EU lawmakers want Iran’s Guards branded terrorist group
Reuters, January 18, 2023

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, blaming the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

Ties between the European Union (EU) member states and Tehran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to revive nuclear talks have stalled. Tehran has detained several European nationals and the bloc has become increasingly critical of a continuing violent crackdown on protesters, including executions. Read More

Iran protests: 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty
BBC, January 17, 2023

Four young men have been executed in connection with the nationwide protests that erupted in Iran four months ago, while 18 other people have been sentenced to death. Human rights groups have said they were convicted after grossly unfair sham trials.

Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a 22-year-old karate champion, was hanged on 7 January, just 65 days after his arrest.
Sources have told BBC Persian that he had less than 15 minutes to defend himself in court.
His story shows how authorities in Iran are using show trials to strike fear into the hearts of the protesters, who are demanding freedom and an end to the clerical regime. Read More

Frightened Iranian Mullahs Seek to Demonize the Opposition
Townhall, January 13, 2023 by Struan Stevenson

As a former British Member of the European Parliament (MEP), I have worked with the Iranian opposition for more than 20 years, from its time in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty in Iraq, to the present Ashraf 3 in Albania. I know how many courageous women and men in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)/Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have given up their careers, their family lives, and often life itself, to fight for the liberation of their country. Their struggle has continued for the past 4 decades, since the 1979 revolution hi-jacked by the mullahs, and even before that in the fight against the tyranny of the Shah. Now, MEK Resistance Units are coordinating the nationwide uprising that has engulfed Iran for the past four months. These brave Resistance Units are on the frontline of the burgeoning revolution. Read More

US, Britain Pledge to Hold Iran Accountable for Violating its People’s Rights
VOA, January 18, 2023

The United States and Britain said Tuesday they will hold Iran to account for violating the rights of its people, while reiterating condemnation of Iran’s execution of a British Iranian national.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that the execution last week of Ali Reza Akbari fits a pattern of abuse by the Iranian government that includes “detentions, torture, forced confessions, unjust executions.”
“We were appalled by the execution of Mr. Akbari, just as we’ve been appalled by everything we’ve been seeing on the streets of Iran over the last months since these protests began — mass arrests, sham trials, the executions, the use of sexual violence as a tool for protest suppression,” Blinken said. Read More

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