IRAN - New report shows Iran regime's deceit tactics in nuclear talks

ALI REZA JAFARZADEH

NCRI - The National Council of Resistance of Iran unveiled on Thursday a major report on the Iranian regime's deceit tactics and strategies in nuclear negotiations with the world powers.

The unique report, unveiled by the NCRI's US Representative Office in Washington, reviewed Tehran’s 12 years of negotiations with the EU3 and P5+1. Alireza Jafarzadeh, the NCRI-US Deputy Director, carried out the online briefing.

The report, which was prepared from public sources and 

sources inside the regime, assessed the principles of the

negotiations from the regime’s perspective and the tactics 

used by Tehran to reach its objectives and to gain 

concessions in the negotiations.

New report shows Iran regime's deceit tactics in nuclear talks

IRAN - US sharing military base with Iran-backed militia in Iraq

The United States army is sharing a military base with Iranian-back militia in Iraq, Bloomberg has reported.

Both nations forces are using the Taqqadum military base in Anbar, where President Barack Obama has just sent an extra 450 soldiers to help train local forces fighting the Islamic State terrorist group, the report said.

And it added that some of the same Iranian-back paramilitary troops at the base had killed US soldiers in the past.

Senate Armed Services chairman John McCain told the WSJ: "It’s an insult to the families of the American soldiers that were wounded and killed in battles in which the Shia militias were the enemy. Now, providing arms to them and supporting them, it’s very hard for those families to understand."

US sharing military base with Iran-backed militia in Iraq

IRAN - Senators up pressure over Iran human rights

Ted Cruz

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz who is running for president, wants to reduce the State Department's budget for every 30 days that a report on the Iranian regime’s handling of human rights is delayed.

Cruz said having the report is "critical" before Congress votes on a long-term deal on Iran's nuclear program. The report is required to be released by Feb. 25.

Cruz, and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) have introduced legislation that would withhold 5 percent of the State Department's operating budget for every 30 days that an annual human rights report is delayed.

The administration has argued that Iran's handling of human rights, while a concern, should be separate from the ongoing nuclear talks, though some Senate Republicans have rejected that argument.

Senators up pressure over Iran human rights

IRAN- IranFreedom TV – Daily Live news

IranFreedom TV – Daily Live news and reports on Iran Watch every day at 2 pm European time(8 am EST) #Iran #IranFreedom 

IRAN- Elaine Chao: Iran is penalizing women

Elaine Chao

Elaine Chao, a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, was among over 600 political leaders and dignitaries that attended the recent major gathering of the Iranian opposition in Paris.

Mrs. Chao expressed her support for ‘those who desire democratic change’ in Iran. She particularly emphasized on the need to fight against the repressive policies of the Iranian regime against women and girls.

Text of remarks by Hon. Elaine Chao, former U.S. Secretary of Labor – Paris, June 13, 2015:

It’s a rare opportunity to be here, to join my colleagues from the United States and also around the world to express support with those who desire democratic change and fundamental freedoms to the people of Iran.

Elaine Chao: Iran is penalizing women

IRAN - Ex-IAEA official: P5+1 deal will keep Iran as a nuclear weapons-threshold state

The current terms of the agreement under negotiation between the major world powers and the Iranian regime will allow it to remain as a nuclear weapons-threshold state, Olli Heinonen, former deputy chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, has warned.

Dr. Olli Heinonen, former Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the remarks in a panel of the Foundation for Middle Eastern Studies in Paris on June 12. The panel also included former CIA director James Woolsey; former White House Director of Public Liaison Linda Chavez; Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the US representative office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI); and Dr. Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow at France's Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS).

Text of remarks by Dr. Olli Heinonen, former Deputy Director General of the IAEA, at FEMO panel in Paris on June 12, 2015:

Thank you very much to the organizers for inviting me to talk here and share my views with you. I'm actually looking forward to interacting with the great audience that is here today. So I'm not going to be very dogmatic in my presentation but I’ll make maybe four or five points about where we stand today.

Ex-IAEA official: P5+1 deal will keep Iran as a nuclear weapons-threshold state

IRAN - 50 years of struggle for Freedom in Iran

The 20th of June, Saturday commemorates the 34th anniversary of the birth of the Iranian Resistance to gain the most basic human rights of the Iranian people and to establish a democracy in Iran. On that day Ayatollah Khomeini himself gave the orders for the Guards Corps to open fire on half a million pro-democracy Iranians protestors.

13/06/2015 Iranians marching to enter the rally, June 13, 2015 FRANCE, Paris : Iranians having a major Iran Freedom rally in Parc des Expositions exhibition center on June 13, 2015 in Villepinte. Some 100,000 Iranians and their international supporters including 600 international lawmakers and personalities attend the rally in support of Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi’s 10-point plan for a future free Iran. They say that in order to stop nuclear proliferation in Iran and defeat Islamic fundamentalism there needs to be support for Iran’s Parliament-in-exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), to bring about regime change.

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IRAN - 34 years of Resistance against religious tyranny in Iran

Saturday June 20 marks the 34th anniversary of the start of the Iranian Resistance to obtain the most basic rights of Iranians and to establish human rights and democracy. On that day, Khomeini personally ordered the Guards Corps to open fire on a peaceful protest by half-a-million pro-democracy Iranians.

From that day, the reign of terror began by the mullahs. But that day in 1981 also had a very political and strategic significance since it marked the end of the era of reformism of the clerical regime. The regime remains as ruthless and incapable of reform to the day.

34 years of Resistance against religious tyranny in Iran

Iran: case of Farinaz Khosravani remains under legal investigations

With one and half a month since the tragic death of Farinaz Khosravani, the Kurdish young girl who jumped to her death from the fourth floor of the hotel building she used to work to save her honor and avoid a sexual aggression by an Iranian intelligence officer, her case is still open, despite the government attempt to shut the case and avoid an embarrassment for the whole dictatorial regime. 
Various reports indicate that the case of the “Mahabad incident” (regarding the death of Farinaz Khosravani) has been closed by Iran’s Minister of Interior, the lawyer following up on this portfolio said, “This case remains open and investigations are continuing. The Khosravani family has filed a lawsuit against Nader Moludi, the owner of Hotel Tara, and the main suspect of this case by the name of Morteza Hashemi-vand.”

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IRAN - SITUATION FOR WOMEN POINTS TO WORSENING CHALLENGES FOR ALL IRANIANS

INU - In our coverage yesterday of the launch of an official matchmaking website in the Islamic Republic of Iran, we pointed out that this attempt to promote speedy marriage and traditional families is of a piece with a broader effort by Iran’s leaders to crack down on the rights of women and to reassert conservative clerical control over the structure of Iranian society.

We referred, for instance, to the growth in efforts to enforce the imposed veiling of women, as by empowering civilian militias to accost women considered to be wearing “bad hejab.” On Wednesday, IranWire reported on an instance of the continued pressure toward such measures. The site pointed out that Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, one of the highest ranking clerics in the Iranian religious center of Qom, had encouraged security forces and others to “act beyond the law” for the sake of enforcing “good hejab.”

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