Iran: Three Child Offenders Executed in Iran 2/7/2018 10:21:44 PM Mahboobeh Mofidi Beirut, Human Rights Watch, February 7, 2018  – Iran executed at least three child offenders across the country in January 2018, Human Rights Watch said. Iran should immediately and unconditionally end the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by children under age 18, and move toward a complete ban on capital punishment. On January 4, authorities in Karaj prison executed Amirhossein Pourjafar for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl when he was 16. On January 30, authorities in Bushehr prison, in southern Iran, executed Ali Kazemi for a murder he allegedly committed when he was 15. On the same day, in Nowshahr prison in northern Iran, authorities executed Mahboubeh Mofidi, who was married when she was 13, for the alleged murder of her husband in 2014, when she was 17. “Iran seems intent on erasing any positive impression gained from modest reforms to its drug ex...

In Karaj City, northwest of Tehran people chanted anti-government slogans 1/8/2018 7:22:16 AM A crowd of thousands in Karaj demonstrated on Sunday against the regime Karaj City, northwest of Tehran; As thousands of protesters gathered on Sunday, Jan. 7, to rally against the government failed policies and to show their anger and frustration at this regime, dozens of club welding hoodlums and suppressive security forces raided the crowd and tried to intimidate and scatter them. But the protesters confronted the guards and started to chant 'lewd, lewd....' at the guards. Tens of Thousands of Iranians, especially the youth have come to the streets during past two weeks to protest the government's corruption and mismanagement. The protests started in the northern Iranian city of Mashhad and soon spread to more than 100 cities across Iran.  Tags: Iranian regime on verge of collapse Iran politics Iran protests Iran poverty Ira...

Iran: Execution of 10 prisoners, including five youths, in just two days 12/21/2017 7:58:40 PM National Council of Resistance of Iran High school student, 21-year-old woman sentenced to death Coinciding with the 64th  United Nations  resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran, the mullahs’ regime hanged at least ten prisoners on December 19th and 20th. Seven of these individuals were mass executed in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran. At least five of those hanged were youths. Three youths, two of which were 21 years of age, were executed in Gohardasht Prison on December 19th for “armed robbery from supermarkets.” On the same day a 24-year-old youth from Iran’s Baluchistan was hanged in Zahedan Central Prison, southeast Iran, after enduring five years behind bars. The day before that another young individual was hanged in Zanjan Central Prison, northwest Iran, after enduring six years in prison. In the meantime, the mullahs’ sup...

Iran: Nationwide protest by education staff in 20 provinces on the occasion of International Teacher's Day National Council of Resistance of Iran On Thursday, October 5, on the occasion of the International Teacher's Day, at least 28 cities in 20 provinces of the country witnessed protest gatherings of the education staff. In Tehran, employed and retired education staff along with labor activists, retired workers and other retirees and families of political prisoners gathered in front of the regime's planning and budget organization. The presence of about 3000 women education staff frustrated of the mullahs’ tyranny in the gathering was impressive. The rallying slogans were: 'teacher stand up to eliminate discrimination,' 'the imprisoned teacher should be freed,' 'Never has a nation seen such injustice,' 'one less embezzlement, our problems will be resolved,' 'Fair budget, is our certain right 'and' Our ta...

Iran's People And The Nuclear Deal Discussions are continuing as we speak over the fate of the highly controversial Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Advocates and opponents are going the limits to present their case prior to the October 15 th  deadline when US President Donald Trump is due to determine the status of Iran’s compliance with the accord. While this is a very important discussion, what unfortunately goes neglected is the status of the Iranian people who should be the first beneficiaries of such an accord that led to many sanctions being lifted from the Iranian regime. The ruling elite in Tehran have usurped the billions provided by the Obama administration in cash, waivers and sanctions reliefs to boost their ballistic missile program in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, prop up the Assad regime in Syria and its continuous killings of innocent people, and escalate their lethal meddling across the...