Published on 14 December 2018.

By Staff Writer

A recent Iranian phishing campaign that targeted activists, journalists, and US government officials used a new technique that allowed hackers to bypass two-factor authentication protections offered by services such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail, according to researchers on Thursday. This underscores the risk of two-factor authentication that relies on one-time passwords sent via text messages to phones.

Published on 14 December 2018.

By Staff Writer

A coalition of bipartisan congress members has joined Iranian Americans to express support for Iranian protesters, and highlight the Iranian regime’s malign role around the world at a Congressional event.

Published on 14 December 2018.

By Amir Taghati

All of the U.S. economic sanctions on Iran are now in place. When President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be exiting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal, he made it very clear that it was because the Iranian regime had failed to become more moderate and was as dangerous as ever.

Published on 13 December 2018.

By Staff Writer

Iranian political prisoner Vahid Sayadi Nasiri has died after 60 days on hunger strike in protest to the denial of his rights and the inhumane conditions he was kept in. Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) reported.

Sayadi Nasiri, who went on hunger strike on October 13, was being held with ordinary criminals on a high-security section in Qom Prison while awaiting trial and, according to his sister Elaheh, he wanted to be moved to Evin Prison and housed with political prisoners.

Published on 13 December 2018.

By Staff Writer

New warnings from Iran Regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about increased unrest in 2019 shows that the Regime as a whole is scared of growing popular protests.

The state-run Tasnim News Agency reported that during a meeting with the families of the so-called “Shrine Defenders” who were killed in Syria and Iraq, Khamenei accused the US of planning to “create [disruption] and civil war with the help of sanctions and counter security measures” and “drag people on the streets” to protest in Iran.

Published on 13 December 2018.

By Staff Writer

The bill to join the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) was finally passed by the Iranian regime’s parliament on December 5th. The bill must now be sent to the Expediency Council for final approval.