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Cuneo City Council Unanimously Votes to Support the Struggle of the Iranian People
The Cuneo City Council unanimously approved a motion expressing solidarity with the Iranian population, support for the Resistance for human rights, and condemnation of the violence in Iran.
The agenda item, titled “Solidarity with the Iranian population, support for the Resistance for human rights, and condemnation of violence in Iran,” was signed by all political groups represented in the municipal assembly, with the exception of Lauria and the Lega party. As a result, the conditions were in place for unanimous approval — which indeed occurred: 28 votes cast, 28 in favor, followed by applause from the entire chamber.
The document was presented following a meeting held on January 13 between the Conference of Group Leaders and Khosro Nikzat, president of the Association of Iranian Doctors and Pharmacists Residing in Italy and a physician at the Santa Croce and Carle Hospital in Cuneo.
Dr. Nikzat attended the council debate standing, as a symbolic gesture of support for the Resistance movement. On that occasion, he delivered a powerful and moving testimony highlighting the complexity and gravity of the situation unfolding in Iran — yet another attempt by the Iranian people to rise up against an oppressive regime and to demand freedom and recognition of universal human rights.
Treasury Sanctions Iranian Regime Officials for Violent Repression and Corruption
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against Iranian officials responsible for the regime’s brutal crackdown on its own people. Among the officials sanctioned today is Eskandar Momeni Kalagari —Iran’s Minister of the Interior—who oversees the murderous Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF), a key entity responsible for the deaths of thousands of peaceful protestors.
OFAC also designated Babak Morteza Zanjani, a criminal Iranian investor who previously embezzled billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenue that rightfully belonged to the Iranian people and was never fully recovered.
As the people of Iran continue to fight for their basic rights, @SecRubio took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States. Those who profit from the Iranian regime's brutal oppression are not welcome to…
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 29, 2026
How the Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Built a Global Property Empire
On a tree-lined street in north London, known as “Billionaire’s Row,” a clutch of mostly empty mansions sit behind tall hedges and blacked-out gates. As school children wander by, private guards in dark SUVs patrol outside.
Behind the facades of these luxury homes on The Bishops Avenue lies a network stretching from Tehran to Dubai and Frankfurt. The ultimate ownership traces back, through layers of shell companies, to one of the most powerful men in the Middle East: Mojtaba Khamenei, the second-eldest son of Iran’s Supreme Leader.
Turkey Arrests Six Suspected of Espionage for Iran, State Broadcaster Says
ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have arrested six people including an Iranian national on charges of political and military espionage for Iran after coordinated raids across five provinces on Wednesday, state broadcaster TRT reported.
The suspects were detained following a joint investigation by Istanbul prosecutors, the anti-terrorism police and Turkey’s intelligence agency, according to TRT.
They are accused of gathering information on military bases and other sensitive locations in Turkey and abroad, allegedly in coordination with members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence arm, according to the report.
Norway to Align with EU Sanctions against Those Responsible for the Mass Killings in Iran
The EU’s decision to introduce sanctions against concrete individuals that have contributed to the mass killings in Iran is important. Norway will also align itself with the sanctions adopted by the EU against specific individuals and entities. In just the past few weeks, the Iranian regime has killed several thousand civilians who have been demonstrating for their freedom and their right to express themselves, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
“Through public statements and in direct contact with the Iranian authorities, we have condemned the brutal abuses and the use of force inflicted on the civilian population in connection with the protests in Iran. We have emphasised that the widespread use of executions, arrests, torture, and prolonged internet shutdowns as instruments of control is completely unacceptable,” the Foreign Minister said.
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I Gave Them My Word: Why America Must Stand with Iran’s Uprising
In 2003, as one of the first U.S. Army commanders at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, I personally handed “protected persons” identity cards to members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). We asked them to disarm. In return, America gave its word: we would protect them.
Among those I came to know was Hossein Madani, a tireless spokesman who had studied in the United States and later became my friend. A decade later, Hossein was murdered — shot first in the abdomen, then executed with a bullet through the top of his head as he sat wounded and defenseless against a wall. Fifty-one others were killed with him. The Iraqi forces entrusted with their protection either looked away or pulled the triggers themselves.
