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Sweden charges man over 1988 Iran prison massacre

Prosecutors in Sweden have charged an Iranian with war crimes over the mass execution of prisoners in 1988.

The suspect was not named but has been widely identified as Hamid Nouri, 60.

In 1988, Iran was at war with Iraq. Iran’s supreme leader ordered the mass execution of prisoners linked to an armed opposition group allied to Iraq.

The suspect was working in a prison near the Iranian capital Tehran, prosecutors say. His lawyer told news agencies he denied the charges.

Human rights groups have long campaigned for justice over the executions across Iran, in which an estimated 5,000 people were killed.

by Blazingcatfur•July 28, 2021July 28, 2021•0•Iran

Iran claims it has captured Israeli agents and seized weapons intended for use during unrest sparked by Islamic Republic’s water shortages

Iran claims to have captured Israeli Mossad agents carrying weapons that were to be used during unrest sparked by recent anti-government protests.

A ‘network of agents’ was arrested with ‘a large amount of weapons and ammunition’ sneaking across Iran’s western border, state media reported on Tuesday.

Iran did not say how many agents were arrested or when precisely they had ‘infiltrated’ the country.

The Iranian regime’s days are numbered.

Protests are starting in several areas of #Iran’s capital, Tehran now: their slogan: "No #Gaza No #Lebanon – my soul is sacrificed for Iran." pic.twitter.com/pcyrPig12D

— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) July 26, 2021

by Blazingcatfur•July 27, 2021July 27, 2021•0•Iran

Will Lebanon Fall into the Hands of Iran?

There is growing concern among the Lebanese and other Arabs that Iran is planning to exploit the severe political, economic and financial crisis in Lebanon to complete its takeover of the country.

Iran already has a political and military presence in Lebanon through its terrorist proxy, Hezbollah. The current crisis, however, is likely to facilitate Iran’s mission of adding Lebanon to the list of countries it already occupies: Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

by Blazingcatfur•July 26, 2021July 26, 2021•0•Iran, Lebanon

Biden Needs a Long Spoon in Vienna

To talk or not to talk? For Joe Biden’s administration in Washington this is the question with regard to “frozen” negotiations with Iran over its so-called “nuclear ambitions”. Initially, Biden appeared keen to team-roll the process so that he could revive what his former boss Barack Obama still presents as his greatest foreign policy achievement, thus loosening the lasso that Donald Trump has tightened around the mullahs in Tehran.

On the way to the forum, however, two things happened.

by Blazingcatfur•July 26, 2021July 25, 2021•0•Iran, USA

Iranian Regime Empowered: Violating US Sovereignty, Kidnapping on American Soil

Why is the Biden administration continuing to negotiate with the mullahs of Iran to revive the nuclear deal and lift sanctions placed against them — an act that would hugely strengthen their regime — after the country, during nuclear talks, was caught plotting to kidnap a US citizen in Brooklyn, New York?

IMHO the Biden admin is proceeding with Obama’s and the State Department’s plan to disengage from the Middle East.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2021July 24, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Iran, USA

The EU Leaders Join North Korea in Welcoming Iran’s Mass Murderer President

The leaders of the European Union, who preach about human rights and democracy, are not only turning a blind eye to the Iranian regime’s handpicking of a mass murderer, Ebrahim Raisi, to be the next president; they are also now joining North Korea in congratulating the ruling mullahs and their new President Raisi.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2021July 17, 2021•0•European Union, Iran

Iran Claims Biden Admin Prepared to Cancel Major U.S. Sanctions

Iranian government report says U.S. will lift sanctions on banks, oil trade, other sectors

The Biden administration is prepared to lift American sanctions on Iran, including on its oil trade and banks, providing the hardline regime with a lifeline as its economy teeters on the brink of collapse, according to an Iranian government report outlining the status of negotiations with the United States.

Sanctions are the key sticking point in talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna, as diplomats from both countries work to finalize an agreement that would see the Biden administration rejoin the 2015 nuclear accord.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2021July 15, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Iran, USA

US Authorities charge 4 in Iranian plot to kidnap U.S.-based journalist Masih Alinejad and Unnamed US & Canadian based individuals

An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S.-based journalist and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday.

