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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Hamas leader\u00a0Yahya Sinwar<\/a>\u00a0was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday.<\/p>\r\n Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history.<\/p>\r\n “The master murderer Yahya Sinwar, who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed” by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Katz said in a statement. “This is a great military and moral achievement for Israel and a victory for the entire free world against the evil axis of extreme Islam led by Iran.”<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n UPDATE: 7:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n This is happening despite Norway’s principles and commitments to human rights, and despite its image as a peaceful nation and home of the Nobel Peace Prize. The news came last week, with just a few days apart: three death sentences were handed down. The three individuals are Behrouz Ehsani, Mehdi Hassani, and Mohammad Javad Vafa\u00ef.<\/p>\r\n No media outlets have reported on this. Have we become desensitized to the atrocities happening around us? Are we indifferent to the fate of others because we are too preoccupied with our own problems?<\/p>\r\n Last week, during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Maryam Rajavi, the presidential candidate for the largest Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), urged the international community to support the resistance\u2019s campaign against executions. She called for diplomatic and trade relations with the clerical regime to be made contingent on an end to executions, terrorism, and hostage-taking in Iran. She also demanded that the regime’s leaders be held accountable for genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n Brussels \u2013 Sanctions, as are critical stances against the ayatollah regime, are good. But the European Union must do more. The demand comes from the Iranian opposition, which took to the streets at the European Council summit to demand \u201can\u00a0end to the EU\u2019s appeasement policy\u201d and \u201cinsert the Revolutionary Guards\u00a0on the EU list of terrorist organizations.\u201d\u00a0Kamran Dalir, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance in Iran<\/a>\u00a0(NCRI),\u00a0explains to\u00a0Eunews<\/em>\u00a0the reason for the mobilisation on the day EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss, among other things, the Middle East.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n \u00a0 The demonstration denouncing the Iranian regime will take place outside the EU institutions at 13:30 on Thursday. The protestors are calling on the bloc to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation while Iran suffers from regional conflicts, domestic repression and escalated executions.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n UPDATE: 5:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eighteen companies, individuals, and vessels for their ties to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)-backed Houthi financial official Sa\u2019id al-Jamal (al-Jamal) and his network. Included in this action are the captains of vessels transporting illicit oil as well as the companies that managed and operated these ships. The revenue from al-Jamal\u2019s network continues to enable Houthi attacks in the region, including missile and unmanned aerial vehicle attacks on Israel and commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Oct 16 (Reuters) – The United States said it carried out strikes on Wednesday against five underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in a strike that used B-2 stealth bombers against the Iran-aligned group for the first time.<\/p>\r\n In wording that could also be interpreted as a signal to Iran, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strike was a unique demonstration of the Pentagon’s ability to strike hard-to-reach facilities, “no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified.”<\/p>\r\n “The employment of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit long-range stealth bombers demonstrate U.S. global strike capabilities to take action against these targets when necessary, anytime, anywhere,” Austin said in a statement.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n UPDATE: 12:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Today, U.S. military forces, including U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers, conducted precision strikes against five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. U.S. forces targeted several of the Houthis’ underground facilities housing various weapons components of types that the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels throughout the region. This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified. The employment of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit long-range stealth bombers demonstrates U.S. global strike capabilities to take action against these targets when necessary, anytime, anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n UPDATE: 7:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Iran\u2019s regime holds the highest execution rate per capita in the world.\u00a0The persistence of executions owes itself to its utility as a tool for both political and religious power. The clerics who seized power in 1979 soon realized that execution could not only instill a continuous state of fear in society but also physically eliminate their political opponents.<\/p>\r\n Execution is not merely a judicial method; it is the lifeblood of the death-driven regime, a means of survival and sustenance.\u00a0When it comes to dealing with political opponents and overthrow movements, the ruling system unleashes itself. As the regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has stated, the clerical regime deals with everything regarding supporters and members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) through executions justified by its repressive fatwas and inhumane courts.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n When the dominance of dictatorship and its evil and ominous consequences govern a society, many analysts believe that the roots of political, social, and economic crises must be examined and understood. From this understanding, they seek to offer solutions for these crises. The success of each analyst or expert is directly related to their level of understanding of the nature of the ruling power.\u00a0The closer analysts understand the root and nature of the ruling dictator, the easier and more comprehensive the solution will be.