Women's News Iran: Security forces attack mourning ceremony, violently beat women Security forces attacked a Shiite Ashura ceremony in Shahr-e Ray on Sunday, October 1, 2017. They harassed and arrested the participants particularly the women. Former political prisoner Ayatollah Kazemini Boroujerdi, released from prison after 11 years, was attending this ceremony. Ms. Zeinab Abolfathi, an eyewitness, said, “40 minutes after the ceremony had started, I noticed that people were rushing to leave and get dispersed. There were around 300 participants.” According to Ms. Abolfathi, the assailants terrorized the participants, used foul mouth and obstructed the door to prevent them from leaving.   They also beat people and told them, “We will kill all of you on the spot.” They quickly collected all the mobile phones to prevent people from taking film. The security forces spent long hours to interrogate the participants and frisked women. They even prevented women from ...

ANALYSIS: Is Iran’s intransigence whiplashing onto its population? 10/2/2017 1:46:11 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print An Iranian woman after rubbing mud on her body during a ritual to mark the Ashura in Khorramabad on October 1, 2017. By Heshmat Alavi Al Arabiya, 2 October 2017  -Iran’s aggressions across the Middle East and its support for terrorist and fundamentalist organizations have raised strong remarks from senior regional officials and their American counterparts. And the impact is whiplashing back into Iran’s population. Iran is ramping up its illicit activities across the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq, and threatens free navigation in international waters, according to the US military’s top officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, as he explained his concerns to the Senate Armed Forces Committee at a recent hearing. Last month’s  United Nations  General Assembly in New York wa...

ANALYSIS: Is Iran’s intransigence whiplashing onto its population? An Iranian woman after rubbing mud on her body during a ritual to mark the Ashura in Khorramabad on October 1, 2017. By Heshmat Alavi Al Arabiya, 2 October 2017  -Iran’s aggressions across the Middle East and its support for terrorist and fundamentalist organizations have raised strong remarks from senior regional officials and their American counterparts. And the impact is whiplashing back into Iran’s population. Iran is ramping up its illicit activities across the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq, and threatens free navigation in international waters, according to the US military’s top officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, as he explained his concerns to the Senate Armed Forces Committee at a recent hearing. Last month’s  United Nations  General Assembly in New York was the scene of many foreign ministers and other senior officials maki...