Skip to main content

Iran news in brief, April 18, 2019



Iran news in brief, April 18, 2019

1- x-general Says IRGC Was in Bosnia Disguised as Aid Workers
The Iranian Regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on April 17 denied the veracity of remarks by one of its former generals who has claimed to have worn Iran's Red Crescent Society's uniform for "military purposes" during the civil war in Bosnia.
Saeed Qassemi, a retired IRGC general, maintained on April 14 that he had visited Bosnia in the 1990s to train Bosnian Muslim fighters against the Serbs while wearing the Iranian Red Crescent uniform.
Qassemi's remarks come just days after the U.S. State Department listed the IRGC as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization," accusing it of supporting militant groups around the world.

2- Following Iraqi Shi’ite Militias, Hezbollah Shows Up in Iran under the pretext of helping flood victims
The representative of the Lebanese Hezbollah in Iran says a significant number of young Lebanese are currently in Iran, helping relief operations for the flood-stricken people.
Critics charge that the real reason for the presence of loyal foreign militias, under the cover of flood relief, is to prevent protests by Iran’s flood-stricken population.
Last week there were protests in the oil-rich Khuzestan province, with a large crowd marching down the streets of the provincial capital Ahvaz.

3- Pompeo: Trump 'Will Continue to Ratchet Up Pressure' on Iran
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a U.S. Senate committee:  "I can assure the rest of the world that President Trump will continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran so that their behavior will change,".
 Senator Ted Cruz and some other Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee urged Pompeo not to continue the oil waivers when a deadline comes up next month, saying Iran's exports are generating billions of dollars in revenues for its government.

4- Iran: Protest by plundered investors of Caspian financial institute
A group of investors in the Caspian financial institute rallied on Tuesday in front of Tehran’s financial prosecutor’s office, demanding their plundered money back by this Revolutionary Guards affiliated institution.
The protesters were heard chanting: “Caspian is robbing our money, and the government is defending it”, “We will remain here until our money is returned”.

5- Child Abuse Rises 10 Per Cent In One Year In North Khorasan Province
In an interview with the state-run ISNA news agency, Ali Akbar Sahranavard, the social deputy of the General Welfare Department of North Khorasan Province, announced, “Child abuse in March 2018- March 2019, has targeted kids between 5 and 11 years old, showing a 10 per cent increase compared to the previous year. Girl children made up the majority of victims of child abuse.”
The Child Protection bill is still in a state of limbo after ten years, being passed back and forth between the parliament and the Guardians Council. Meanwhile, over the past ten years, many children have been abused through rape, physical abuse and harassment.

6- Iranian Female Fighter Cancels Return Home After Arrest Warrant Issued
The first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout has cancelled plans to return home after an arrest warrant was issued for her in Tehran, her representative said on Wednesday as Iranian authorities issued a denial.
Sadaf Khadem beat a French boxer, Anne Chauvin, in the bout, which took place in western France on Saturday.
Her representative, Clara Dallay, told Reuters that authorities had issued arrest warrants against her and fight organizer Mahyar Monshipour.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

A Viable Democratic Alternative to the Iranian Regime

Maryam Rajavi  By  Ken Blackwell   One could easily argue that Iran’s ruling theocracy is facing the greatest internal threat to its rule since the 1980s. In the beginning of this year, the country was rocked by a mass uprising. The chain of protests was a major step forward for the domestic Resistance movement in the sense that it extracted political activism from farmers and the rural poor, despite the fact that these groups had long been thought to tolerate or even support the clerical regime. The December-to-January uprising was comprised of protests in upwards of 140 cities and towns spanning the entire country. And this diversity has remained on display in the ensuing months, as activist networks and entire populations continue to organize more localized demonstrations, in keeping with the call-to-action issued in March by   Maryam Rajavi , the president of the NationalCouncil of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) , a coalition headed by the principle Ira...

Iran news in brief, February 1, 2018

Iran news in brief, February 1, 2018 1- Facebook, Twitter take down disinformation campaigns linked to Iran Facebook says it has removed almost 800 “coordinated, inauthentic” pages, groups, and accounts directed from Iran that were part of a manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries. The world's biggest social network said on January 31 it coordinated closely with Twitter to discover the accounts, which exhibited “malicious-looking indicators.” The pages, 783 in total, were part of a campaign to promote Iranian interests abroad by creating fake identities as residents of those nations, Nathaniel Gleicher, head of cybersecurity policy at Facebook, said in a statement. Also on Thursday, Twitter said it had suspended 2,617 malicious accounts tied to Iran since August. 2- Germany, France, Britain to launch mechanism for trade with Iran Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran a...

Iran news in brief, January 28, 2018

Iran news in brief, January 28, 2018 Free Iran Rally – Paris 8 February 2019 The French Committee in Support of Human Rights in Iran (CSDHI) is calling for a major demonstration on Friday, February 8, 2019, against serious and massive human rights violations in Iran and the terrorist acts of the Iranian regime on European soil against its opposition. This initiative is supported by several district mayors of Paris, numerous human rights associations and the French Committee in support of Human Rights in Iran (CSDHI). No Standard Heating for 136,000 Classrooms in Iran The heating systems in 136,000 classrooms across Iran do not have the required standards, the Islamic Republic's Deputy Minister of Education has said. Mehrollah Rakhshani Mehr asserted on Saturday, January 26: "As most of these classrooms are located in the province of Sistan & Baluchestan and other regions with no gas pipelines, it is impossible to upgrade their heating system for the mom...