By Souad Mekhennet and Joby Warrick   |   April 3, 2018 MANAMA, Bahrain — Investigators have uncovered evidence of a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme by a Persian Gulf bank that secretly helped Iran evade sanctions for more than a decade, according to documents filed in a legal dispute. Records from a Bahraini government audit reveal that the now-closed Future Bank — […]

Lauren Diaz   |   March 4, 2018 The California Women’s Society for Democracy in Iran held its annual conference Sunday at the Titan Student Union to celebrate International Women’s Day and promote change for women’s rights in Iran. “Women are the forefront of the opposition to the tyranny in Iran,” said Nasser Sharif, president of the California […]

RFK HUMAN RIGHTS NEWSROOM FEB. 15, 2018 By Kerry Kennedy, President    His Excellency António Guterres Secretary-General United Nations 12 February 2018 Dear Secretary-General Guterres: On December 28, 2017, Iranians took the streets in peaceful protest in Mashhad, one of Shiite Islam’s holiest places. Within days, thousands of Iranians throughout the country had joined in similar […]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT January 24, 2018 Iran: Compulsory veiling is abusive, discriminatory and humiliating; end the persecution of women for peacefully protesting against it   AI Index Number: MDE 13/7783/2018 The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a woman who was arrested on 27 December 2017 in Tehran for engaging in a peaceful protest […]

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Press Release  01.09.2018 Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 676, authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), which supports the people of Iran engaged in legitimate and peaceful protests, condemns the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and urges the administration to use targeted sanctions to respond to the […]

Sunday, 24 December 2017 On the eve of birthday of the holly Jesus Christ, and on the occasion of the upcoming New Year 2018. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran sent a message to all the Christians in Iran and all over the world, the following is the full […]

By Jim Garamone Department of Defense News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2017 — “Everywhere you find turmoil [in the Middle East], you find Iran’s hand in it,” Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon yesterday. During an impromptu news conference, Mattis addressed questions about Iran and U.S. efforts to expose Iran’s […]

By Shirzad Bozorgmehr and James Masters, CNN 11/13/2017 Tehran, Iran (CNN) At least 452 people were killed and thousands injured after a powerful earthquake struck near the border of Iran and Iraq late Sunday. The earthquake is the deadliest of the year, eclipsing the one that hit Mexico City in September, and was felt as far […]

10/21/2017  |  Dr. Majid Rafizadeh  | The Huffington Post Former House Speaker and Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich described the clerical establishment of Iran as “a dictatorship with a façade of democracy,” adding, “If you’re not part of the dictatorship, and you’re not acceptable to the dictator, you can’t run, and therefore to pretend that the elections actually […]