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

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

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

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’

Schoolboy protester dies in Iran after reportedly being shot at close range

Weronika Strzyżyńska A 17-year-old schoolboy has died in Iran’s second largest city, Mashhad, after reportedly being shot at close range by state forces during anti-government protests. Abolfazl Adinezadeh’s death certificate showed that he died of liver and kidney damage caused by birdshot, according to a BBC Persian report. A doctor was cited as estimating the distance… Read More Schoolboy protester dies in Iran after reportedly being shot at close range

State terror in Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters

Iran’s highest military body instructed the commanders of armed forces in all provinces to “severely confront” protesters who took to the streets following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, Amnesty International said today after obtaining leaked official documents which revealed the authorities’ plan to systematically crush the… Read More State terror in Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters

‘We want the clerics to get lost’: Iran’s schoolgirls emerge as powerful voices of dissent

Deepa Parent Amid viral videos of Khamenei’s portraits being torn down in class, each death attributed to police brutality only stokes further waves of protest… Although the authorities claimed that Shakarami killed herself, her mother has accused the security services of murdering her, claiming that they tried to force her to say her daughter had… Read More ‘We want the clerics to get lost’: Iran’s schoolgirls emerge as powerful voices of dissent

Iran’s protests are not an angry outburst, but the result of generations of trauma

NB: Iran’s brutal theocracy is killing and maiming hundreds of protestors for demanding freedom from the notorious band of thugs called the morality police. Shame on the Ayatollahs. All democratic minded people the world over should support the Iranian peoples struggle for democracy. DS Nasrin Parvaz Women, life, freedom. These words have become the rallying… Read More Iran’s protests are not an angry outburst, but the result of generations of trauma

Another teenage girl dead at hands of Iran’s security forces, reports claim

In private message groups, schoolgirls across Iran said they were planning protests at the weekend to show solidarity with Esmailzadeh and Nika Shakarami, the 17-year-old schoolgirl who went missing on 20 September and was also allegedly tortured and killed by Iran’s security forces. Despite claims that Shakarami was beaten and raped, and that her body was stolen… Read More Another teenage girl dead at hands of Iran’s security forces, reports claim