Iran: Six men to be executed in public

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The massacre in Iran must be stopped
Six men were sentenced to death in Mashhad on charges of robbery by the 6th Branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court. according to the state-run Rokna news agency report on September 23, 2017.
The men also received other sentences including flogging and fines for drug related charges. Two of the men have been identified as Meisam, 29, and Hadi, 27.

IAEA CHIEF CALLS FOR CLARITY ON DISPUTED SECTION OF IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

IAEA CHIEF CALLS FOR CLARITY ON DISPUTED SECTION OF IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

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VIENNA, Reuters, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 - The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief urged major powers on Tuesday to clarify a part of their nuclear deal with Iran dealing with technology that could be used to develop an atom bomb, an area Russia said the agency should leave alone.The 2015 pact between six major powers and Iran restricts its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Compliance with those curbs is being verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano has defended the deal as a major step forward while declining to comment specifically on criticism of it by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called the accord - reached by predecessor Barack Obama - “an embarrassment to the United States”.

But while Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has infuriated Tehran by saying the IAEA should widen its inspections to include military sites, diplomats say Russia has been trying to restrict the agency’s role by arguing it has no authority to police a broadly worded section of the deal.

That section bans “activities which could contribute to the development of a nuclear explosive device”. It lists examples such as using computer models that simulate a nuclear bomb, or designing multi-point, explosive detonation systems.

Unlike many other parts of the deal, the provision, known as Section T, makes no mention of the IAEA or specifics of how it will be verified. Russia says that means the IAEA has no authority over it. Western powers and the agency disagree.

“Our tools are limited,” Amano told Reuters when asked if his agency had the means to verify Section T.

“In other sections, for example, Iran has committed to submit declarations, place their activities under safeguards or ensure access by us. But in Section T I don’t see any (such commitment).”

Amano said he hoped the parties to the agreement would discuss the issue in the Joint Commission, a forum created by the deal, adding that even a clearer definition of terms such as the technology referred to would be an improvement.

“More clarification would be helpful ... Russia has a different view. They believe that it is not the mandate of the IAEA. Others have different views and discussions are ongoing.”

 DIPLOMACY

 Trump has hinted that he may not recertify the agreement when it comes up for review by a mid-October deadline, in which case the U.S. Congress would have 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions waived under the accord, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

 Amano repeated, however, that Iran was implementing its nuclear commitments under the deal. He said complementary access - often consisting of short-notice inspections carried out under the IAEA Additional Protocol, which Iran is implementing under the accord - was going smoothly.

“Complementary access in Iran is being undertaken without problem and the number of accesses is quite high,” he said.

When asked if a successful Iran deal could help encourage a political solution in nuclear-armed North Korea, to which the IAEA has no access, Amano said the two situations were quite different. But he added: “I also do not say that there’s no comparison, because in the JCPOA’s case, diplomacy worked.”

FEMALE HEAD OF IRAN’S POLO FEDERATION FIRED OVER PRIVATE PHOTOS

FEMALE HEAD OF IRAN’S POLO FEDERATION FIRED OVER PRIVATE PHOTOS

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Iran’s sports federation has fired Golnar Vakil Gilani, the head of the Polo Federation, over leaked private photos. Gilani told Iranian news agencies that she had not received any letter in this regard but the sports authorities had appointed another woman as temporary president for the federation.Defying the decision, Gilani said she will continue her job as president until the last day.

She told Iranian media that she had been under pressure by the sports federation to resign for months.

“They threatened me several times and used some unfair tools against me, but I refused to resign,” she said in an interview with the Iranian newspaper Sharhvand. She did not provide any explanation about the nature of the dispute.

According to some reports, Gilani’s opponents had come into possession of her private photos and apparently threatened to publish them.

Iranian law requires women to wear hijab in public. Leaked private photos or videos of famous figures showing them without Islamic covering have caused them trouble in the past. Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Arya faced a temporary ban due a leaked photo showing her unveiled while attending an international film festival.

“Certainly, Iran would face consequences by the Federation of International Polo if I am fired,” Gilani said.

IRAN REGIME PROHIBITS MORE THAN 100 BAHA'I STUDENTS FROM ENTERING UNIVERSITIES

IRAN REGIME PROHIBITS MORE THAN 100 BAHA'I STUDENTS FROM ENTERING UNIVERSITIES

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The German news broadcaster, Deutsche Welle reported on Tuesday, Sept. 26 that more than 100 Baha'i students who had taken up university admission exams and got passing grades earlier in the summer have been prohibited from enrolling in universities at the start of the school year in Iran due to their religion beliefs.
The deprived youths were all told that their 'files are incomplete'

when they approached to get their exam results after the results were published.
And after going to the authorities in charge of the examinations, most of them were told directly that the reason behind this disadvantage is their Baha'i faith, according to the so called Cultural Revolution. They were advised of apostasy if they wanted to continue education in Iran

Bob Blackman MP: Securing international inquiry into the 1988 massacre will win over the Iranian people

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The Iranian regime is being prosecuted for its crimes

Earlier in September, the UN Secretary General sent the latest report of the Special Rapporteur on Iran’s human rights to the General Assembly for discussion. The August 14 report provides a detailed account of a series of serious abuses that were carried out by the Iranian authorities in the past year year.

But this year's report is unique compared with previous reports because the Special Rapporteur highlights the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in 1988. The report documents the direct involvement of senior Iranian officials and current ministers in carrying out and defending these mass executions as well as the authorities’ efforts to destroy evidence of mass graves and to harass, intimidate and prosecute those who seek truth and justice.

