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Iran news in brief, June 28, 2019 Macron Says He Warned Rouhani About Breaking Nuclear Commitments French President Emmanuel Macron told the Iranian Regime’s President Hassan Rouhani that leaving the 2015 nuclear deal, or any signals that suggested Tehran would break the accord, would be a mistake. "I had a conversation with President Rouhani a couple of days ago and I indicated that any exit from the accord would be an error and any signals in that direction would be an error," Macron told reporters. Germany-Iran Trade Collapses Under US Sanctions Trade between Germany and the Iranian regime has collapsed under the impact of United States sanctions, data published by Funke newspapers showed. Data from the German Chamber of Commerce showed that trade volumes between Tehran and Europe’s largest economy were down 49 percent over the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, with volumes continually declining. The fall – to a total ...

Iran news in brief, June 27, 2019 Iran Regime Is Torturing Families of Victims of the 1988 Massacre Amnesty International says Iran's regime is torturing the families of the victims of the 1988 massacre. The Iranian authorities are systematically violating the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment by cruel practices targeting family members of the thousands of prisoners who were forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed in prisons across Iran in 1988, said Amnesty International on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Three decades on from when the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and killed thousands of political dissidents in secret, dumping their bodies in unmarked mass graves, they continue to torment relatives by refusing to disclose when, how and why their loved ones were killed and where their remains are buried. Family members who have sought truth and justice have faced threats, harassment, i...

Iran news in brief, June 26, 2019 Tehran University Student Leila Hosseinzadeh Sentenced to 3.5 Years The 3.5-year sentence for Tehran University student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh was upheld by the Revision Court of Tehran Province. She is also banned from leaving the country for two years. Leila Hosseinzadeh, secretary of the central council of students at Tehran University, was arrested during the nationwide uprisings of January 2018, and released on bail after some time. On Monday, June 24, Branch 36 the Tehran court informed her of her sentence. Leila Hosseinzadeh has been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment on the charge of “association and collusion against national security” and another one year for “propaganda against the state.” Plundered Depositors Rally in Tehran Against State-Run Firms Clients of two state-run firms rallied on Tuesday in Tehran, demanding their stolen savings returned. Depositors of the Caspian and Thamen al-Hojaj credit firms gat...

Iran news in brief, June 25, 2019 US Slaps New Sanctions on Iranian Regime's Supreme Leader Khamenei The United States imposed sanctions Monday on the Iranian regime's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a string of military chiefs, tightening pressure on the regime. Trump signed the punitive financial measures in the Oval Office, calling it a "strong and proportionate response to Iran's increasingly provocative actions." Repeating that "never can Iran have a nuclear weapon," Trump said it was now up to Tehran to negotiate. Expanding on the new measures, the Treasury said the United States will blacklist the Iranian regime's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and block "billions" more in Iranian regime assets, with eight top commanders from the regime's Revolutionary Guards already added to the list. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said in response to President Trump's a...

Iran news in brief, June 21, 2019 Protests Over Beating of Resident in Iranshahr Following the beating of a Baluchi resident of Iranshahr by police this week, protests broke out in the impoverished Iranian town. Anti-riot forces were sent in to quell the unrest. They beat up protesters and fired shots into the air to frighten them away. Iranian Regime to Face 'Strong Response' If It Closes Strait of Hormuz The Iranian regime would face a “very, very strong” response if it closed the vital Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al Jubeir said on Thursday. His warning comes shortly after the US said that the Iranian regime had shot down a US drone in the international airspace over the strait. “The situation in the region is very dangerous because of Iran’s behaviour,” Al Jubeir said. He cited an increase in the Iranian attacks in the region in recent weeks. “Saudi Arabia does not want war with Iran. [But] the international comm...

