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Jewish group ‘disturbed’ by Canada’s refusal to designate Iran’s IRGC as terror group

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Jewish group ‘disturbed’ by Canada’s refusal to designate Iran’s IRGC as terror group
Jewish group ‘disturbed’ by Canada’s refusal to designate Iran’s IRGC as terror group
   Jewish group ‘disturbed’ by Canada’s refusal to designate Iran’s IRGC as the terror group

 

 

While Canadian Jewish group welcomed the move by Canada’s government to designate several Islamic extremists, neo-Nazi, and white-supremacist groups as terror groups on Wednesday, some expressed disappointment that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was not included.

 

“B’nai Brith Canada welcomes today’s listing of new far-right, mostly neo-Nazi groups & ISIS/Al-Qaeda affiliates as part of Canada’s ongoing fight against terrorism.

 

That being said, we remain disturbed by the govt’s longstanding failure to list the IRGC,” the group tweeted.

 

“Ultimately, the IRGC is much more dangerous than any of the groups listed, and constitutes a real and present danger to Iranian dissidents, the Jewish community and Canadians in general,” it emphasized.

 

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Also Read: Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot

Among entities that the Canadian government added to its list of terror groups include the Proud Boys, Atomwaffen Division, the Base, and the Russian Imperial Movement. Five affiliates of ISIS, three Al-Qaeda affiliates, and Hizbul Mujahidin were also listed. Subscribe to The JNS Daily Syndicate by email and never miss our top stories“Violent acts of terrorism have no place in Canadian society or abroad. [These] additions to the Criminal Code list of terrorist entities are an important step in our effort to combat violent extremism in all forms,” said Bill Blair, Canada’s Public Safety Minister in a statement. Being on the terror list makes it more difficult for groups to operate and recruit in Canada. In addition, their property can be seized.“Given the increasing threat posed by extremist groups in Canada and around the world, we are pleased to see the Canadian government take this important step in protecting the safety of its citizens and combating extremist groups that promote and commit hateful.

Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot

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Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot
Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot
Belgian Court Hands Iranian Diplomat 20 Years for Terrorism Plot

 

An Iranian who claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court on Thursday for an attempted 2018 bombing in Paris.

The court in Antwerp convicted Assadollah Assadi, who was attached to the Iranian mission in Austria when he supplied explosives for the planned attack on a rally organized by exiled Iranian opposition activists in the French capital.

His conviction is the first time an Iranian official has been sentenced for terrorism in the European Union since Iran’s 1979 revolution, and it comes as President Joe Biden is considering whether to rejoin the historic 2015 nuclear accord and to lift the sanctions on Iran that were reimposed by his predecessor Donald Trump.

The 2018 planned bombing was thwarted and Assadi, now 49,  was arrested in Germany in July 2018. German and Belgian authorities dismissed his claim of diplomatic immunity. Three accomplices, all dual Iranian-Belgians, were also given jail terms of between 15 and 18 years for their roles in the plot.

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An Iranian who claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court on Thursday for an attempted 2018 bombing in Paris. The court in Antwerp convicted Assadollah Assadi, who was attached to the Iranian mission in Austria when he supplied explosives for the planned attack on a rally organized by exiled Iranian opposition activists in the French capital. His conviction is the first time an Iranian official has been sentenced for terrorism in the European Union since Iran’s 1979 revolution, and it comes as President Joe Biden is considering whether to rejoin the historic 2015 nuclear accord and to lift the sanctions on Iran that were reimposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. The 2018 planned bombing was thwarted and Assadi, now 49,  was arrested in Germany in July 2018. German and Belgian authorities dismissed his claim of diplomatic immunity. Three accomplices, all dual Iranian-Belgians, were also given jail terms of between 15 and 18 years for their roles in the plot.   

IRGC Release 2 Border Guards Abducted by Jeish Al-Adl Terrorist Group

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IRGC Release 2 Border Guards Abducted by Jeish Al-Adl Terrorist Group
IRGC Release 2 Border Guards Abducted by Jeish Al-Adl Terrorist Group
         IRGC Release 2 Border Guards Abducted by Jeish Al-Adl Terrorist Group

 

 

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force announced in a statement on Wednesday that two Iranian border guards abducted by Jeish al-Adl terrorist group at the border with Pakistan two years ago have been released.

 

The IRGC Ground Force’s Qods Base in Southeastern Iran said in the statement that two of the Iranian border guards were freed in a successful intelligence operation on Tuesday night.

 

It added that the border guards had been abducted two years ago by Jeish al-Adl terrorist group.

 

Jewish Al-Adl, a Pakistan-based radical Wahhabi terrorist group staging cross border attacks into Southeastern Iran from South-West Pakistan, had also claimed responsibility for the February 2019 attack which martyred and wounded dozens of IRGC members after their bus came under a terrorist attack in the province.

 

The group has bases in Southwestern Pakistan and started operations after recruiting the remnants of Jundullah’s notorious terrorist group and reorganizing them.

 

Iran had captured leaders of Jundullah’s notorious Wahhabi terrorist group and dismantled the terrorist organization years earlier.

 

In mid-October 2018, the group abducted 14 Iranian Basijis (volunteer forces) and border guards at the Mirjaveh border in the Southeastern Sistan-Balouchestan province.

 

Five were released a month later on November 15.

 

The IRGC Ground Force then blamed foreign intelligence services for supporting and assisting the terrorist group.

 

Another four were released in March 2019.

 

Jewish al-Adl also abducted five Iranian border guards in the Jakigour region of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and took them to Pakistan in 2014.

 

After two months of abduction, four of them were released and the fifth one was killed. His body was returned to Iran months later.

 

Then early in March 2015, Pakistani sources told the country’s media that authorities in Southwestern Pakistan had arrested the ringleader of the Jeish al-Adl terrorist group.

 

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Fears of Domestic Unrest Lead To Greater Threats of Iran Regime’s Terrorism

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Fears of Domestic Unrest Lead To Greater Threats of Iran Regime’s Terrorism
Fears of Domestic Unrest Lead To Greater Threats of Iran Regime’s Terrorism
Fears of Domestic Unrest Lead To Greater Threats of Iran Regime’s Terrorism

 

In the summer of 2018, an Iranian-Belgian couple was detained attempting to drive into France while carrying 500 grams of the high-explosive TATP. The following day, an Iranian “diplomat” was arrested in Germany for having personally delivered the explosives to that couple along with instructions on how to operate it and where to place it. A fourth accomplice was also detained by French authorities after having infiltrated the target venue, a convention space just outside Paris that played host to an annual gathering organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

The terror plot remained under investigation for about two and a half years before the diplomat-terrorist, Assadollah Assadi, went on trial alongside his co-conspirators last November. The verdict was originally scheduled to be read out before the end of January, but is expected on Thursday. Given the strength of the evidence that has been made available to the public, there does not seem to be much doubt about the defendants being pronounced guilty, though it remains to be seen whether the judge will follow prosecutors’ recommendation to hand Assadi the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

It also remains to be seen whether the consequences of the terror plot and subsequent prosecution will extend beyond the lives of the four defendants, as they should. In a report on the then-ongoing investigation in February 2020, the Belgian National Security Service emphasized that the terror plot was “developed in the name of Iran at the request of its leadership” and that “Assadi didn’t initiate the plans himself.” This has naturally led to widespread calls for accountability from the Iranian regime as a whole. Dozens of European policymakers have expressed that sentiment in at least two recent statements addressed to leading officials in the European Union and the Council of Europe.

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Iran hangs 27 people in January amid incessant use of death penalty

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Iran hangs 27 people in January amid incessant use of death penalty
Iran hangs 27 people in January amid incessant use of death penalty
Iran hangs 27 people in January amid incessant use of death penalty

 

At least 27 prisoners were executed in Iran in January 2021. The executed include four political prisoners, six drug offenders, 16 people convicted of murder and one accused of rape.

At least 10 of those executed are Baluch citizens. This figure does not include prisoners who are secretly executed and whose identities cannot be registered due to the regime’s lack of transparency.

These executions were carried out in Ahvaz, Qom, Zahedan, Ardabil, Sanandaj, Qom, Rasht, Mashhad, Meshkinshahr, Zabol, Tabriz, Yazd, Zanjan and Qazvin prisons.

Executions for politically motivated charges

Iranian authorities executed Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan who was convicted of killing Iranian security forces despite a plea by the United Nations to halt his execution. Javid Dehghan, 31, was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to death by the Court in Zahedan based on confessions he had made under torture.

Ali Matiri, a political prisoner from Iran’s Arab minority was executed in Sheiban Prison of Ahwaz on January 28. He was sentenced to death on the charge of “Moharebeh” and “corruption on earth” based on confessions ha had made under torture.

