AP, April 28, 2017 - Experts cautioned that international statistics on executions are difficult to obtain because many countries shroud the process in secrecy.

Iran executed more in capita than any other country in the world

Iran has reportedly executed 10 people since April 20, when Arkansas executed its first inmate since 2005.

Iranian news media reported that 29-year-old Mehdi Mirzaei was executed on April 22 after serving three years in western Iranian city of Khoramabad. He had been sentenced to death for carrying and possession of seven kilograms of amphetamine.

A second person executed the same day was identified by local media as a 21-year-old man sentenced to death for killing another man during an argument about a year and a half ago. He was executed in the northern Iranian city of Babol.

Eight prisoners were hanged in Iran on April 20, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, a group run by Iranian human rights activists living outside the Middle Eastern country who collect information from reporters operating in Iran. The agency said the prisoners received death sentences following murder convictions in recent years. No names were given and there was no corroboration by officials, who do not always release details of those executed.

Executions in Iran are typically carried out early in the morning in prison gallows, often with a chair or bench kicked out from under the inmate. Most happen in the presence of families of victims and the condemned.

- On Tuesday April 25, furious people of the city of Behshar Iran, whom their savings were plundered by a state - owned company called Caspian, set a branch of this company on fire.

Iran: Protesters Set Fire on a Regime - Owned Company

This company which has eight sub-companies under the guise of ‘cooperative entities’, had collected small capitals of 2 million people in various cities and looted it all.

One of these entities called ‘Fereshtegan’ alone, has plundered around 4 Billion Tomans (more than one Billion and 66 Million dollars).

All these companies belong to regime’s authorities and in order to concentrate power. 

Their foundation and activities are all sponsored by government institutions.

 Caspian Company is also one of them which was founded under the authorization of Central Bank, and now is refusing to turn back the people’s savings, and to this date, the complaint of these poor plundered people has received no response from the regime’s judicial 

I am certain that the Iranian regime’s days are numbered. Freedom and justice for the people of Iran is coming and it will come soon. When it does so, I will be proud to remind my children and grandchildren that ‘I AM AN ASHRAFI.’

Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters,

It is great being here in Germany to see you. As you probably know, I had a very good meeting in the Bundestag on 15th February this year and then went on to meet with a large group of our supporters in Berlin when I visited your very nice office, which is apparently also called the “White House! “

…Two weeks ago I addressed a meeting in the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo.

 I used the opportunity to tell them about the dangerous and destructive role of the Iranian regime in the Middle East and the systematic violation of human rights across the zone that characterizes their aggressive attempts to spread Islamic fundamentalism.

 I reminded the Norwegians that together with the NCRI, I held a press conference in the House of Commons in London at the beginning of March, to mark the release of a comprehensive report detailing the belligerent activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and calling for their listing as international terrorists.

Our report showed how the IRGC and the body responsible for extra-territorial operations - the Quds Force, are the main vehicles for Iran’s aggressive expansionism in the Middle East. The IRGC has for decades been carrying out terrorist attacks across the zone, including in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon.

NCRI - Chairman of the House of Industry Mines and Trade of Iran, Wahab Sahlabadi, said that "only 30 percent of manufacturing units in Iran are active and the remaining 70 percent have been closed or are operating well below capacity."

Iran: 70% of Factories Have Been Shut Down in Iran

According to the terrorist Quds Force news agency, known as Tasnim, Seyyed Abdul Wahab Sahlabadi, pointed out that debt of manufacturing units in Iran is getting heavier and no one thinks about a strategy in this area, and said: "Today in total 30% of production units are active that shows that 70 percent of the production units closed or are operating well below capacity.”

Sahlabadi added: “The current situation of production sector is not adequate with the current bank system situation, every year the debt of production units become heavier and no solution has been provided in these years for it. The new facilities also have added a new charge to the past deferred debts of producers. "

Previously the International Monetary Fund had predicted next year economic growth in Iran would be halved. And compared to announce 6.5 percent, this figure will be 3.3 percent in 2017.

In the past four years, Rowhani has presided over nearly 3,000 executions – far more than his firebrand predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .

ANALYSIS: Is there anything Iran’s presidential election can change?

Al Arabiya, 24 April 2017 - The US is said to be weighing a variety of different approaches on the regime ruling Iran after the upcoming May 19 presidential election.

This line of thought argues any punishing measure by the US now would support “hardliners” against “moderates”. The problem is that any such distinction of Iran’s political landscape is entirely incorrect.

The regime in Iran does not, to say the least, has the best interest of Iranians or people across the region at heart, let alone other nations throughout the planet. The argument of how the West’s actions may affect Iran’s elections fails to understand what Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his surrogates have in their playbooks.

In the past four years, Rowhani has presided over nearly 3,000 executions – far more than his firebrand predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .

My vote is toppled

Iran's Ridiculous Presidential Election Debates Scene

Similar reactions are seen in many of the media outlets of Khamenei’s faction. For example, the IRGC News Agency (known as Fars) wrote on April 22nd, “They don’t want to place Rouhani in a responsive position, but not live broadcasting the debates is a civil rights violation.

” Tadbir, a state controlled site, has written, “What is the meaning of canceling a live debate? What are they really fearful of? They were qualified by the Guardian Council! If these individuals are so trustworthy that could become the head of the executive branch, why should it be fearsome for them to talk? If they don’t have the qualifications for talking straight with the public, how did they became qualified to run a country?”
It is interesting that this decision was apparently taken by both factions, along with the judiciary representatives, out of fear of opening a gap at the top of the system and fear of another uprising.

 It is now not only protested by Khamenei’s faction, but also Hassan Rouhani, whose contested election campaign commission made this decision. He said in his remarks in Shiraz on April 31st, "I am a supporter of most free debates in a way that people can better understand all the facts, a man should speak without any stuttering, be able to criticize, and express their points of view.

” His rival factions have immediately seized upon his contradictions to undermine him.