to imposter (no to Ibrahim Raisi and no to Hassan Rouhani), the Iranian regime’s Council for Coordinating Propaganda announced that the propaganda against the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) centered around the eighties is at the top of its agenda

ANALYSIS: How to tackle Iran’s Middle East bellicosity

Thanks to years of Western appeasement in the face of Iran’s belligerence across the Middle East, evidence of Tehran’s dangerous footprints are now visible in several countries across the region, including even Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

The Trump administration, however, has made it quite vivid its adoption of a firm approach. This stance, signaled in the historic May conference in Riyadh, is long overdue and should be enhanced by Washington supporting the Iranian people’s desire for regime change.

4 Killed, 8 wounded in latest shooting at Iranian base

Al Arabiya (Associated Press), 6 August 2017 - An Iranian soldier opened fire on his colleagues, killing four and wounding 8 of them at a military air base in south Tehran, according to local news 

ANALYSIS: How to tackle Iran’s Middle East bellicosity

By Heshmat AlaviSpecial to Al Arabiya EnglishMonday, 7 August 2017Thanks to years of Western appeasement in the face of Iran’s belligerence across the Middle East, evidence of Tehran’s dangerous footprints are now visible in several countries across the region, including even Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.