On September 21, the UN Security Council adopted a historic resolution proposed by the UK to bring Daesh to justice. According to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office statement, “the resolution was passed by the Security Council following a letter written to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres from the Iraqi Prime Minister and Foreign Minister requesting international support of Iraqi efforts to bring Daesh to justice.”

This shows that Britain is in a strong position to lead the demand for justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre in Iran, if it has the political will and moral courage.

Despite their claims of moderation and calls to action by the UN Special Rapporteur, neither Iranian President Hassan Rouhani nor Foreign Minister Javad Zarif are willing or able to make a similar request of the UN Secretary General regarding the 1988 massacre. In lieu of this, the Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, could send a letter on behalf of the Government requesting international support of the efforts by the victims’ families and Iranian human rights defenders to bring the perpetrators of the massacre to justice.

Furthermore, the Government should work with its allies at the UN to ensure that any planned UN resolution on the human rights situation calls for an international investigation into these mass executions as a vital step toward holding the perpetrators to account and reaffirming our backing for the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran.

In the previous parliament, 80 MPs from multiple parties supported Early Day Motion 448, which urged the Government to “recognise and condemn this brutal massacre as a crime against humanity and ask the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Human Rights Council, the General Assembly and the Security Council to order an investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

In a press conference with his American counterpart in London on September 14, the Foreign Secretary said, “… we in the UK think it very important that Iran, that country of 80 million people, many of them young, potentially liberal, could be won over – could be won over to a new way of thinking.”

During the last presidential elections, Iranian society and particularly the younger generation demanded the prosecution of those responsible for the 1988 massacre, one of the worst crimes in the history of the theocratic regime. They would surely prefer Britain helping them secure justice rather than applauding Britain’s support for a fallible nuclear agreement that showers the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with cash and sanctions relief that the paramilitary force can use to further intensify the vicious domestic crackdown on human rights defenders and women’s rights activists under Rouhani’s tenure.

As the FCO Minister for Middle East, the Rt Hon Alistair Burt reminded the UN Security Council meeting in his statement on the adoption of the Daesh Resolution, “’The millstones of justice turn exceeding slow, but they grind exceeding fine.’ Those millstones have begun moving today.”

For Iranians for the pursuit of justice begun 29 years ago amid the “global denial” of these mass executions. Our government now has the means to help the Iranian people realise their destiny.

WORLD MUST STOP LETTING IRAN REGIME GET AWAY WITH NUCLEAR INSPECTION OBSTRUCTION

WORLD MUST STOP LETTING IRAN REGIME GET AWAY WITH NUCLEAR INSPECTION OBSTRUCTION

In the last great rally of the Iranian opposition, regime change was presented by the participants as the only solution for Iranian regime’s nuclear crisis.

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NCRI - We need to stop ignoring Iran’s obstruction of nuclear weapons inspections, according to the former vice-president of the European Parliament.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a Spanish professor of atomic and nuclear physics, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner in which he explained that Iran has a long history in obstructing investigations into its nuclear programme and this has not changed in the two years since the nuclear deal was signed.

Vidal-Quadras, who is also president of the Brussels-based International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ) which seeks to gain justice for the victims of the 1988 Iranian massacre, wrote: “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action effectively skirted this issue by making it theoretically possible for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ask for and receive access to military sites, but only following a month-long process during which the Islamic Republic could work to erase evidence of past activities.”

This is especially troubling when you consider that the IAEA’s reports are the chief reason why many countries besides the US believe that Iran is in compliance with the deal. The problem is, how can you be in compliance with anything if you are always allowed to delay investigations until you’ve hidden the evidence?

Vidal-Quadras explained that soil samples obtained by the IAEA from the Parchin military base, which many still suspect to be a hive of nuclear-related activity, showed signs of nuclear activity after the nuclear site was supposedly demolished. This damning evidence was swept under the rug in order to push through the nuclear deal.

It’s not the only evidence though. Intelligence from the main Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), who was the first to expose the Iranian Regime’s nuclear programme back in 2002, showed many such instances of the Regime’s lies and the world’s neglect.

Vidal-Quadras wrote: “But even without this additional intelligence, the Parchin situation and the Iranian regime's repeated insistence that military sites are simply off limits to international inspectors should be enough to demonstrate to the world that the [nuclear deal] has likely not halted Iran's nuclear activities, much less convinced the regime to cooperate with the international community.”

He wrote that the world powers seem to be more than aware of the Regime’s lies but are choosing to look the other way. This clearly shows that the nuclear deal has failed in its objectives.

He encouraged Donald Trump to decertify Iran’s compliance at the upcoming October 15th deadline because there is clear evidence to show that Iran is cheating on the nuclear deal.

He wrote: “To the extent that Iran refuses to cooperate with the international community, the nations of the world should show that they can do better by cooperating among themselves in order to exert the pressure that is necessary to make absolutely certain that this theocratic regime is no longer pursuing the capability to build weapons of mass destruction. Giving Tehran a free pass is simply too dangerous.”

Iran's People And The Nuclear Deal

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This article shows that the only way to make sure of regime’s nuclear project is to implement the Security Council resolutions.

Discussions are continuing as we speak over the fate of the highly controversial Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Advocates and opponents are going the limits to present their case prior to the October 15th deadline when US President Donald Trump is due to determine the status of Iran’s compliance with the accord.

While this is a very important discussion, what unfortunately goes neglected is the status of the Iranian people who should be the first beneficiaries of such an accord that led to many sanctions being lifted from the Iranian regime.