Iran President's 2nd Term Begins With Abuses, Hunger Strike by Political Prisoners (CNSNews.com) – Concerns are deepening for the well-being of more than 20 Iranian political prisoners on hunger strike, who reportedly are being denied medical care by authorities who triggered their protest in the first place by forcibly transferring them to accommodation where conditions are described as “unbearable.” The incident comes in the early weeks of the second term of Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, whose ostensibly “moderate” presidency has been characterized by ongoing repression at home, include a 20-year high in executions.

Iran is currently striving to manage a number of increasingly painstaking dilemmas. International spotlight is again on Tehran’s  nuclear program , with the United States demanding United Nations inspectors be granted access to its military sites. Equally troubling is Iran’s collaboration with North Korea to pursue their nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile capabilities. Such dossiers are enough to undermine the spirit of the JCPOA, Tehran now also considers its meddling in the Middle East indispensable in its effort to establish a regional empire reaching the Mediterranean. As a result, receiving far less attention than it deserves is Iran’s Achilles Heel: human rights violations. Despite pledges of reforms provided during May’s presidential election season, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has presided over more than 100 executions during the month of July alone. His first tenure, from 2013 to 2017 witnessed over 3,000 being sent to the gallows despite numerous calls for

Iran murdered my brother in a 1988 massacre. Our father is still searching for his grave On a cold day in March 1988 , my colleague came to me and said "Masoumeh, Masoumeh, you have a letter". Receiving a letter is a routine for most people, but not for me. I was a former political prisoner in Iran and had been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in the city of Rasht in northern Iran. I was able to escape the prison miraculously and cross Iran's borders in a completely non-standard fashion. In the midst of a severe crackdown on dissent in Iran, it was very risky to send me a letter. I opened the envelope with curiosity. I was shocked after reading a few lines. It was a letter from my younger brother, Ahmad. "Ahmad? Can this be true?" For years I was waiting for such a day. Ahmad was arrested when the regime's Revolutionary Guards raided our home in 1982, when he was 16-years-old. His crime was participating in meetings held by the People'

Islamic State claims attack on house of Afghan lawmaker. Afghan security force stand at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan Jalalabad, Afghanistan , Reuters, AUG. 30, 2017  - Militant group Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the home of a powerful member of parliament in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad that killed two security guards and both attackers. The assault targeted the house of Zahir Qadir, deputy speaker of parliament and a member of a prominent political family long opposed to both the Taliban and Islamic State, which is based largely in eastern Nangarhar province. Officials said the guards were killed when one attacker detonated a suicide vest. The other attacker was shot dead immediately. In a statement on its Amaq news agency, Islamic State said two of its fighters had attacked the house. Qadir achieved notoriety two years ago when militia fighters loyal to him beheaded four Islamic State

Copper miners seeking to sell kidneys are disgrace for Iran’s mullahs One man undergoes a medical exam as part of the process of selling his kidney, in a clinic in downtown Tehran, Iran On August 28, workers of the Chahar-gonbad Copper Complex of Sirjan in central Iran put up a large banner at the site entrance saying: “Workers of this copper complex willing to sell kidneys due to poverty.”  This photo, shows handwritten announcement to sell human kidneys that includes the sellers' phone number and blood type, on a tree in downtown Tehran, Iran. A unique system allows those in need of a transplant to buy a kidney. “We haven’t received our paychecks for the past two months,” said a workers’ representative. “We also haven’t received our pensions from months before. Our wages are very low, only receiving the minimum wage assigned by the Labor Department. Even this very low wage is only given to us once every two or three months. During the past two years t

Iranian condemn Rouhani UN visit, seek justice for the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran New York ,  29 August 2017 -- Thousands of Iranians joined by their supporters will gather in New York City to protest Iranian regime president  Hassan Rouhani  ’s presence at the  United Nations  General Assembly, and call for regime change in Iran. Association of Iranian Americans in New York (AIAINY), a member of the Organization of Iranian American Communities-US (OIAC), said in a statement that the 3-day program includes a September 20, 2017 rally outside the U.N. headquarters as well as street acts and a photo exhibition to commemorate the anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. The rally will call on U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley to refer the 1988 massacre dossier to the U.N. Security Council, the statement by the group said. Protesters will urge the international community to evaluate Rouhani on his deeds, not his deceptive demeanor o

