Maryam Rajavi’s message to Women’s Conference at the UK Parliament 3/1/2018 11:27:00 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Maryam Rajavis message to womens conference at the UK Parliament Feb. In a video message to a conference at the UK Parliament 27 February on the occasion of the International Women’s Day,  Maryam Rajavi  described the leading role of women in protests, which started in late December 2017, as an achievement for women throughout the world and said:   Let me congratulate you and all my sisters in the UK on the International Women’s Day. I would also like to appreciate the great women of Britain who have defended the rights of the oppressed people of Iran, and particularly the Iranian women. The women of Iran are encouraged by your support and friendship. Iranian women played a significant role in the uprising in December and January. This is an achievement for all women. Iran uprising was against the Iranian re...

Turkey and Iran face off in a new battle in Syria 2/21/2018 9:18:31 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print The regime units appeared to be reinforcing Syrian Kurdish factions that have controlled the area near the Turkish border The Washington Post February 21, 2018  - Syria's messy war is becoming even messier. On Tuesday, pro-regime militias reportedly moved into the embattled enclave of Afrin, which is under siege from Turkish forces who invaded Syria last month. The regime units appeared to be reinforcing Syrian Kurdish factions that have controlled the area near the Turkish border, much to the frustration of Ankara. As I wrote during the early days of the Turkish incursion, the battles in Afrin risk a wider conflagration. The main Syrian Kurdish armed group, known as the YPG, is seen by Turkey as a direct proxy of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, which operates inside Turkey and is considered a terrorist organization by Ankara an...

of Kavous Seyed Emami Iranian academics demand answers from president over death of jailed activist 2/13/2018 8:57:02 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Stop execution in Iran Hassan Rouhani  urged to investigate alleged suicide of Kavous Seyed Emami The Guardian, 12 Feb 2018  - Leading academics in Iran have written to the regime's president, Hassan Rouhani, to demand answers after officials said a renowned environmentalist had killed himself in prison. Officials told the family of Kavous Seyed Emami, the 63-year-old founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, that he had killed himself two weeks after he was arrested – a claim that has been met with widespread skepticism. “The news of the death of Dr Kavous Seyed Emami has astounded and shocked the scientific community and the environmental activists of the country,” four academic societies wrote in an open letter to Rouhani.  “In addition to being a well-known profes...

Iranian academics demand answers from president over death of jailed activist 2/13/2018 8:57:02 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Kavous Seyed Emami was arrested as part of a crackdown on environmental activists Hassan Rouhani  urged to investigate alleged suicide of Kavous Seyed Emami The Guardian, 12 Feb 2018  - Leading academics in Iran have written to the regime's president, Hassan Rouhani, to demand answers after officials said a renowned environmentalist had killed himself in prison. Officials told the family of Kavous Seyed Emami, the 63-year-old founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, that he had killed himself two weeks after he was arrested – a claim that has been met with widespread skepticism. “The news of the death of Dr Kavous Seyed Emami has astounded and shocked the scientific community and the environmental activists of the country,” four academic societies wrote in an open letter to Rouhani.  “In ad...

Will economic reform stabilize Iran? 1/29/2018 8:19:20 PM Cartoon illustration of IRGC economic investments If the army and its Revolutionary Guards shed their commercial holdings, it may catalyze a tectonic shift towards the liberalization that will address the dissatisfaction within society   January 29, 2018 -  In the wake of anti-government street protests, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took an unprecedented step ordering both the country’s regular army and its Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to divest from commercial holdings and businesses not directly affiliated with their work. Given that the IRGC controls almost one-third of Iran’s economy, according to some estimates, the move may catalyze a tectonic shift toward the liberalization of the economy aimed to address prevalent dissatisfaction within Iranian society, which is believed to have roots in economic hardships. But will it work? The IRGC’s involvement in business dates back to t...

100 Iranian officials are green card holders, dual nationals – MP 1/18/2018 11:46:55 AM Iran does not recognize dual citizenship Baghdad Post, January 17, 2018  - A member of the Iranian parliament’s research arm has disclosed that 100 of Iran’s top officials are US permanent residency (green card) holders. In an interview with Tasnim news agency, run by the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), a conservative MP, Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani said on Tuesday that a research concerning senior officials, who are green card holders, was delivered to the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission last Monday. Iran ratified a motion last November, paving the way for investigating the cases of top Iranian officials who have dual citizenship or carry US green card. “The 33-page report, with forty pages of documents and appendices, show that one hundred of the senior officials of the country have either dual nationality or carry US green cards,...

US House sanction Iran for ballistic missiles 10/26/2017 6:14:49 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print National Council of Resistance of Iran Legislation to impose new sanctions against clerical regime for its ballistic missile program is necessary step to confront terrorism and belligerence and should be implemented immediately after passage by Congress Khamenei, his office, and most state entities are involved in the regime’s missile program The Iranian Resistance welcomes the passage of legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives to impose further sanctions against the clerical regime and its senior officials for production and proliferation of ballistic missiles and views it as a necessary step vis-a vis the regime’s belligerent and terrorist policies. The mullahs’ missile program, that is totally controlled by the IRGC, has no objective but to pursue the mullahs’ further belligerence and meddling in the region. The clerical regime has d...