Written by Mohammad Sadat Khansari on 25 June 2019.

By Mohammad Sadat Khansari

US Ambassador Lincoln J. Bloomfield Jr., a former defence and foreign policy official who served three presidents in the Pentagon, the White House and the State Department, has published a new scholarly paper on the Iranian regime and its treatment of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK). The paper, entitled ‘The Ayatollahs and the MEK–Iran's Crumbling Influence Operation’, tells the shocking true story of the mullahs’ decision to attack the MEK’s peaceful political rallies in June 1981.

Written by Hamideh Taati on 25 June 2019.

By Hamideh Taati

The director general of the coroner's office of Fars Province, southern Iran, says that in the past year, 378 people died after committing suicide. He said that suicide statistics have increase 8% in this province in 2018 compared to the previous year. He also emphasized a decrease in the age of suicide victims in this province, and announced that of about 63 suicides cases during the first two months of the year, the youngest was a teenage schoolgirl.

Written by Shahriar Kia on 24 June 2019.

By Shahriar Kia

The United States imposed sanctions Monday on the Iranian regime's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a string of military chiefs, tightening pressure on the regime.

Trump signed the punitive financial measures in the Oval Office, calling it a "strong and proportionate response to Iran's increasingly provocative actions."

Written by Shamsi Saadati on 24 June 2019.

By Shamsi Saadati

According to the political-security deputy of the governor of Golestan province, northern Iran, 25,000 children in this province are deprived from receiving education, making Golestan the second-worst province in this regard.

“342 schools have been damaged and 35 others have been completely destroyed,” said Abdualreza Cheragali, the governorate official.

Written by Amir Taghati on 24 June 2019.

Amir Taghati

The US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have all expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and the dangers posed by the Iranian regime’s destabilizing activity, especially its support for the Houthis in Yemen and attacks on oil tankers at the port of Fujairah and in the Gulf of Oman.

Written by Shahriar Kia on 24 June 2019.

By Shahriar Kia

The United States government seeks to stand with the Iranian people, Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation.

Asked what the U.S. strategy is respect to the threats posed by the Iranian regime, Vice President Pence said: "What we want to do is stand with the Iranian people, thousands of which gathered outside the White House on Friday, and tens of thousands of which, took to the streets last year in communities across Iran, we want to stand with them to see Iran come forward, step to a future and embrace freedom."