Iran Turns to Public Executions, Enraging an Already Protesting Public
In the second execution in just a few days, a 23-year-old protester was hanged from a construction crane at dawn in the city of Mashhad, galvanizing a new wave of demonstrations.
The New York Times, December 12, 2022

After months of protests in Iran that have only escalated as the government’s crackdown has turned deadlier, officials have begun publicly executing protesters, including a 23-year-old man who was hanged on Monday from a construction crane, bringing a new wave of outrage from an Iranian public calling for the end of the country’s theocratic regime.

The hangings — the first was on Thursday at a prison near Tehran, the second on Monday in the northeastern city of Mashhad — have brought intense condemnation from the public and human rights groups, and even criticism from some senior figures within Iran’s clerical establishment who questioned the religious validity of the death sentences. Read More

Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on UN Vote to Remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women
The White House, December 14, 2022

Today in a historic vote, the United Nations acted to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women in response to the Iranian regime’s systemic repression of women and girls. This vote is another sign of the growing international consensus on Iran and demands for accountability. …

We have acted in coordination with the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and others who have issued new sanctions under their own authorities. These actions come on the heels of our regular drumbeat of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program, the welcome decision of the UN Human Rights Council to set up a fact-finding mission to investigate brutal actions Iran is taking against its own people, and last week’s joint statement, signed by the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, and Sweden, and the United Kingdom, condemning targeted online harassment and abuse by Iranian authorities against women protestors. The recent horrifying executions in Tehran only strengthen our resolve to expand this growing consensus and pursue all possible mechanisms of accountability against the Iranian regime and its officials responsible for these atrocities. Read More

Bipartisan Senators Support Iran Uprising, Call for Increased Pressure on Iran Ayatollahs
At the US. Senate Kennedy Caucus Room, bipartisan Senators expressed support for Iran protesters seeking democratic change & called for more sanctions
Kron4, December 8, 2022

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, December 9, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — At a briefing held in the historic Senate Kennedy Caucus Room, bipartisan Senators and prominent policy experts expressed support for nationwide protests for democratic change in Iran and called for additional pressure on the clerical regime.

Addressing the event virtually, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said, “All evidence suggests that the regime has reached the point of no return in the final phase of its rule. The Shah’s dictatorship had a well-equipped army of 400,000 men, but it could not overcome the will of the Iranian people.” “Why a child-killing regime that brutally represses women and imposes discrimination against them is a member of the UN institutions. Is this not an insult to humanity? The Iranian Resistance expects the US Senate to lead an initiative to expel the regime from UNICEF.” Read More

In Iran, protesters are executed. The regime is losing the people.
The Washington Post, December 13, 2022 by the Editorial Board

Iran’s theocratic rulers used a construction crane to hang a protester on Monday. Majidreza Rahnavard was hoisted to his death, a dreadful execution intended to frighten tens of thousands who have taken to the streets over the past three months. But the killing’s real significance is that it shows the Iranian regime is at a loss for how to respond to the demonstrations with anything other than brute force.

It has executed two protesters, put nine more on death row and charged at least a dozen others with crimes that could bring the death penalty. It has arrested some 18,000 people and throttled the Iranians’ internet access. It has regularly blamed “foreign” forces, such as the United States and Israel, for instigating widespread protests. It has deployed legions of security officers, who have fired on civilians. The group Iran Human Rights, based in Oslo, reports that at least 458 people, including 63 children and 29 women, have been killed in the protests. The one thing the clerics have not done is grasp what the revolt is about. Read More

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