Sunday 22nd Sep 2019
Iran, Human Rights, 1988 Massacre
In a conference held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Friday, international human rights experts called for an end to the impunity enjoyed by Iranian regime officials in regard to atrocious human rights conditions in Iran, most specifically those involved in the summer 1988 massacre.
At the same time with 55th anniversary of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) foundation and schools and universities opening day, defiant youth call for uprisings and protests against the Velayat-Faqih (clerical supremacy) as enemy of the Iranian people.
Not content with bombing six oil tankers in the Gulf and the shooting down of an American drone, the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a British-flagged tanker -- the Stena Impero -- in international waters. Now it has mounted a drone and missile attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil-processing plant, the world's largest, and the Khurais oilfield, causing huge disruption to Saudi oil exports and a massive spike in global oil prices, writes former European lawmaker Struan Stevenson.
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Iranian regime's Central Bank and National Development Fund for funding terrorism following the missile attack last week by the regime on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.
The European Parliament on Thursday, September 19, 2019, adopted a resolution condemning Iran’s regime for violations of women’s rights in Iran. The resolution was adopted by 608 votes in favor, 7 against and 46 abstentions.
Iran's regime is embroiled in a major crisis stemming from the United States’ 'maximum pressure' campaign including new sanctions, Arab countries’ position against its regional warmongering, and the explosive situation of Iranian society. The regime’s increasing factional feuding is reflective of this crisis.