Tag: IRAN

Iranian security forces shoot and kill demonstrators, as mass protests by workers, students and young people continue

Iranian security forces have shot dead at least two protesters, as demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death swelled on the anniversary of a bloody 2019 crackdown. The protesters were responding to a call to commemorate those slain in the 2019 crackdown, giving new momentum to the demonstrations sparked by the death of 22-year-old Amini in mid-September this… Read More Iranian security forces shoot and kill demonstrators, as mass protests by workers, students and young people continue

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Rapper who protested over death of Mahsa Amini faces execution in Iran

NB: Apes of Satan speak as representatives of God. The Ayatollahs’ regime is brutal and shameless. Global protests are needed to save the life of this young man and thousands like him. DS According to the UN, an estimated 14,000 people, including children, have been detained by the regime since the protests began more than… Read More Rapper who protested over death of Mahsa Amini faces execution in Iran

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Iran: Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have escalated their assault against widespread dissent and protests through dubious national security charges against detained activists and grossly unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 31, 2022, the head of Tehran Province’s judiciary said that it had issued around 1,000 indictments against those arrested related to protests. On October… Read More Iran: Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril (HRW)

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Backlash in Iran against President Biden’s vow to “Free” the Country

JUAN COLE NB: Just what I wrote about here, this kind of moronic statement is calculated to assist the theocracy. DS Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At a campaign event in California late on Thursday, President Joe Biden said, “Don’t worry, we’re going to free Iran, they’re going to free themselves pretty soon.” Biden’s pledge drew… Read More Backlash in Iran against President Biden’s vow to “Free” the Country

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US quietly publishes once-expunged papers on 1953 Iran coup

John Gambrell First posted June 29, 2017 NB: President Biden was cited yesterday as saying ‘We’re gonna free Iran‘. This is calculated to weaken the Iranian people’s democratic protests. We have become used to American arrogance and idiocy raised to stratospheric heights by the talking baboon Donald Trump; but Biden is not far behind. The… Read More US quietly publishes once-expunged papers on 1953 Iran coup

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The joint CIA – MI-6 instigated coup in Iran that changed the Middle East, and the cover-up

First posted August1, 2020 Vanessa Thorpe The hidden role of a British secret service officer who led the coup that permanently altered the Middle East is to be revealed for the first time since an Observer news story was suppressed in 1985. The report, headlined “How MI6 and CIA joined forces to plot Iran coup”, appeared… Read More The joint CIA – MI-6 instigated coup in Iran that changed the Middle East, and the cover-up

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Iran’s justice: a young man sentenced to death for protesting. No lawyers, one hearing. Ayatollah’s tyranny in action

NB: Iran’s theocracy is an incarnation of evil, a brutal cruel and Satanic force. Lovers of liberty the world over need to expose and resist this force that claims to rule in the name of Allah. DS Patrick Wintour, In a sign of the justice being handed out, Mohammad Ghobadlo, a protester who was arrested… Read More Iran’s justice: a young man sentenced to death for protesting. No lawyers, one hearing. Ayatollah’s tyranny in action

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Shirin Neshat: ‘Biggest uprising since Islamic revolution’

Shirin Neshat is an award-winning Iranian visual artist, whose works as a photographer and filmmaker have focused on women, identity, politics and Iran. She’s been living in exile in the United States since 1979. Her latest film, “Land of Dreams,” will be released in German theaters on November 3. It is a fictional story about an… Read More Shirin Neshat: ‘Biggest uprising since Islamic revolution’

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