Press release by Struan Stevenson, President of Delegation for relations with Iraq at the European Parliament, March 11, 2010

News that very senior officials in the Iraqi Electoral Commission have been caught red-handed attempting to manipulate the election results in favour of the incumbent Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, have caused great consternation in Strasbourg. Speaking from the European Parliament, Struan Stevenson MEP, President of the Delegation for Relations with Iraq said today:

NCRI - Sheikh Mohammad Sayed Tantawi, the grand mufti of Sunni Muslims and leader of Egypt’s Al Azhar University, the oldest and most prestigious center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, died Wednesday after a heart attack during a trip to Saudi Arabia.

The Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, sent her condolences over the tragic loss of Dr. Tantawi to Muslims everywhere, especially Sunnis, as well as his family and the President and People of Egypt. She offered her prayer’s for the late leader’s soul.

NCRI - Iranian regime's henchmen  hanged two prisoners  in the city of Qum, state-run media reported on Thursday.

The state-run  newspaper Arman said the men, identified only as Hamid Kh. and Zeinolabedeen Gh., were executed on Wednesday. They were accused of drug trafficking.

By: Majid Roshan
Source: Global Politician
The significant success of Iraq’s non-sectarian nationalist block during the March 7 parliamentary elections is, no doubt, a major setback for Tehran and its Iraqi proxies. Still, with Iraq entering an anticipated period of post-election political uncertainty which could last for months, the United States, the United Nations, and the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), must be vigilant and ensure that Iran rulers, through their Iraqi proxies, would not take advantage of the political instability to harm the residents of Camp Ashraf. These unarmed and defenseless Iranians, officially recognized as “Protected Persons” under the Fourth Geneva Convention by the United States in 2004, are members and supporters of Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and their families.

NCRI - In addition to extensive suppressive measures in cities across Iran, the mullahs have resorted to psychological warfare and deceptions on the internet to clampdown on dissent during the upcoming Fire Festival (Chaharshanbe Souri) celebration.

In a bid to encourage the youth to keep silence and remain inactive during the Fire Festival,  the Iranian regime's intelligence organs that oversee these actions have distributed deceptive guidelines asking the participants to be silent in order “not to give excuses to those who seek violence (the Iranian regime's suppressive force),” “not to raise our (protesters) expectations,” and not to chant slogans targeting the foundations of  the regime. They even distributed messages calling for the “boycott of Chaharshanbe Souri” to astray and pacify the youth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is concerned that Iran is becoming more of a military dictatorship and insisted that Tehran will not be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Biden also said he was unsure how much power hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wields during an interview with MSNBC's "Hardball" program conducted while he was in Jerusalem on a Middle East tour.

Press release by Struan Stevenson, President of Delegation for relations with Iraq at the European Parliament, March 10, 2010

There have been suspicious delays in announcing the election results in Iraq, amid fears that extensive efforts are underway to distort the real outcome of the poll.

Speaking from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Struan Stevenson MEP, President of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq said:

NCRI - Former members of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (Parliament) referred to the Iranian calendar 1388, which is drawing to a close on March 20, as a painful year for the clerical regime ruling Iran. Emad Afrough said: “The year 1388 was not a good year in political terms. It was a year of anguish and grief,” state-run news agency ISNA reported on Monday.

Another former Majlis deputy referred to the incurable fissures within the regime and said, from a political standpoint, the year 1388 was “painful.”

NCRI - Despite the Iranian regime’s suppressive measures and deceitful psychological warfare, courageous people and youths in Tehran and other Iranian cities have started to prepare for the uprising on Fire Festival, a day of traditional celebrations that has become a symbolic occasion to express rage and anger towards the clerical regime.

Young people and activist have put up posters and distributed leaflets in various cities calling to turn the national celebrations of Chaharshanbeh Souri (Fire Festival) into a nationwide uprising against the clerical regime’s dictatorship.