Execution is Iran’s red line

Iran broadcasting forced confessions to justify mass executions

By Pejman Amiri  -  On November 12 and 14, six prisoners were hanged in Orumieh prison, North West of Iran, and three prisoners were hanged in Rasht prison, north of Iran. The number of executions recorded in the first two weeks of November amounts to 37 people. Iranian regime has been executing its citizen for the last 37 years under different pretexts. Based on a U.N. statement, Iran had the world’s highest execution rate per capita last year. The statement says that in 2015 alone, at least 966 people were executed.
In negotiation between the European Union and Iran concerning the formation of an office for EU in Tehran, the issue of Human Rights was raised.
On November 11, in an interview with ILNA, state news agency, Majid Takhte Ravanchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, and Iran’s representative in the talks with the EU said: "Execution is a red line for the regime and cannot be put aside."
On November 14, regarding the same issue, Larijani, the head of Iranian regime’s judiciary, also said: European Union must "know that their remarks about rejection of Qessas (retaliation) and execution denies our people's rights."

Amnesty: Iran executing Sunni men after forced confessions

Middle East Monitor, 17 Nov. 2016-  A major international human rights organisation has accused Iran today of “boasting of mass killing” after the Iranian regime repeatedly broadcast the mass execution of 25 Sunni Kurdish-Iranian men that occurred last August.
Amnesty International said that the Iranian authorities were “broadcasting injustice” after they put the Kurdish men to death, and forced them to participate in “confession” videos that Amnesty says was designed to “dehumanise” the men.

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MARYAM# RAJAVI# MEETS# GÉRARD DEPREZ#, PRESIDENT# OF THE FRIENDS# OF A FREE IRAN# (FOFI)# AT THE EUROPEAN# PARLIAMENT#

MARYAM RAJAV

Dr Gérard Deprez, MEP , President of the Friends of a Free Iran (FOFI) inter parliamentary group at the European Parliament met and held talks with Maryam Rajavi on November 11, 2016, at her residence in Auvers-sur-Oise.
Mr. Deprez was accompanied by his parliamentary and press assistants in Brussels. He congratulated Mrs. Rajavi on the great victory for the Iranian Resistance and the People's Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in the successful relocation of the residents of Camp Liberty to Europe. He stressed that the Friends of a Free Iran enjoys the support of over 300 members of the European Parliament across the political groups. FOFI constantly endeavored over the years to ensure safety and security of the Iranian people's freedom fighters. Mr. Deprez said he is glad that the selfless children of the people of Iran have been relocated to a safe place despite deaths, injuries and considerable deprivations.

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US# officials# 'concerned#' as Iran#, Russia# plan $10 billion# arms# deal

U.S. Officials ‘Concerned’ as Iran, Russia Plan $10 Billion Arms Deal

Fox News, 15 Nov. 2016- U.S. officials are expressing concern about a budding arms pact between Iran and Russia estimated to be worth more than $10 billion, according to State Department officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon and expressed alarm over the “increased Iranian military capability.”
Iran’s negotiations with Russia for new weapons and military hardware come after senior officials in Tehran dismissed the recent election of Donald Trump and warned his incoming administration against taking a firmer stance against the Islamic Republic’s continued military buildup.
Iran is angling to purchase T-90 tanks, artillery systems, and aircraft from Moscow that are expected to keep the Islamic Republic fully armed over the next several years, according to reports in Iran’s state-controlled media.
The new military talks concern U.S. officials who have long been working behind the scenes to convince Moscow against arming Iran in the wake of last year’s nuclear pact that paved the way for the Islamic Republic to pursue these types of weapons deals.

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Senator#: The US# to reimpose# sanctions# on Iran# over violations# of nuclear# deal

Republican Senator Tom Cotton in a Fox News interview agreed with Trump that the deal was “the stupidest deal he’s ever seen.”

Senator: The US to reimpose sanctions on Iran over violations of nuclear deal
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Republican Senator Tom Cotton in a Fox News interview agreed with Trump that the deal was “the stupidest deal he’s ever seen.”
Republican Senator Tom Cotton in a Fox News interview agreed with Trump that the deal was “the stupidest deal he’s ever seen.”
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Al Arabiya News, 15 November 2016 - US President-elect Donald Trump could reimpose sanctions on Iran, Republican Senator Tom Cotton said in a Fox News interview this week.
Cotton said that he agreed with Trump that the deal was “the stupidest deal he’s ever seen.”
'Iran has violated that deal already,' said Cotton. 'The Obama administration just acknowledged last week that there’s another violation of it.”
“The Congress working with president-elect Trump can reimpose sanctions on Iran and we can work with our allies to reimpose those sanctions. We have a lot of leverage; we the world’s largest economy by far.'
'we can impose those sanctions when there are violations of the nuclear deal and the violations of other obligations, like not building ballistic missiles which can reach US troops and our allies, and not sponsoring terrorism that’s been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and not destabilizing the entire region,' Cotton said.
Previously, Republican leaders of the US House of Representatives said they plan a vote as soon as mid-November on a 10-year reauthorization of the Iran Sanctions Act.

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Iran# ballistic missiles# also ‘produced# in Iraq#, Syria#

Hussein Sheikh al-Islam, the advisor to the Iranian foreign affairs minister, said Iranian missiles are not only manufactured in Syria but in Iraq as well

Staff Writer, Al Arabiya English, 13 November 2016 - Hussein Sheikh al-Islam, the advisor to the Iranian foreign affairs minister, said Iranian missiles are not only manufactured in Syria but in other countries in the region as well.
He said Iran expanded its missiles’ production outside its borders due to the “increasing Israeli threats in the region.”
Although he did not reveal much about the production Iranian missiles, he said Iraq is one of the countries where ballistic missiles are produced.
His statements come two days after the Iranian chief of staff said that manufacturing ballistic missiles have been carried out in Aleppo during the past years.
An agency affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has recently acknowledged that Houthi militias have used Iranian missiles. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, however, has denied the statements.
Meanwhile, the Iranian opposition outside Iran called on the UN Security Council to impose strict sanctions on Mahan Air and confirmed it’s owned by the Revolutionary Guards.

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The Growing# Number# of Executions# in Iran# and the Massacre# of 1988#

Iran, 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners

The Media Express, November 12, 2016 - On November 11, Iran Focus news website  disclosed that Alsharq Al-Awsat the Premier Pan-Arab Daily Newspaper, published a report on November 5th 2016, in which the results the research on the systematic executions and the massacre of the political prisoners in Iran in 1988. carried out by Khalij-e-Fars (Persian Gulf).
“The researchers did a research on the statistics and numbers as well as the events related to the systematic executions of Iran in 1988 when Khomeini came to power.”  The report continued, “The dictatorial regime ruling Iran is established on the gallows that Khomeini founded. This regime tried to follow suppression and execution as a way to get rid of rivals who are the fan of thoughts and progress in the political sovereignty,” read the report in the newspaper.
Meanwhile, the executions continue, these 37 years.
“Waging war against Islam”, “acting against the national security” and “rooting corruption in the society”, are the three charges on which These charges were the pretext of the Mullahs’ regime for eliminating the political dissidents.”  The research focused on these three charges, in regards to the execution of political prisoners.

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