An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran. Victims were also targeted in the United Arab Emirates, authorities said.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment. State media in Tehran did not immediately acknowledge the alleged plot, though Iran has become more aggressive in recent years about seizing opposition journalists and dissidents abroad amid tensions over its tattered nuclear deal.

by Blazingcatfur•July 14, 2021July 14, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Biden and the Mullahs: “Feeding the Crocodile”

Winston Churchill famously warned against appeasing the aggressor: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear — I fear greatly — the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, ever more loudly, ever more widely. It will spread to the South; it will spread to the North.”

This is all prelude to the eventual pull-out by the US from the ME begun under Obama.

by Blazingcatfur•July 13, 2021July 13, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Iran, USA

Biden Must Abandon Nuclear Negotiations with Iran

US President Joe Biden must give serious consideration to abandoning his ill-conceived plan to revive the nuclear deal with Tehran following the election victory of Iran’s new hardline president, Ebrahim Raisi.

The appointment of the 60-year-old Mr Raisi as Iran’s eighth president since the 1979 revolution means that, far from being prepared to make any further concessions in the nuclear talks, the regime under his leadership is certain to adopt a far more aggressive and uncompromising stance in its dealings with the US and its allies.

by Blazingcatfur•July 10, 2021July 10, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Iran

Biden Administration: Rewarding the Murderous Regime of Iran?

“The Biden administration should understand that Ebrahim Raisi is an extremely dangerous man partially because, from his perspective, anyone who criticizes the Islamic Republic or protests against it is rising against God and his representatives on earth. Whatever his regime does is presumed to be fully justified and rewarded by God because the Islamic Republic is a divine political establishment and all its actions are enforcing God’s will on earth.”

The US learned that lesson in WW II fighting the emperor worshipping Japanese. Death in the “God’s” service was considered an honour by his soldiers. They have forgotten that.

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2021July 1, 2021•0•Iran

The “Iran Deal” Soon to Be Resuscitated

The latest alteration before the Americans trying to revive the “nuclear weapons deal” — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — with Iran is the carefully staged election this month of Ebrahim Raisi to its presidency. A clerical hardliner known as “the Butcher,” he is responsible for thousands of executions of oppositions leaders, torture and other “ongoing crimes against humanity.”

Raisi’s election, “engineered to guarantee his victory,” looks suspiciously like a ploy by Iran’s Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei to terrify the American negotiators into capitulating to Iran’s demands even faster and more recklessly, to avoid negotiating with an opponent more uncompromising than whomever they are negotiating with at present.

by Blazingcatfur•June 30, 2021June 30, 2021•0•Iran

U.N. expert backs probe into Iran’s 1988 killings, Raisi’s role

GENEVA, June 29 (Reuters) – The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role played by President-elect Ebrahim Raisi as Tehran deputy prosecutor.

Javaid Rehman, in an interview with Reuters on Monday, said that over the years his office has gathered testimonies and evidence. It was ready to share them if the United Nations Human Rights Council or other body sets up an impartial investigation.

I bet this will be transparent and fair.

by Blazingcatfur•June 29, 2021June 29, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Iran: Black Turban Follows White Turban

Now what? This is the question Iranians ask these days as they try to absorb the shock of the latest elections which has propelled another turban into the presidency of the Islamic Republic.

Leaving aside the first two whose ephemeral career was too short to merit attention, the Islamic Republic has had five presidents.

by Blazingcatfur•June 27, 2021June 27, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Iran’s New President: A Mass Murderer Mullah

The Iranian regime ran a sham election to make its favorite mullah candidate, Ebrahim Raisi, linked with mass executions, become the next President of the Islamic Republic. Will the European Union and the Biden administration at least condemn the Iranian regime and stop the West’s appeasement policies with the ruling mullahs?

In Iran, the regime urged people to vote, most likely to show that it enjoys legitimacy; however, what it faced was widespread voter apathy and a record low voter turnout. Many people boycotted the elections and protesters called on US President Joe Biden to stop trying to return to the nuclear deal. Anahita, an Iranian teacher from Tehran, told Gatestone, “I did not go to vote. Like many people, I did not have a candidate. So, why should I vote? The mullahs had a candidate: Raisi”.

by Blazingcatfur•June 26, 2021June 26, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence