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UPDATE: 09:00 PM CET
UK Announces Sanctions Against Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations in Iran
- Foreign Secretary announces sanctions in response to those who have committed human rights violations in Iran
- ten individuals and one organisation designated, including Minister of the Interior, Police Chiefs and prolific IRGC members for their role in recent brutality against protestors
- announcement follows commitments set out by ministers earlier this month to hold the Iranian authorities to account
The UK has today announced a sweeping package of sanctions, as part of work to hold the Iranian authorities accountable for a number of serious human rights violations.
Ten individuals and one organisation are today (2 February) sanctioned for their role in enabling and facilitating brutality and violence against the Iranian people, both in recent peaceful protests and previous events.
UPDATE: 05:30 PM CET
Iran Stages Khamenei Photos to Mask Cracks In IRGC, Opposition Groups Say
Iran’s regime released staged images of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an attempt to show strength and boost a military under strain, according to opposition groups operating outside the country.
The photographs, published by Iranian state media Jan. 31, marked Khamenei’s first public appearance in weeks and showed him praying at the tomb of Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as regime officials issued new threats against the U.S. and Europe.
Ali Safavi, a senior official with the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said the images were aimed less at reassuring the public than at boosting morale among the regime’s weakening security forces.
“The images of Ali Khamenei were pure propaganda,” Safavi told Fox News Digital. “He wanted to show that he is not afraid of dying, but at the same time he is desperately trying to boost the morale of his demoralized forces.”
UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET
A Misreading of the Iranian Opposition
As Iran’s streets fill with blood and fire, an essay recently published in The National Interest, titled “What’s Wrong with Iran’s Opposition?” appeared amid one of the most sustained uprisings in the Islamic Republic’s history. For more than three weeks, protests swept over 400 cities and towns. Thousands of protesters were killed, tens of thousands wounded, and as many as 50,000 detained as the regime deployed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Special anti-riot units, the Basij paramilitary, and plainclothes militias against unarmed civilians. Any serious assessment of Iran’s political future must begin with this reality.
Yet, the article’s core message is unmistakable: that no credible alternative to the ruling system exists, and that realism therefore requires looking inward, to factions within the same theocratic structure, for change.
These claims warrant scrutiny because serious analysis requires distinguishing historical evidence from inherited accusations. By that standard, the article offers less a reassessment than a recycling of narratives shaped by earlier policy assumptions—many of them rooted in failed strategies of engagement with Tehran.
UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET
The Passing Away of Rita Süssmuth, Former President of the German Bundestag and a Distinguished Champion of Human and Women’s Rights
Iran Protests: Khamenei Warns of ‘Regional War’ as Regime Reels from EU Terror Designation
The nationwide uprising against the religious dictatorship in Iran has pushed the regime into a corner, forcing its highest officials to issue desperate threats. On Sunday, February 1, 2026, the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei broke his silence regarding mounting international pressure and military threats, warning of a “regional war.”
Meanwhile, the regime is in a state of panic following the European Union’s official designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. From the halls of the regime’s parliament to the Friday prayer sermons, officials are lashing out, blaming the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) for their isolation. Despite the threats, the people of Iran continue to honor their martyrs, with large crowds attending the burial of a tortured youth in Tehran.
Writer Saghar Seifollahi Killed After Baton Blows to the Head by Security Forces
Saghar Seifollahi, a writer and a graduate in mechanical engineering, was killed after suffering severe blows to the head during a violent pursuit and arrest by security forces. Her family is now under pressure to distort the truth about this crime. On her way home from work, Saghar Seifollahi was chased by the regime’s security forces. Accused of participating in the January 2026 uprising, she was brutally beaten by the regime’s agents. The protesting writer resisted this blatant violence but succumbed to the severity of the blows inflicted on her head by security forces. News of the killing of this woman writer was published on January 29, 2026.
Berlin Exhibition Calls to Join Major February 7 Demonstration for Freedom in Iran
Berlin, Germany – January 31, 2026 – Despite the freezing, snowy weather and several degrees below zero, freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a book and photo exhibition in Berlin to honor the martyrs of Iran’s nationwide uprising.
MEK Supporters in Mannheim Rally for Iran’s Uprising and a Democratic Republic
Mannheim, Germany — January 31, 2026 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a photo exhibition in solidarity with the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising. The event honored the martyrs who lost their lives for freedom and democracy. Participants displayed portraits and placards of the slain protesters, paying tribute to their courage and reaffirming their determination to continue the fight for a free and democratic republic in Iran.
Freedom-Loving Iranians in Heidelberg Rally for Iran’s Uprising and a Democratic Republic
Heidelberg, Germany — January 31, 2026 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a photo exhibition in solidarity with the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising. The event honored the martyrs who lost their lives for freedom and democracy. Participants displayed portraits and placards of the slain protesters, paying tribute to their courage and reaffirming their determination to continue the fight for a free and democratic republic in Iran.
Assessment of Crimes against Humanity and Patterns of Organized Repression – Part 2
The first part documented, based on direct testimonies and field evidence, patterns of grave human rights violations during the January 2026 events, including the use of lethal force with intent to kill, widespread and arbitrary arrests, concealment of bodies and secret burials, enforced disappearances, and torture. Building on those documented findings, Part Two addresses questions of responsibility and accountability. Its focus is on chains of command, prior knowledge and decision-making, and the structural mechanisms through which repression was authorized and affirmed. This includes the role of public statements by senior officials in legitimizing violence, as well as official acknowledgments indicating awareness and acceptance of lethal outcomes. These elements are then assessed within the framework of international criminal law, and the legal characterization of the events is evaluated against the criteria for crimes against humanity.
Iran on the Edge: War or Deal as US Forces Mass
After Iran’s January 2026 crackdown, U.S. military deployments and European sanctions have sharpened a standoff that leaves Tehran and Washington suspended between escalation and reluctant diplomacy. In the aftermath of Iran’s violently suppressed protests in January 2026, tensions between Tehran and Washington have entered a volatile new phase. A growing U.S. military presence in the Middle East, paired with increasingly blunt political messaging, has sharpened a question now dominating diplomatic and security circles: is the region drifting toward armed conflict, or is there still room for a negotiated deal? The answer remains uncertain. What is clear is that the balance between deterrence and diplomacy has become far more fragile.
Khamenei on The January Protests: It Was Like a Coup, But the Coup Was Suppressed
Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Iranian regime, in remarks marking the beginning of the regime’s “Fajr” ceremonies, which it uses to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, described the January protest uprising as a “sedition” and a quasi-coup in which trained ringleaders were tasked with carrying out “killing operations.” Khamenei said: “Therefore, they were attacking military and law enforcement centers, carrying out armed attacks with advanced weapons, advanced personal weapons, in order for reactions to come from the other side as well and for a number of people to be killed.”
EU Terror Listing of the IRGC: When Delayed Justice Becomes a Turning Point
Why Europe’s long-overdue decision marks a strategic rupture for the Iranian regime—and exposes the bankruptcy of authoritarian alternatives disguised as “solutions”. For decades, the terrorist designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by the European Union remained stalled in endless debates, legal evasions, and the doctrine of “strategic patience.” Today, that delay has ended. The EU’s terror listing of the IRGC is not merely a symbolic gesture; it is a strategic blow to the core of Iran’s religious fascism and a decisive marker on the road to regime change. The central question, however, is not what happened—but why now. Why did a decision postponed for nearly three decades finally materialize at this historical juncture? The answer lies not in diplomatic corridors, but in the blood spilled during Iran’s January 2026 uprising and in the accumulated force of a resistance that refused to disappear.