Monday 10th Dec 2018
By Mahmoud Hakamian
The Iranian regime is trying to blame the country’s economic crisis on anyone but itself. In most recent weeks, it has been trying to make out that the U.S. sanctions that are now in place do not affect the regime itself – rather they are only adversely affecting the Iranian people.
By Staff Writer
The US is set to announce that Iran is not complying with the international prohibitions on the manufacture of chemical weapons, despite being a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, because US intelligence agencies believe that Iran maintains a chemical arsenal that probably includes blister agents, blood and choking agents, and nerve agents.
Iran Uprising- No. 235
On Sunday, December 9th, workers from the Ahvaz National Steel Industrial Group continued their strike and demonstrations for the thirtieth day. While marching on the streets of the city and passing by state institutions, the workers, being supported by other people, chanted: "Imprisoned work must be released"; "Neither threats, nor prison are useful anymore"; "Call of every worker: Death to The tyrant "; "Workers would rather die than accept humiliation"; "We stand; we die until we get our rights "; "Our country is place of thieves, it is unique in the world”; “Rouhani, the liar; where is your key to the problems?” Workers carried banners which read: “Do not sacrifice workers to the brokerage mafia”; “Isn’t authorities’ silence against the Mafia the reason for their complicity?”
Iran Uprising- No. 234
Call on international human rights authorities to take immediate action to release arrested students
Despite extensive repressive measures and arresting a large number of students, students’ protest rallies and demonstrations on the occasion of the Student Day (December 7th), which started on Monday, continue at various universities in the country.
By Shahriar Kia
The US is desperate to curb Iran’s influence over Iraq, but strangely, it may try to do this by giving Iraq long exemptions from sanctions on Iran.
Last month, when US sanctions against Iran’s oil industry came into place, eight countries were given 180-day sanction waivers. Less talked about was the 45-day sanction waiver given to Iraq, which many experts expect to see extended.
By Staff Writer
Since the Iranian Regime’s inception, its leaders have set their sights on infiltrating prominent Western media outlets that were once lauded for journalistic independence. Now, these news outlets are being taken over by assets of the Iranian Regime, previously employed in Iran's state-controlled media, who portray the false narrative of mullahs as victims of US aggression or repeatedly claim, without evidence, that the US and Iran are on the road to war.