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IRGC: Pompeo ‘Has Been Sleeping’ if He Thinks Iran Will Withdraw from Syria

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IRGC: Pompeo ‘Has Been Sleeping’ if He Thinks Iran Will Withdraw from Syria

 

A senior official in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been asleep for the past 40 years if he thinks Iran will bend to America’s demand that they withdraw from Syria.

Who Are the Dual Nationals Imprisoned in Iran?

Who Are the Dual Nationals Imprisoned in Iran?

 

At least 14 dual and foreign nationals, as well as foreign permanent residents, are currently imprisoned in Iran. According to research by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the arrests are followed by a pattern of prolonged solitary confinement and interrogations; lack of due process; denial of consular access or visits by the UN or humanitarian organizations; secretive trials in which the detainee is given limited access to counsel; and long prison sentences based on vague or unspecified “national security” and “espionage” charges. Iran says it doesn’t recognize dual nationality.

Iran’s Telegram Users Back on the Rise Three Weeks After State Banned the App

Iran’s Telegram Users Back on the Rise Three Weeks After State Banned the App

 

Three weeks after Iran banned the widely used Telegram messaging app, the telecommunications minister posted a chart online showing that the number of Iranian users had begun rising to pre-ban levels.

Iran: Political Prisoner Faces A Five-Year Additional Prison Term

Iran: Political Prisoner Faces A Five-Year Additional Prison Term

 

Mohammad Ali Mansouri (Pirouz), political prisoner at Rajaie Shahr Prison who is currently serving his 11th year, is sentenced to an additional five years in a new case, charged with “gathering and collusion against the establishment.”

IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS ARE TORTURING PEOPLE TO DEATH, SAYS FORMER DETAINEE

IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS ARE TORTURING PEOPLE TO DEATH, SAYS FORMER DETAINEE

 

INU – The Iran-backed Houthi militias are torturing and murdering prisoners in their jails and camps across Yemen, according to a former detainee who is calling on international human rights organizations to inspect the conditions.

Trump Bets Sanctions Will Force Iran to Bargain. There’s No Plan B.

Trump Bets Sanctions Will Force Iran to Bargain. There’s No Plan B.

 

President Trump said on Wednesday that he expects Iran to continue to comply with the terms of the 2015 deal that limits Tehran’s nuclear program, even as the United States violates it by reimposing what he called “among the strongest sanctions that we’ve ever put on a country.”

Ali Soltani: Fight for democracy continues in Iran

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Ali Soltani: Fight for democracy continues in Iran

 

Spring marks the start of a new year in Iran. The holiday of Nowruz translates as “new day,” a symbol of hope for Iranians everywhere.Clinging to hope over the past 40 years has been challenging.

Iran Won’t Abandon Deterrent Missile Power – IRGC Commander

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Iran Won’t Abandon Deterrent Missile Power – IRGC Commander

 

Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami described Iran’s advanced missiles as “defense assets” and said the country would not accede to abandoning its missile program.

Report: Iran destroys mass graves of those executed in 1988

Report: Iran destroys mass graves of those executed in 1988

 

Iran is destroying or redeveloping the sites of mass graves holding those executed in a 1988 wartime purge that killed as many as 5,000 people, a report released Monday alleges.

Recent Iranian shipments to Syria concern US intelligence

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Recent Iranian shipments to Syria concern US intelligence

 

US intelligence is monitoring a series of cargo flights from Iran into Syria that the US suspects may be carrying weapons systems into Syria for potential use by Bashar al-Assad’s regime or Iranian forces, CNN has learned.