How to Kick Out the Ayatollahs in Iran Home  >  World  >  Iran  >  How to Kick Out the Ayatollahs in Iran BY  SHAHRIAR KIA   Tuesday, January 9, 2018   Demonstrators in Washington, D.C. call for a regime change in Iran (Photo: Courtesy) Last Friday, based on a request made by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, the UN Security Council weighed in on the Iran protests. Enabling the voice of the Iranian people being heard in the Security Council is a strategic step forward for the nation’s uprising. It also provides a roadmap for the international community to find a practical and stable solution to the challenge posed by the rogue regime in Tehran. What are the main characteristics of this uprising? The Iranian regime is the largest state sponsor of terrorism and extremism in the world, posing a serious threat in the face of peace and security in the Middle East and across the globe.The shameful ap...

HOW LEBANESE PM'S RESIGNATION AND NEW US SANCTIONS AFFECT IRAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH By INU Staff INU -Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned from office in Riyadh last Saturday. When he  declared the decision , he cited Iranian influence across the region and threats to his life, and followed a thwarted assassination attempt against him in Beirut. According to reports, the Iranian regime called Hariri’s resignation a Saudi-backed plot, and accused Riyadh of having taken the Lebanese Premier as hostage. The government assembled in Lebanon 11 months ago, granted premiership to Hariri but gave political advantages to Hezbollah. According to an   article   in Riyadh Daily, by political analyst Shahriar Kia, “This had given Iran a seemingly legitimate political façade to increase its   violent  meddling in the country and to boost its intervention in neighboring Syria, where it has been propping up the Assad regime against democratic opposition forces...

Human Rights Abuses Continue in Iran London, 21 Oct - According to reports, at least 3,111 inmates have been executed in Iran between August of 2013 and September of 2017, the years of President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure. Included in this number are 81 women, and 24 individuals who were arrested while they were under the age of 18. In fact, in August this year, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old at the time of his arrest, was hanged in the city of Shiraz. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International strongly condemned Tajiki’s execution. Iranian political analyst Shahriar Kia, journalist and activist who works closely with the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said human rights have “deeply deteriorated” under Rouhani’s rule. Kia went on to say, “Many human rights activists, reporters, college students, and workers have been arrested by security forces, parallel to prisoners b...

SO far during President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure (between August 2013 and September 2017), reports indicate 3,111 inmates have been executed in Iran.  This figure could be higher as the country is known for carrying out executions in secret. Among those executed include 81 women and 24 people arrested under the age of 18. The most recent case of Iran carrying out a juvenile execution was in August 2017; Alireza Tajiki, 15-years-old at the time of his arrest, was hanged in the city of Shiraz.  Tajiki’s execution was strongly condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International. Iranian political analyst Shahriar Kia, whose articles can be reached on various credible international media and works closely with the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said human rights have “deeply deteriorated” under Rouhani’s rule. Simultaneous with an increase in executions, “Many human ...