Hezbollah has been engaged in every battle involving Iran, sending hordes of its members to fight in Syria in support Bashar al-Assad Al Arabiya , 29 August 2017 -- Lebanon has changed its priorities over the years and has turned its attention to other regional conflicts to achieve Iran’s goals, a report in American newspaper The New York Times has claimed. According to the report, Hezbollah is not just a power unto itself, but is one of the most important instruments in the drive for regional supremacy by its sponsor: Iran. The Times noted that Hezbollah, which grew under Iranian directives in the 1980s as a resistance force against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, quickly changed its priorities to turn its attention to other regional conflicts to achieve Iran’s goals and objectives. For 30 years, Hezbollah has expanded its scope of operations and increased its training to become an expanding force and tool for Tehran, said the report. Battles involving Ira

Isnt it time to call for justice for victims of 1988 massacre in Iran IRAN, 29 August 2017 -- On Saturday, August 26, a spokesman for Iranian Teachers Union called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Asemeh Jahangir, to investigate the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners. In his letter, Seyed Hashem Khastar, a former political prisoner, described the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran as 'a deep wound on the body of the humanity and the Iranian society.' He also called on the UN to bring justice to the perpetrators of this crime so this wound heals. Mr. Khastar writes: 'In the summer of 1988, after the defeat in the war with Iraq, the Iranian rulers under Khomeini's leadership, who from long time ago were planning of eliminate prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, finally took advantage of the situation and executed more than 30,000 political prisoners and buried them i

Mosleh Hosseini, died of his burn wounds in hospital Iran, Aug. 30, 2017  - Hundreds of Sanandaj residents, west of Iran, rallied on Tuesday, August 29th to protest and show their anger at the actions of municipal agents in their city after they flamed a half constructed building while an employee was still working in it. The gathering and protest took place in front of the governor's office in Sanandaj. Mosleh Hosseini, 23, was a construction worker and was working inside the building when agents of the municipality arrived and flamed the building to stop the completion of the construction of the building. Mosleh was transferred to the hospital but died later of his wounds. The protesters carried his coffin in the streets calling for the trial and prosecution of perpetrators of this barbaric act. They also said that they would continue their demonstration on Wednesday, August 30 in front of the City Hall. Mosleh's burial ceremony took place on Tuesday morning with a l

While Irans poor suffer hardships, regime elite live in luxury Iran, 30 August 2017 -- While the project of 46000-hectare water transfer is entering its second year of operation in southeastern Iran, nearly 2000 workers are working on the project and struggling with problems such as the unpaid wages, overtime work as well as lack of safety controls. According to the state-run ILNA News on August 28, 2017, it has been a year and half since the project of water supply transfer has been operating while the employer has not paid the workers' salaries for several months. According to ILNA News, these workers are working on 40-degree centigrade temperature for 12 hours at minimum but they return home with empty pockets. The project to transfer the 46000-hectare water supply to Sistan plain is being operated in 21 workshops. Each workshop is lead by a certain contractor and the number of workers employed in each workshop may reach 100. The workers normally work from 7 am to 6

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Gohardasht prison in Karaj, east of Tehran. By Patrick Goodenough CNS News, August 29, 2017  - Concerns are deepening for the well-being of more than 20 Iranian political prisoners on hunger strike, who reportedly are being denied medical care by authorities who triggered their protest in the first place by forcibly transferring them to accommodation where conditions are described as “unbearable.” The incident comes in the early weeks of the second term of Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, whose ostensibly “moderate” presidency has been characterized by ongoing repression at home, include a 20-year high in executions. Some of those affected at the Gohardasht prison west of Tehran have been on hunger strike for a month now, and political prisoners at other jails have begun to voice support and in some cases have joined the protest action. According to rights advocates the newly “renovated” section of the Gohardasht facility to which more than 50 prisoners were moved la