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Iran regime’s defiance increases tensions with Israel

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  By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Rising tensions between the Iranian regime and Israel have the potential to spiral into a wider conflict if not adequately addressed. There are several reasons for the heightened tensions. First of all, although the Iranian regime attempts to distract attention from the direct involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Tehran continues to increase its military influence there and use its proxies against Israeli targets. Israel last month carried out an airstrike in Syria on a location where Iranian officials were meeting. Iranian leaders were reportedly meeting to discuss developments regarding their country’s drone and ballistic missile capabilities in Syria. The attack occurred on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Iranian government for an attack on a vessel owned by an Israeli in the Arabian Gulf. He said: “Last week, Iran attacked an oil tanker … and harmed the international freedom of navigation....

Iran Regime’s Intimidating and Oppressive Measures Will Add To Society’s Restiveness

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  By Shahriar kia Footages from Iran on Wednesday show the regime’s police humiliating youths on the street. Under the pretext of fighting crime and thugs, this inhumane measure is another desperate attempt to intimidate the public.   The regime calls defiant youths “thugs” to tarnish their image, w hile the youths  continue targeting the regime’s repressive centers. Therefore, the regime justifies its oppressive measures against defiant youths.     The real “thugs , ” who killed  1500 peaceful protesters  during the major  Iran protests  in November ,  are officially protected and wear uniforms of either the  Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)  or  p olice. Also, organized gangs affiliated with the regime freely circulate in cities with knives and terrorize the public and extort money from people. All the while, the mullahs’ regime arrests, amputates hands or executes those poor people  who are  forced to steal to...

EU POLITICAL AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS

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  MARYAM RAJAVI: EU POLITICAL AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS Addressing the EP conference, Iran, Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity Honorable representatives, I thank you for having this opportunity to speak to you. I appreciate your continued attention to the plight of the  people of Iran  and their desire for freedom against the religious dictatorship. Dear friends, Dozens of political prisoners are on the death row in  Iran . Political prisoners are under torture. Today, you can hear families of thousands of those killed in recent protests, calling on Europe and the world to stand by them. This regime is facing the anger and discontent of the vast majority of the Iranian people. In addition to thousands of large and small protests, five major uprisings have erupted in  Iran  since January 2018. Truck drivers, teachers, nurses, college students, factory workers and oil workers, time and again, rose up and cried out their protest. The Resistance Units and courageous y...

Threats by Friday Prayers Leaders To Iran’s Women Shows Mullahs’ Misogynous Nature

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By Sedighe Shahrokhi In a meeting with the head of the regime’s State Security Force (SSF) in Isfahan, central Iran, on Friday, Yousef Tabatabai, Isfahan’s Friday prayers leader and supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s representative, threatened women, paving the way for further oppression. “We should make the society unsafe for the few (mal-veiling women) and not allow them to break the norms on the streets and parks easily… The SSF should be given more authority in dealing with those breaking the law and the norms. We should not be afraid of any hostile action in dealing with the violators,” he said. One of the victims of the 2014 acid attacks in Isfahan These remarks once again show the regime’s misogynous nature. Earlier in 2014, Tabatabai’s statement against so-called “mal-veiled” women resulted in the regime’s thugs attacking young Iranian women and splashing acid on their faces. In a similar development, Abolghasem Yaghoubi, the Friday prayers leader and Khamenei’s representative in No...

Iranian Resistance in the International Media

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  By Hamideh Taati During the past week, numerous Western and Arab media outlets covered the Iranian Resistance’s activities in its quest for regime change and establishment of democracy in Iran. These media coverages were over the activities of the Iranian  Resistance Units , an internal network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran  (PMOI/MEK) , and the recent transatlantic conference by the National Council of Resistance of Iran  (NCRI) , as well as the NCRI’s other events. Some of these media outlets also published articles either by the Iranian Resistance or in support of its quest for regime change. The following are some examples: Colonel Wesley Martin on TownHall: Iran’s Diplomatic Saga In an article on TownHall, Colonel (Retired) Wes Martin the first Senior Antiterrorism Officer for all Coalition Forces in Iraq, referred to the regime’s foiled bombing plot of the NCRI’s annual  Free Iran gathering  in 2018 in Paris, which led to the a...