Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, tightly controls the upcoming snap elections, as he does all others. Six out of 80 prospective candidates made it past the vetting process of his 12-member Guardian Council, which oversees elections and can veto legislation that parliament passes. Five out those six were described as hardliners, intended to maintain the […]
US imposes new sanctions on Iran, hails dissident protesters
The UK, Germany, and France took the lead on refusing to lift sanctions against Iran that are set to expire under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (that is, Obama’s nuke deal). Now the Biden administration is following with its own announcement, after Trump and Republicans expressed fury over the hostage deal that saw the US send […]
France files criminal complaint against Iran regime for threats against those backing nationwide protests
This gesture by France sends the message that France will not be bullied by Iran. But many questions remain outstanding in the criminal complaint filed with Paris prosecutors, including these: Where will these regime officials be tried, and to what will they be sentenced if found guilty? France’s legal system is not recognized by the […]
Iran makes sweeping arrests ahead of mass protest marking anniversary of murder of Mahsa Amini, tightens hijab laws
September 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by Iran’s morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. Mass protests ensued, with the Islamic regime “killing hundreds of people and arresting thousands” more. Ahead of this anniversary, “an independent women’s rights group, reported that Iranian security forces conducted a number […]
Iran: Morality police campaign returns to impose Islamic headscarf on women following year of protests
“The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September,” but now in a renewed campaign to force the Islamic headscarf on women, Shia Iran is living up to the Sharia with vigor, after weathering a year of protests. (Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to lower their […]
UK government summons Iranian envoy over ‘serious threats against journalists living in Britain’
In a troubling incursion by Iran into Britain, the UK government has summoned “Iran’s most senior diplomat in London… to protest what it said were serious threats against journalists living in Britain, as ministers launched a new security review into Iranian activities.” Iran’s threat to the UK is astonishingly direct against journalists, yet the UK, and […]
Iran: Islamic regime warns of executions while underground groups unite to overthrow the Islamic Republic
The Iranian protests, which began in mid-September in reaction to the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by the morality police for not wearing her hijab “properly,” are showing no signs of letting up. They’re now being called a revolution, and are intensifying with underground groups being formed to overthrow the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government, […]
Islamic Republic of Iran abolishes its Sharia morality police UPDATE: No, it doesn’t
UPDATE: It turns out that the entire report was false: Update: Iran state television is reporting that the morality police has definitely NOT been removed. pic.twitter.com/uxl24v4cMt — Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) December 4, 2022 —- But they will still enforce restrictions on “social behavior,” and the hijab law is still in place. So this is […]
Iran: 326 dead, 15,000 arrested; security forces open fire on protesters at Tehran metro station
As time goes on and the news cycle shifts, protesters in Iran remain determined, and are paying a high price as they risk their lives in their fight for freedom. Iranian regime forces opened fire on protestors at the Tehran metro station while it was crowded with people. The incident was captured in this video: […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Youths knocking off turbans of Muslim clerics as part of anti-regime protests
This may seem at first glance to be gratuitous, rude, juvenile, etc. But it must be seen against the backdrop of 40 years of women being harassed, threatened and imprisoned for not wearing hijab. These days I’ve been receiving many videos from inside Iran where schoolgirls & boys knock turbans off clerics as part of […]