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Iran news in brief, February 15, 2018



Iran news in brief, February 15, 2018


1- Iranians Rally Outside Warsaw Summit for Second Day, Call for Regime Change
A large group of Iranians supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran held a rally on Thursday for the second day outside the Warsaw Summit on Middle East calling for support for democratic change in Iran under the leadership NCRI’s Maryam Rajavi.
Protesters in Polish capital chanted “Appeasement no; regime change yes” as government delegations attend the Warsaw Summit that opened on Wednesday. The protesters declared their solidarity with the anti-regime protests taking place throughout Iran.
They expressed their support for Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi's 10-point plan for a free republic base on separation of religion and state, gender equality and a non-nuclear Iran.
On Wednesday U.S and Polish dignitaries attended similar rally by NCRI supporters.

2- Iran: Three Inmates Executed In Raja’i Shahr And Ardebil Prisons

At least three prisoners were executed on Wednesday, February 13, in Raja’i Shahr and Ardebil Prisons.
Ali Shakouri, 34, father of three, was hanged in Ardebil prison, northwest Iran.
Two other prisoners identified as Behrouz Bayat and Mohammad Hedayati were also executed on the same day in Raja’i Shahr Prison.

3- MEK network inside Iran supporting opposition rally in Warsaw
Members of “Resistance Units,” a vast network associated directly to the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran are expressing their support for the Iranian Resistance rally in Warsaw coinciding with an international conference on Middle East issues focusing specifically on the mullahs’ regime.
In Tehran and Tabriz, northwest Iran, members of resistance units put up placards of Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) to express their support for the Warsaw gathering.
 Members of resistance units in Tehran and Isfahan, central Iran, put up Maryam Rajavi posters expressing their support for the NCRI President and the Warsaw gathering.

4- Pence calls for Europe to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal
US Vice-President Mike Pence called for Europe to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, and urged allies to back US snctions.

Speaking at a conference in Poland on Thursday, Pence
denounced Iran as the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East” and accused the clerical regime of plotting a “new Holocaust” with its regional ambitions.
He lamented that Britain, France and Germany created a special financial mechanism that Washington believes is aimed at “breaking” tough US sanctions on Iran. Those sanctions were eased by the Obama administration under the terms of the nuclear deal but were re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement last year.

5- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says 'confronting Iran' key to Mideast peace
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called Iran the top threat in the Middle East, and said confronting the country is key to reaching peace in the entire region.
Pompeo said “pushing back” against Iran was central to dealing with all the region’s other problems.

Pompeo said: “You can’t achieve peace and stability in the Middle East without confronting Iran. It’s just not possible,”.
Saudi Ambassador noted that Saudi Arabia today joined some 70 countries at the Warsaw Summit to take a position to face the challenges that threaten the future of security and peace in the region, especially the Iranian regime.
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