Royce, Engel Introduce Bill Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps 3/2/2018 11:30:51 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)     Washington, D.C., March 1, 2018  – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5132 to crack down on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. Notably, the bipartisan bill authorizes the administration to sanction entities in which the IRGC has an ownership stake of less than 50 percent, significantly raising the stakes for anyone doing business with the IRGC. Chairman Royce on H.R. 5132: “As Iran’s most powerful economic actor, the Revolutionary Guards Corps bankrolls terror and Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. Yet hundreds of its front companies have yet to be sanctioned. This bipartisan bill will close that gap. It will cut off cas...

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...

Crime Against Humanity in Eastern Ghouta by the Mullahs’ Regime 2/26/2018 9:19:02 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Call for urgent international action to expel IRGC from Syria The mullahs' anti-human regime is continuing its criminal attacks and killings against the people in Eastern Ghouta of Syria in violation of the UN Security Council resolution 2401, which was ratified unanimously on February 24. These attacks are a clear example of crime against humanity and war crime. Following the ratification of the Security Council resolution that sets a 30-day ceasefire, Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the mullahs’ regime, announced impudently on February 25 that the resolution does not include the Eastern Ghouta. Once again, it was proved that the mullahs’ regime does not respect any international rule and law, and that the war in Syria is so vital for this medieval regime. In the February 25 attacks, carried out the da...

Iran Regime’s former VP: the fight between Rouhani, the IRGC, the intelligence and the judiciary is a fake fight 2/15/2018 10:15:20 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print National Council of Resistance of Iran Iran Uprising – No. 81 Khamenei's Representative in Mashhad: 850 people were arrested in Mashhad, 40-50 of them were ringleaders The regime’s former first vice president acknowledged in an unprecedented manner yesterday (Wednesday, February 14) that as far as suppression and repression is considered, there is no difference between the regime’s various factions. Hamid Baghai said: 'The Presidential institution, the IRGC intelligence, the Ministry of Intelligence ... These are all the same... Swear to God, these are the same. Their quarrels are fake fights. The IRGC intelligence and Mr. Rouhani's government are on the same sheet. The ministry of intelligence is also the same. The judiciary is also the same. These are all acts to fool...

IRAN REGIME’S MILITARY OFFICIAL ADMITS TO LEADING ROLE OF THE MEK / PMOI IN RECENT UPRISINGS Print   Email    Published: 01 February 2018 by Mahmood Hakamian “The protests that erupted recently across Iran involved setting fire to the State Security Force’s motorcycles, breaking the windows of religious seminaries in Abhar and Zanjan, setting fire to police kiosks in Arak, opening fire on the IRGC with hunting rifles, assaulting a State Security Force officer with a brick….” according to Brig. Gen. Rasoul Sanai, Political Affairs Deputy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Sanai spoke about the behind the scenes developments of the recent unrest, “Their plan was to spread the riots from the surrounding areas to the capital (Tehran) because they believe owing to previous incidents in Tehran and major cities, Iran’s security and defense forces had been trained and gained the expertise to confront riotous actions. But in other cities the potential f...

Iran: Slogans of “Death to the Dictator”, “Death to Khamenei” and Burning Khamenei's Images in Various Cities 2/14/2018 9:40:07 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print February 11, Mellat Park in Mashhad Iran Uprising -No. 78 On February 11, brave youths in Tehran rallied around the City Theater and the Vali-e Asr intersection in Tehran chanting “Death to the Dictator”, and clashed with the suppressive forces. In Mellat Park in Mashhad too, people clashed with the IRGC forces. Also, in many other cities, people expressed their anger and disgust against the religious fascism ruling Iran. In Tehran's Azadi Square, some people who were threatened that they would be arrested or dismissed from their jobs if they did not participate in the state rally on the occasion of anniversary of anti-monarchy revolution on February 11, booed and hissed during the speech of Rouhani and chanted slogan 'liar, liar', and ridiculed his empty promises by ...

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...

IRGC, IMIS, Hezbollah support terror cells in Bahrain - Minister 1/21/2018 3:57:39 PM IRGC and Ali Khamenei The Baghdad Post, January 21, 2018  - Bahrain Interior Minister Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said Sunday nineteen terrorist plots were foiled last year. Terrorists have been planning to assassinate a number of officials and public figures, police officers as well as destroying oil facilities. These plots have been unveiled while conducting an information-gathering operation about terrorist groups, Al Khalifa said. During the security operations, 290 terrorists have been arrested, he noted, adding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hezbollah and the Iranian Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) have supported the terror cells in Bahrain.  These cells have been operated by elements in Iran. They have been also coordinating with IRGC in Iran, IMIS in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon to train terrorists, the minister...