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At least 27 prisoners were executed in Iran in January 2021. The executed include four political prisoners, six drug offenders, 16 people convicted of murder and one accused of rape. At least 10 of those executed are Baluch citizens. This figure does not include prisoners who are secretly executed and whose identities cannot be registered due to the regime’s lack of transparency. These executions were carried out in Ahvaz, Qom, Zahedan, Ardabil, Sanandaj, Qom, Rasht, Mashhad, Meshkinshahr, Zabol, Tabriz, Yazd, Zanjan and Qazvin prisons. Iranian authorities executed Baluch political prisoner Javid Dehghan who was convicted of killing Iranian security forces despite a plea by the United Nations to halt his execution. Javid Dehghan, 31, was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to death by the Court in Zahedan based on confessions he had made under torture. Iran hangs Iran hangs 

Iran deepens breach of nuclear deal at underground enrichment site

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Iran deepens breach of nuclear deal at underground enrichment site
Iran deepens breach of nuclear deal at underground enrichment site
Iran deepens breach of nuclear deal at underground enrichment site

 

Iran has deepened a key breach of its 2015 nuclear deal, enriching uranium with a larger number of advanced centrifuge machines in an underground plant as it faces off with the new U.S. administration on salvaging the accord.

Tehran has recently accelerated its breaches of the deal, raising pressure on U.S. President Joe Biden as both sides say they are willing to come back into compliance with the badly eroded agreement if the other side moves first.

Iran began its breaches in 2019 in response to Washington’s withdrawal in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump and the reimposition of U.S. economic sanctions against Tehran that were lifted under the deal.

The accord says Iran can refine uranium only at its main enrichment site – an underground plant at Natanz – with first-generation IR-1 centrifuges. Last year Iran began enriching there with a cascade, or cluster, of much more efficient IR-2m machines and in December said it would install three more.

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Tehran has recently accelerated its breaches of the deal, raising pressure on U.S. President Joe Biden as both sides say they are willing to come back into compliance with the badly eroded agreement if the other side moves first. Iran began its breaches in 2019 in response to Washington’s withdrawal in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump and the reimposition of U.S. economic sanctions against Tehran that were lifted under the deal. The accord says Iran can refine uranium only at its main enrichment site – an underground plant at Natanz – with first-generation IR-1 centrifuges. Last year Iran began enriching there with a cascade, or cluster, of much more efficient IR-2m machines and in December said it would install three more. The accord says Iran can refine uranium only at its main enrichment site – an underground plant at Natanz – with first-generation IR-1 centrifuges. Last year Iran began enriching there with a cascade, or cluster, of much more efficient IR-2m machines and in December said it would install three more.

Joint SOC Center of Army, IRGC Inaugurated in Northwestern Iran

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Joint SOC Center of Army, IRGC Inaugurated in Northwestern Iran
Joint SOC Center of Army, IRGC Inaugurated in Northwestern Iran
        Joint SOC Center of Army, IRGC Inaugurated in Northwestern Iran

 

 

The Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a new Sector Operations Center (SOC) in Northwestern Iran for joint air defense operations against possible enemy threats.

 

The SOC was inaugurated in a ceremony participated by Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh on Monday on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

 

Addressing the ceremony, General Rahimzadeh said that the enemies won’t be able to strike a blow to the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic the same way they have failed in such efforts in the past 4 decades.

 

“Today, unity and empathy between the Army and the IRGC forces are much more than ever before, and we are witnessing a well-ordered structure in the integrated air defense network to protect the Islamic Iran’s sky,” he added.

 

The Iranian Army and the IRGC last October staged joint aerial wargames codenamed ‘Modafe’an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99’ (Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-99) on Wednesday.

 

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“In the first phase of the drills, the expansion and deployment of defense systems including missile, radar, and defense systems with an emphasis on the mobility and rapid response of operational forces, as well as the principles of passive defense to deceive the enemy were carried out. In the next stage, a secure and multi-layered connection has been established between the defense systems and the country’s integrated air defense network to make respond to relevant threats,” Spokesman of the Wargames General Abbas Farajpour told reporters at the time. He added that coordination, command, and control of the air defense operations of the Armed Forces to strengthen the coherent and effective air defense against any air threat.

Bahrain jails 18 men for forming Iran-backed cell

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Bahrain jails 18 men for forming Iran-backed cell
Bahrain jails 18 men for forming Iran-backed cell
Bahrain jails 18 men for forming Iran-backed cell

 

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court jailed 18 men yesterday for being part of an alleged Iranian-supported terrorist cell.

According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej, the convicts, all Bahraini citizens were sentenced between five years and life imprisonment having been charged with seeking to carry out terrorist operations in Bahrain on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They were also convicted of receiving training abroad and possessing explosives since 2017.

Eight of the defendants, aged between 17 and 37, were handed life sentences, two received 15-year terms and a further two were given ten years in jail. Five men were jailed for five years and one was jailed for seven years.

Only half of the accused were present in court, the remaining were sentenced in absentia as they have fled the country.

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Bahrain’s High Criminal Court jailed 18 men yesterday for being part of an alleged Iranian-supported terrorist cell. According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej, the convicts, all Bahraini citizens were sentenced between five years and life imprisonment having been charged with seeking to carry out terrorist operations in Bahrain on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They were also convicted of receiving training abroad and possessing explosives since 2017. Eight of the defendants, aged between 17 and 37, were handed life sentences, two received 15-year terms and a further two were given ten years in jail. Five men were jailed for five years and one was jailed for seven years. Only half of the accused were present in court, the remaining were sentenced in absentia as they have fled the country. Eight of the defendants, aged between 17 and 37, were handed life sentences, two received 15-year terms and a further two were given ten years in jail. Five men were jailed for five years and one was jailed for seven years. Only half of the accused were present in court, the remaining were sentenced in absentia as they have fled the country. Iran-backed cell Iran-backed cell Iran-backed cell

IRGC Commander: Iran Needless of N. Deal

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IRGC Commander: Iran Needless of N. Deal
IRGC Commander Iran Needless of N. Deal
       IRGC Commander: Iran Needless of N. Deal

 

 

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that Iran has grown so self-sufficient and self-reliant in different fields that it can continue its path of progress without agreement with the world powers.

 

“Today, we have come to a point that we have really grown needless of the nuclear deal and we have understood that we should prioritize efforts to become needless of sanctions removal rather than staying in need of the removal of embargos,” General Salami said, addressing a gathering of Basij (volunteer) forces in Tehran on Sunday.

 

He underlined that the Iranian nation has always solved problems, and said, “Our enemies had big dreams and (now) they have forgotten all of them altogether; now they are watchful not to sustain heavier defeats at our hands.”

 

General Salami warned that the hegemonic enemies are used to enmity with independent countries like Iran even if they stretch their hand for friendship.

 

His remarks came after Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that the country is at present producing nearly half a kilo of uranium enriched to the 20% purity level, meantime, saying that Tehran’s steps to reduce nuclear deal undertakings after the West’s disloyalties can all be backtracked.

 

“Based on the latest news I have, they (the Iranian scientists at nuclear installations) are producing 20 grams (of 20% enriched uranium) every hour; meaning that practically, we are producing half a kilo every day,” Salehi said in an interview with the Persian-language Khamenei.ir website released last week.

 

“We produce and store this 20% (enriched uranium) and if they return to the nuclear deal, we will return to our undertakings too,” he added.

 

Asked about the recent bill approved by the parliament to adopt strategic measures to remove sanctions against Iran, Salehi said that the AEOI is required to implement it.

 

Read the complete article at NewsNow.com

 

Also Read: Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for ‘killing two Revolutionary Guards’

Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for ‘killing two Revolutionary Guards’

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Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for ‘killing two Revolutionary Guards’
Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for 'killing two Revolutionary Guards'
      Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for ‘killing two Revolutionary Guards’

 

 

Iranian authorities on Saturday hangs Javid Dehghan Khalad, a suspected terrorist, for murder, abduction, and links to the Sunni militant Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) group, according to the Iranian judiciary’s website.

 

Dehghan was put to death early in the morning in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the local Mizan Online news agency reported.

 

Dehghan, also knows as Mohammad Omar, had been found guilty of carrying out “armed action against the state,” the website said.

 

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Also Read: British-Iranian Evin jail inmate Anoosheh Ashoori attempted suicide after IRGC ‘mind games’

He was also found to have been involved in the killing of two Revolutionary Guards’ members in 2015, as well as leading a raid to abduct five border guards, one of whom was killed, it added. Who is Jaish al-Adl? Pakistan-based militant group Jaish al-Adl has been involved in a number of deadly attacks on the Shiite country’s soldiers and installations in the past few years, including the February 2019 suicide attack that killed 27 Iranian security forces along the Iran-Pakistan border. Jaish al-Adl has been targeting Iranian soldiers for many yearsThe groups previously claimed responsibility for attacks that killed border guards in 2013 and 2015. Jaish al-Adl is a Sunni militant group, which is fighting against what it says is discrimination against Sunni Muslims and ethnic Baluch in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The region is known as home to drug smugglers, as well as Sunni militants, both of whom regularly clash with Iranian security forces. In July 2019, former US President Donald Trump’s administration designated Jaish al-Adl as a global terrorist organization. The militant group was formed in 2012 as a successor to another Sunni extremist group Jundallah (Soldiers of God), which had waged a deadly insurgency in Iran.
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