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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says They Will Continue Violating the Nuclear Deal

The Iranian Regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran will keep reducing its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal until it has the “desired result”, according to his...

Nuclear Watchdog Finds Iran Has Breached Nuclear Agreement Again

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog that monitors Iran regime’s compliance to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has said that Iran has committed...

As Iran’s Nuclear Violations Escalate, European Attitudes Edge Closer to the US

At the start of this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the Iranian regime’s latest violations of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The installation of more advanced centrifuges for...

Human Rights

80-Year-Old Flogged and denied Urgent Medical Care

An 80-year-old woman has flogged in Khoy, northwestern Iran, and, despite needing urgent medical care, was taken to prison immediately afterward, according to a Kurdish human rights group. Salbi Marandi was lashed 70 times on November 28 and was unable...

Political Prisoners Condemn Crackdown on Iran Protests

Following the November uprising in Iran, seven Iranian political prisoners in Rajai Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj released a statement condemning the brutality and inhumane behavior against those arrested in...

What Was the Guilt of Nikta and Other Iranian Children Who Were Killed in the Iran Protests?

On November 5, the United Nations adopted its 66th resolution condemning the gross and systematic violations of human rights in Iran. One of the key themes of the condemnation was...

Middle East

Facebook Deletes Page of Iran’s Supreme Leader

On Friday, December 6, social media giant Facebook deleted the Arabic page of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei due to breaching its rules. Notably, the Iranian regime shut down the...

Breaking Khamenei’s Front Line, Iranian’s Regime Levee Crushed in Iraq

Adel Abdul Mahdi has announced his imminent resignation from the Iraqi prime ministery. After two months of suffering and bloodshed, following the Nasiriyah uprising in Iraq, the red line...

Iraqi Protesters Set Fire to Iran Consulate

Protesters in Iraq set fire to the Iranian regime's consulate in Najaf on Wednesday, during demonstrations aimed at bringing down the Tehran-backed government there. The protests have been going on for...

Analysis & Policy

Iran: There Is No Lesser Evil Anywhere in the Leadership

By INU Staff INU - President Hassan Rouhani won his second term last month. He was up against Ebrahim Raisi (the candidate preferred by Supreme Leader Khamenei). However, Rouhani’s election has...

Iran: Rouhani Faces Attacks on All Sides

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is facing mounting pressure at home and abroad which, according to Reuters, may affect his ability to run the country. Reuters notes that Rouhani, who was re-elected...

Power Struggles Make Iran's Regime Unstable

Although many believed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was preparing conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi to be his heir by placing him in the presidency, the election results gave Hassan Rouhani...

Iranian Opposition

Maryam Rajavi Vows to Take Back Iran: Part 3

Since November 15, Iran is besieged by a nationwide uprising which could result in regime change. With that in mind, we decided to look back at a speech made by...

Maryam Rajavi Vows to Take Back Iran: Part 2

Iran is besieged by a nationwide uprising that could well result in the mullahs overthrown. With that in mind, we decided to look back at a speech made by Maryam...

Estimating Support for the MEK in Iran: Part 4

For years Iran’s regime has claimed that there is little to no support for the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK) inside Iran. As we said in our previous piece, the fact that...

Women

40% of Female Grads Unemployed in One Iranian Province

Almost 40% of all female graduates in one Iranian province are unemployed and looking for work. Leila Ajhir, Director General of Women and Family Affairs in Kurdistan, told the state-run Fars...

Maryam Rajavi on the Role of Women in the MEK: Part 3

Earlier this year, at the Free Iran conference in Ashraf 3. Albania, Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) gave an impassioned speech about...

Maryam Rajavi on the Role of Women in the MEK: Part 2

Earlier this year, at the Free Iran conference in Ashraf 3. