Mass executions continue under 'moderate' Rouhani

Mass executions carried out in Iran

Iran carried out mass execution of Sunni Kurds, not even allowing many families a chance to say goodbye
Reports circulating show that Iran has carried out behind closed doors, a mass execution of Sunni Kurds at the infamous Gohardasht Prison, located just west of Tehran. Reports indicate that up to 33 Kurds have been executed. The National Council of Resistance of Iran has carried out the reports of executions obtaining from the families of the victims.
Iranian regime authorities contacted families to let them say their final goodbye, but apparently carried out the mass execution ahead of the scheduled time. Many families were told that they were too late, that their loved ones had already been hanged, and that they needed to collect the bodies.

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U.N#. rights boss says executions in Iran# were 'grave injustice'

United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein

The hanging of up to 20 people in Iran this week followed serious doubts about the fairness of their trials and respect for due process, leading to a 'grave injustice' being committed, the United Nations ' top human rights official said on Friday.
Iran executed up to 20 Kurdish Islamists on Tuesday who were suspected of attacks on security forces, drawing condemnation from rights groups which said the convictions may have been based on forced confessions.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said the men had been executed for 'purported terrorism-related offences' and that reports suggested most if not all were from a minority group – Sun

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Experts See Iranian# Link in Attempt to Hack Syrian# Dissident

Experts See Iranian Link in Attempt to Hack Syrian Dissident

Paris, Associated Press-Aug 2, 2016 - Syrian opposition activist Noura Al-Ameer was combing through her emails late one night when a message caught her eye. The sender was 'Assadcrimes' and he promised information about Iranian meddling in the Middle East. But the email seemed odd.
Al-Ameer turned to her husband, cybersecurity trainer Bahr Abdul Razzak, in their small, book-cluttered home in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
'Have you heard of this group before?' Al-Ameer asked.
'No,' he said. 'But let me check the email.'
Abdul Razzak, a fellow at internet watchdog group Citizen Lab, quickly determined that the group was bogus. The email, sent on Oct. 3 last year, was an electronic trap — one of hundreds of malicious messages that have flown back and forth as rebels grapple with the government of Bashar Assad in Syria. This one had been aimed at snaring Al-Ameer in particular; the website registered by the hacker was in her name, suggesting an attempt to stea

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Iran executes Sunni prisoners despite unfair trial

Demonstrators pose behind fake prison bars during a protest in January against executions in Iran

Iran has executed – 25 - Sunni Muslim prisoners in spite of claims they were subjected to forced confessions and did not have a fair trial.
Executions had been carried out on Tuesday morning at Rajaee Shahr- Ghohar Dasht- prison in the city of Karaj, west of the capital, Tehran. According to judicial protocol in Iran, people condemned to death are usually hanged just before sunrise.
Iran urged to call off teenager's execution.
Among those executed on Tuesday in Iran was Shahram Ahmadi, a 28-year-old Kurdish prisoner, who was convicted for “enmity against God”. In 2009, Ahmadi was arrested in the city of Sanandaj. He was sentenced to death in a trial that lasted only a few minutes, which Amnesty has described as grossly unfair

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Iran: Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, meets President Mahmoud Abbas

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, met with Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, and they discussed the crises in the region

EU Reporter Correspondent, August 1, 2016 - President Mahmoud Abbas, at the meeting, reiterated the need to combat fundamentalism and terrorism in the region and informed Mrs. Rajavi of the latest developments in the Middle East, in particular regarding Palestine and France’s initiative.
Mrs. Rajavi expressed gratitude for the solidarity of the Palestinian resistance and its leader with the Iranian people and Resistance. She expressed hope that the goal of the Palestinian people would be achieved.

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Pope speaks out against linking Islam with violence

Pope Francis waves during a press conference on the plane after his visit to Krakow for the World Youth Day, on July 31, 2016

Pope Francis said on Sunday that it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism.
'I think it is not right to identity Islam with violence,' he told reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome after a five-day trip to Poland. 'This is not right and this is not true.'
Francis was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest by knife-wielding attackers who burst into a church service in western France, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat. The attack was claimed by Islamic State.
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