Written by Mansoureh Galestan on 19 October 2019.

Iran’s regime is once again cracking down on women in Iran. 

Six female singers were each sentenced to one year in prison for “unauthorized audiovisual activities, collaboration in making music and images, and airing them on anti-regime satellite networks,” the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran reported on Friday.

Written by Shahin Gobadi on 19 October 2019.

The following rebuttal was provided to Time magazine in response to its October 4, 2019 article entitled, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Is One Despot Trump Might Not Win Over.”   As the magazine has failed to publish our response, it is being posted here.  

Parroting Tehran’s narrative

Written by Hamideh Taati on 19 October 2019.

It has been reported that students at Tehran University in the country’s capital have been protesting. On Wednesday 16^th October, students gathered at the mosque on campus for several reasons. Firstly, to protest about President Hassan Rouhani’s presence there. Secondly, the students were protesting the arrest and imprisonment of many of their fellow students that have been detained and handed large prison sentences for their activism. The students slammed the regime for denying the fellow students continuance of their education.

Published on 18 October 2019.

From October 14 to October 17, 2019, the defiant youths torched symbols of the mullahs’ regime, including posters of mullah’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and several suppressive centers such as Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) bases in different cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Mehr-Shahr, Nowshahr, and Rudsar.

Written by Shamsi Saadati on 18 October 2019.

A new report by the US Department of State titled “Iranian Regime Malign Activities During Negotiations with Iran and During JCPOA” was published yesterday. The report lists the malign activities of the Iranian regime from 2011 to 2017. 

Written by Sedighe Shahrokhi on 18 October 2019.

Iran’s regime has resorted to widespread and unprecedented oppressive measures, in absolute fear of the Iraqi people’s uprising against the Iranian regime, which has left around 200 dead and 7,000 wounded. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Quds Force, commanded by Qassem Soleimani, have deployed new forces from Iran to join those already stationed in Iraq. Militant proxies from other countries of the region have also relocated to Iraq in the direction of the IRGC.