Iran news in brief, June 20, 2019 Iran Regime Carries out Public Flogging The Iranian regime carried out a public flogging this week in the impoverished town of Iranshahr. The person’s face was covered as the punishment was carried out on Monday. Separately on Wednesday, the Iranian regime sentenced a young man in Tehran to 99 lashes and 15 years’ imprisonment. Woman Executed in Iranian Prison A woman by the name of Fatemeh Nassiri and a man were executed Wednesday morning, June 19 in Gohardasht Prison in the Iranian city of Karaj. Fatemeh Nassiri had been transferred from Qarchak Prison to Gohardasht for the sentence to be carried out. She had been in jail since 11 years ago when she undertook the responsibility of a murder committed by her son. Fatemeh Nassiri is the 89th woman hanged during Rouhani’s term in office. New Charges Against Two Women's Rights Activists A two-hour trial of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee was held on Tuesday, June 18, at the 2...

Iran news in brief, June 19, 2019 Iran Regime Hangs Three Prisoners Today Three prisoners were hanged at dawn on Wednesday in Bandar Abbas. The state-run Fars News Agency quoted the regime’s top judiciary official in Hormozgan Province as saying the trio were hanged in the city’s prison. The victims’ names were not given. Iran is the world’s number one executioner per capita. Iranian Pensioners and Hospital Employees Hold Protests Iranian pensioners gathered on Tuesday outside the Parliament in Tehran to protest their inadequate pensions. The pensioners said that the managers of their Fund make excuses not to implement the law and increase their pension. The protesters were heard chanting: “Pensioners would die rather than accept abjection” and “We’re all together and fed up of empty promises.” In May, retirees including government workers and teachers held three protests. They have in the past year held a number of protest rallies though none of their demands w...

Iran news in brief, June 18, 2019 Pentagon Releases New Images of Iranian Regime's Tanker Attacks The U.S. military has released additional photos that it claims bolster allegations that the Iranian regime was responsible for attacks last week on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The Pentagon on June 17 released images, many taken from a U.S. Navy helicopter and purporting to show Iranian forces removing an unexploded mine from the hull of a Japanese-owned oil tanker. Washington has said the photos appeared to show an attempt to remove evidence from the scene of the incident.   Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a statement: “The recent Iranian attacks validate the reliable, credible intelligence we have received on hostile behavior by Iranian forces and their proxy groups that threaten United States personnel and interests across the region”. Germany and UK Warn Iranian Regime Over Uranium Plans Germany and Britain on Monday warned Tehran...

Iran news in brief, June 17, 2019 In Major Brussels Protest Maryam Rajavi Urges EU to Impose Sanctions on Iran's Regime Thousands of Iranians gathered for a large protest in Brussels on Saturday, June 15. The protestors condemned the brutal violations of human rights by the ruling regime and its instigation of terrorism and warmongering in the region. They expressed support for the Iranian Resistance movement led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. Mrs. Rajavi addressed the event in a video message, urging the European Union to place comprehensive sanctions on the religious dictatorship ruling Iran. Speakers at the rally included Giulio Terzi, former Foreign Minister of Italy; Ms. Ingrid Betancourt, former hostage and presidential hopeful in Columbia; Prof. Alejo Vidal Quadras, former Vice President of the European Parliament; Struan Stevenson, coordinator of the Campaign for change in Iran; and Mark Demesmaeker, member of the European Parliament. Regime Change in Iran Is the ...

Iran news in brief, June 15, 2019 Trump Says Iranian Regime Was Behind Tanker Attacks Calling the Iranian regime “a nation of terror,” U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the assessment of his top advisers and publicly accused Tehran of responsibility for recent attacks on tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Trump said on Friday that the Iranian regime’s culpability had been “exposed”. Speaking on Fox News, he said, “Iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat,”. US officials said on Thursday that the Trump administration was considering a return to providing naval escorts to vessels transiting through the maritime choke point. Arab League Chief Tells Iranian Regime to 'Be Careful and Reverse Course' The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, called on the Iranian regime to "be careful and reverse course." Aboul Gheit said “We believe that responsibilities need to be clearly defined”. “The facts w...

Iran news in brief, June 13, 2019 U.S. Sanctions Iraq-Based Company Affiliated With IRGC The United States has sanctioned an Iraqi company which it said had helped Iran's Revolutionary Guards evade sanctions by smuggling hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weapons. The U.S. Treasury Department said the penalties target the South Wealth Resources Company in Baghdad and two executives who helped facilitate weapons shipments and the company's financial operations. The treasury said that the company and the two men are linked to the IRGC’s terrorist Quds Force. "Treasury is taking action to shut down Iranian weapons smuggling networks that have been used to arm regional proxies of the IRGC Qods Force in Iraq, while personally enriching regime insiders," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. Saudi Defense Official: 'Iran Meddling in Our Region for 40 Years' Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister, Khalid bin Salman, said that “for 40 year...

Iran news in brief, June 12, 2019 Iran: Political Prisoner Murdered by Regime Affiliates Political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali was stabbed to death by two inmates in the notorious Greater Tehran Prison on Monday, June 10. Twenty-one-year old Alireza was arrested in Tehran in July 2018. He had been sentenced to 8 years in prison for insulting Khomeini and Khamenei and for anti-regime propaganda. Political prisoners Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali and Barzan Mohammadi were on hunger strike from March 14 to April 16, 2019, demanding they be separated from the dangerous prisoners’ ward. They also protested the dire living and health conditions in in prison. According to an informed source, Alireza was viciously stabbed at least 40 times. Woman Admits Scheme to Smuggle US Aircraft Parts to Iran   A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to illegally smuggle aircraft parts to Iran. Joyce Eliabachus faces up to five years in prison after ...

Iran news in brief, June 11, 2019 U.S. Says 'Only Solution' Is a New Deal Addressing Iran Regime's Threats U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus has said that the only solution to tensions with Iran’s regime is “a new and better deal that addresses the full scope of Iran’s threats.” Speaking at her daily briefing, Ortagus referred to what she said were new threatening remarks by the regime’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stating, “We aren’t impressed”. “It can either behave like a normal nation or watch its economy crumble. Iran’s recent threat to cease performing key nuclear commitments under the JCPOA is a big step in the wrong direction”, she said. IAEA Chief Says Iran Regime Has Increased the Production of Enriched Uranium The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano said the Iranian regime has increased the production of enriched uranium. Amano said, "that the pace of production has increased according to the latest meas...

Iran news in brief, June 10, 2019 New U.S. Sanctions Target Iran Regime's Petrochemical Industry New US sanctions imposed on Friday target the Iranian regime’s petrochemical industry, including its largest petrochemical holding group over its financial support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the US Treasury Department has announced. The US hit Iran’s petrochemical group PGPIC with economic sanctions due to its ties with the regime’s terrorist force. Syrian Opposition Uncovers Maps of Iranian Missiles Caches Syrian opposition officers uncovered on Saturday the sites of Iranian missiles caches and factories in the country, saying that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have moved their leadership base from Damascus to mountainous areas north of the capital due to new Israeli strikes. Iran Regime Fails to Carry out Post Flood Reconstruction in Ravaged Western Province A member of the Iranian Regime’s parliament said that post flood reconstruction had n...

Iran news in brief, June 7, 2019 Trump, Macron Agree Iran Regime Must Not Develop Nukes President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday they agree on the need to prevent Iran Regime from developing nuclear weapons, and hope to renew talks with Tehran. “I don’t think we have differences over Iran,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a meeting in France. “The president [Macron] doesn’t want to see Iran have nuclear weapons and neither do it.” Mr. Macron said “we do share the same objective.” We had an instrument [agreement] until 2025,” Mr. Macron said, but “we want to go further. So we have to deliver together this sole objective.” US Commander for Mideast Says Iran Regime Threat 'Very Real'   Iran has chosen to "step back and recalculate" after making preparations for an apparent attack against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, but it is too early to conclude the threat is gone, the top commander of American forces in the Mi...