<\/p>\r\n A concrete example of this principle can be seen in the political-religious dictatorship ruling Iran. One could analyze the political, economic, social, labor, and cultural crises caused by this regime individually and offer solutions, or one could trace them all back to their root cause and identify the true source.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n A recent report by Microsoft reveals that the Iranian regime, alongside other states like Russia and China, is increasingly leveraging criminal networks to conduct cyberespionage and hacking operations. These activities are largely aimed at adversaries such as the United States, marking a new phase in digital warfare where the lines between state-sponsored attacks and criminal activities have become increasingly blurred.<\/p>\r\n The collaboration between Iran\u2019s regime and criminal hackers has raised alarms among national security experts, as it reflects a strategic shift by this authoritarian government. This regime is outsourcing its cyber activities to private, illicit groups, not only to enhance the scope of its operations but also to lower the costs and avoid direct attribution. This growing nexus between state and criminal actors enables regimes like Iran to carry out disruptive activities without the direct involvement of their intelligence agencies.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n German politician Renata Alt has expressed strong support for the European Union\u2019s newly imposed sanctions on Iran, citing Tehran\u2019s delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia. These missiles, used in Russia\u2019s ongoing assault on Ukraine, have contributed to the destruction of civilian infrastructure, an action that\u00a0Alt<\/a>\u00a0described as intolerable.<\/p>\r\n \u201cThe destruction of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine through ballistic missiles must not be tolerated,\u201d Alt emphasized in a statement following the sanctions announcement.<\/p>\r\n The EU imposed these sanctions in response to Iran\u2019s growing military cooperation with Russia, particularly its involvement in providing ballistic weapons used in the Ukraine conflict. Alt, a member of the German Bundestag, underscored that Iran\u2019s military support for Russia, as well as its backing of terrorist organizations in the Middle East, continues to escalate dangerous conflicts across the globe, posing a significant threat to the security of the EU.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n Describing Iran\u2019s economy through conventional economic models, typically applicable to other nations, proves challenging. This complexity arises from the distinctive characteristics of the Velayat-e Faghih system, which fundamentally influences Iran\u2019s economic framework.<\/p>\r\n Iran\u2019s economy is characterized by a dual structure, with significant portions controlled by both non-elected institutions and the official government. Key non-elected entities, such as the Supreme Leader and associated organizations\u2014like the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order, the Mostazafan Foundation, and Astan Quds Razavi\u2014play a dominant role. This creates a unique blend of state and quasi-state monopolistic practices, where power and resources are concentrated among a small elite.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n In this article, we commemorate the\u00a0International Day for the Eradication of Poverty<\/a> by exploring the plight of female heads of households in Iran and the additional pressures they face.\u00a0When discussing female heads of household, several key groups come to mind:\u00a0widows<\/a>, divorcees, the wives of addicted men, the spouses of incarcerated individuals, the wives of migrant workers, single self-sustaining women, and the wives of disabled or incapacitated men. All these women are compelled to support and manage their families. Meanwhile, the laws of the clerical regime in Iran officially categorize them as second-class citizens, existing solely to serve men. As a result, experts have long been highlighting the\u00a0feminization of poverty<\/a>\u00a0in Iran.<\/p>\r\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n The Washington Post reported on Tuesday<\/a>, October 15, that weapons secretly supplied by foreign countries to both sides of the conflict in Sudan\u2014including ammunition and drones sent by the Iranian regime and the United Arab Emirates\u2014are fueling Sudan\u2019s devastating civil war. In the section concerning Iran, the report, based on classified assessments, a report funded by the U.S. State Department, and evidence collected from weapons seized in Sudan, revealed that the Sudanese army has been using foreign-armed drones, particularly those covertly supplied by the Iranian regime, since late last year.<\/p>\r\nHamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Killed in Gaza by Israeli Forces, Officials Say<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nThree New People Sentenced to Death in Iran: Norway Must Break the Silence<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nIran, Opposition to Ayatollahs\u2019 Regime Parades in Brussels: \u201cEU Recognise Revolutionary Guards as Terrorists\u201d<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nIran Protest Calls on EU to Designate Revolutionary Guard A Terrorist Organisation<\/h3>\r\n
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Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) will stage a protest outside the EU Summit on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\r\n
\r\nTreasury Sanctions Network for Shipping Oil on Behalf of Iran-Backed Houthi Financier<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nUS Stealth Bombers Strike Underground Houthi Weapons Sites in Yemen<\/h3>\r\n
\r\nStatement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Airstrikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nThe Iranian Resistance\u2019s Fight to End Executions in Iran<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nThe Real Rift in Iran<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nIran\u2019s Cyber Campaign: A Growing Alliance with Criminal Networks<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nEU Sanctions on Iran Justified Due to Missile Deliveries to Russia, Says German Politician<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nRent-Seeking and Innovation Suppression: The Challenges of Iran\u2019s Economy<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nThe Feminization of Poverty in Iran: Female Heads of Household and Their Untold Struggles<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\nHow Iran\u2019s Regime Fans the Flames of Civil War in Sudan<\/h3>\r\n
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