I have carried that betrayal ever since. Today, as Iran enters the most consequential phase of its uprising in generations, that memory has returned with renewed urgency. Because what is unfolding now is not another fleeting protest cycle. It is a nationwide confrontation whose outcome will determine whether Iran remains under the grip of religious fascism — or finally breaks free.
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Message to Iran’s Women and Girls Who Created the Uprising
A thousand salutes to the courageous struggle of my dear sisters and daughters who rose up across Iran and, side by side with their brothers, set the flames of the uprising ablaze even brighter. In the very first days of the uprising in Hormozgan Province, the people of Bandar Abbas launched their protests led by brave women at the forefront. On January 4 in Mashhad, the people, again led by women, clashed with security forces while chanting “Death to the dictator.” In Tehran-Sar, 200 young women marched through the streets chanting “Freedom, freedom.” On January 7, women in Shiraz blocked the city’s streets. On January 8, the girls of Saravan filled the streets with cries of protest.
Qarchak Prison: Detained Women Protesters, Astronomical Bail, and the Ordeal of Families
According to a report published today, January 29, by the state-run Sharq newspaper, women protesters arrested during the January 2026 uprising in Tehran are being detained in harsh conditions in Qarchak Prison, while the men have been jailed in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, also known as Fashfuyeh, a prison notorious for its horrible conditions and violent circumstances threatening prisoners’ lives. The following report has been extracted from two reports published today by Sharq newspaper. According to Sharq, there is no official figure on the number of protesters detained during the recent uprising. Qarchak Prison has once again become one of the primary detention centers for women arrested during protests.
Gothenburg Rally Marks 105 Weeks of “No to Execution Tuesdays” and Solidarity with Iran Uprising
Gothenburg, Sweden – January 27, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to mark the 105th consecutive week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The movement protests the Iranian regime’s escalating wave of executions and systematic repression.
Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Berlin Call for February 7 Demonstration
Berlin, Germany — January 26, 2026 — Organizers of a photo exhibition and book table in Berlin issued a call to all freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of democracy to join a major demonstration in Berlin on February 7, 2026, in support of Iran’s nationwide uprising. The upcoming rally aims to honor the martyrs of the uprising and to demand freedom and the establishment of a democratic republic in Iran—one that categorically rejects all forms of dictatorship, whether the long-buried monarchical rule of the past or the current theocratic regime of the mullahs.
End of Impunity: The January Bloodbath in Iran Drags the IRGC to the EU Blacklist
For the people of Iran, the historic decision of the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization is more than a diplomatic maneuver; it is the – long due – legal recognition of decades of systematic crimes against humanity. This breakthrough is the direct result of a steadfast nation that has paid the price for freedom with the lives of its bravest children. This action marks a first step in ending the “unwritten impunity” for the regime’s primary engine of suppression and the beginning of a new chapter of international accountability.
The names of hundreds of martyrs, identified and documented with precision and devotion by Iran’s human rights monitoring sources, have now transformed into a global indictment against the entire ruling establishment. These living testimonies are the very truth that shattered the long-standing wall of turning a blind eye to the defense of human rights in Europe.
Iranian Doctors Arrested En Masse Over Providing Medical Aid to Protesters
The arrest and repression of doctors and medical staff by the Iranian regime’s security agents in various cities continues. According to reports from Iran, agents have raided the homes and workplaces of doctors and medical personnel who helped treat injured protesters and violently arrested them. During the protests, at Golsar Hospital in Rasht alone, a large number of bodies were transferred from the hospital to the morgue, and more than ten teenage girls aged 16 to 17, who had been injured by gunfire, lost their lives. In one reported case, regime agents abducted an injured girl who had survived surgery, taking her from her hospital bed while she was still in postoperative condition.
Bandar Abbas Uprising: Eyewitness Accounts from Iran’s January 2026 Nationwide Revolt
During the nationwide uprising of January 2026, the southern port city of Bandar Abbas emerged as one of the key centers of popular resistance against Iran’s ruling theocracy. What follows is an account based on eyewitness testimonies and on-the-ground reports describing how the city’s streets became scenes of mass protests, violent clashes, systematic repression, and determined public defiance. On Thursday, January 1, 2026, demonstrations and confrontations unfolded in central Bandar Abbas. Protesters chanted slogans such as “Death to the entire regime” and “Honorable Iranians, support, support,” openly rejecting the ruling system and voicing collective anger toward the entirety of the establishment.