{"id":320657,"date":"2024-06-20T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=320657"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:25:06","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-20-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 20, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 4:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Espionage and Cyberattack Threat Reaches New Dimension in Germany, Interior Minister Warns<\/h3>\n

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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned of growing espionage and cyber threats from foreign adversaries including Russia, China, and Iran. “The threat to our democracy from espionage, sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks has reached a new dimension,” Faeser told reporters in Berlin as she presented an annual\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, which monitors threats to Germany’s democracy.<\/p>\n

The activities of Iran’s intelligence services in Germany focused on surveillance of Iranian\u00a0<\/strong>opposition groups and individuals following widespread protests against the regime last year, the report said.<\/p>\n

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UN Human Rights Expert: Iran Atrocities Go Beyond 1988 Massacre, Will Finally Be Declared ‘Genocide’<\/h3>\n

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A United Nations-appointed human rights expert on Wednesday presented his findings in what may be the strongest and most comprehensive condemnation of Iran for a series of atrocities carried out in the country in the 1980s. The findings were presented at the United Nations Office in Geneva by Rapporteur\u00a0Javaid Rehman<\/a>, who focuses on human rights issues in Iran. He said he has been working on the report since his appointment to the post in 2018.<\/p>\n

Most of the executions allegedly carried out in Iran in the 1980s happened during a five-month period in 1988.<\/p>\n

According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, best known as the NCRI,\u00a0the massacres cost 30,000 Iranian opposition figures their lives<\/a>, and most of the casualties were members of NCRI and affiliated groups.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Regime Officials Make Preposterous Claims in Presidential Race<\/h3>\n

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During his three years of presidency, the now-dead Ebrahim Raisi brought nothing but poverty, misery, inflation, suppression, massacre, and executions to the people of Iran. In contrast, he excelled in \u201cmust therapy,\u201d \u201clie therapy,\u201d and especially \u201cpromise therapy,\u201d breaking records in these areas; his most notable hollow promises during his presidency were the creation of one million jobs annually and the construction of 4 million housing units, none of which ever materialized.<\/p>\n

These days, in their debates and competitions, the candidates for the regime\u2019s upcoming presidential elections all follow Raisi\u2019s line of \u201cpromise therapy.\u201d They present no concrete social or economic solutions and only speak of imaginary and baseless ideas. A look at these promises shows the emptiness of the high-ranking officials\u2019 hands from any plans or roadmaps for the future.<\/p>\n

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4 Decades of Resistance for Freedom by Generation Equality in Iran<\/h3>\n

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June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people\u2019s resistance to freedom and democracy in 1981.\u00a0 Iran\u2019s women pioneer their people\u2019s movement against the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship.<\/p>\n

Generation Equality has played a significant role in the Iranian people\u2019s resistance to freedom from the time of the Shah until today. Women who sacrificed their lives for freedom in the 1970s opened the way for women\u2019s large-scale participation in the movement. Then came another generation of women in the 1980s<\/a>\u00a0whose sacrifices and unsubmissive struggle shook the foundations of the mullahs\u2019 misogynous regime.<\/p>\n

And then, the world saw the\u00a0next generations of brave Iranian women and girls<\/a>\u00a0who pursued this\u00a0tortuous<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0blood-drenched path<\/a>\u00a0during the uprisings in 1999,\u00a02009<\/a>,\u00a02017<\/a>,\u00a02018<\/a>,\u00a02019<\/a>,\u00a02020<\/a>,\u00a02022, and 2023<\/a>. Generation equality will\u00a0continue to thread this path<\/a>\u00a0until the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 misogynous regime and the dawn of genuine freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n

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UN Rapporteur Condemns Iran\u2019s Heinous Crimes Against Humanity<\/h3>\n

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Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has strongly condemned the killing of political prisoners in the 1980s by the Iranian regime, labeling them as heinous crimes against humanity and genocide. He has demanded that the Iranian regime be held accountable for committing these atrocities.\u00a0Speaking at a side meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, June 19, Rahman urged the international community to take concrete steps to hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable and end their immunity. He called for activating an investigation mechanism to uncover the full extent of these crimes.<\/p>\n

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Former Iranian Regime Official Faces Deportation from France Over Alleged Ties to IRGC<\/h3>\n

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Bashir Biazar, the former director of the music and anthem office of the Iranian regime, was arrested in France recently and is facing deportation from the country.<\/p>\n

Tehran claims that he is a harmless \u2018journalist\u2019, but the authorities in Paris consider him to be an influencer of the regime and related to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).\u00a0On June 3rd, the French police arrested Biazar in the city of Dijon and detained him. This 41-year-old Iranian citizen, who has been living in France with his wife and two children on a long-term visa for two years, was arrested following an \u2018immediate deportation\u2019 order issued by the French Ministry of Interior on May 22.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Workers Continue Protests Due to Unemployment and Unpaid Wages<\/h3>\n

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The workers of the old Darougar factory in Tehran, which was handed over to the public sector last year to prevent its closure, say they have about \u201cfour months of unpaid wages and seven months of unpaid insurance\u201d and have repeatedly protested in the factory yard.<\/p>\n

According to the state news agency ILNA, a Darougar worker reported on Wednesday, June 19, that due to the protest over arrears, \u201cyesterday morning, one of the factory\u2019s production workers with at least 20 years of experience was denied entry to his workplace by the employer\u2019s order.\u201d<\/p>\n

This labor activist said that the workers of this factory are being threatened with dismissal and added that in recent months, several workers who had \u201casked some officials for help due to livelihood problems caused by not receiving wages\u201d were dismissed.<\/p>\n

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Amnesty International: Hamid Nouri\u2019s Release a \u201cStaggering Blow\u201d to Survivors, Families of 1988 Massacre<\/h3>\n

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In a statement,\u00a0Amnesty International described<\/a>\u00a0the \u201cshocking release\u201d of\u00a0Hamid Nouri<\/a>, a former deputy prosecutor of Gohardasht Prison, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Sweden for his involvement in the execution of thousands of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, as a \u201cstaggering blow\u201d to the survivors and families of the victims.\u00a0In this statement, released on Tuesday, June 18, Amnesty International warned that the prisoner exchange between the Iranian regime and Sweden would fuel a \u201ccrisis of impunity\u201d in the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n

According to this human rights organization, the decision of the Swedish government not only emboldens Iranian regime officials to commit more crimes under international law, including \u201chostage-taking, without fear of consequences,\u201d but also undermines the \u201cright to justice\u201d and raises concerns about the Swedish government\u2019s commitment to international law.<\/p>\n

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Mona Mahmoudnizhad: A Symbol of Resistance Against Religious Persecution<\/h3>\n

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Mona Mahmoudnizhad was executed three months after her father! Mona Mahmoudnizhad was 17 years old at the time of execution. On June 18, 1983, during the peak of Khomeini\u2019s regime brutality, Mona Mahmoudnizhad, after a weekly meeting of Baha\u2019i women in \u201cAdel Abad\u201d prison in Shiraz, along with nine other Baha\u2019i women, was transferred to \u201cAbdullah Mesgar\u201d barracks and hanged in front of each other.<\/p>\n

Before the execution, these women were asked to renounce Baha\u2019ism and convert to Islam to be spared from execution. But none of them accepted this offer. They were murmuring religious prayers. The bodies of these women were buried without informing their families and without a religious ceremony in the Baha\u2019i cemetery in Shiraz named \u201cGolestan Javid\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Oslo, Norway\u2014June 17, 2024: MEK Supporters Rally to Denounce Shameful Sweden-Mullahs\u2019 Regime Deal<\/h3>\n
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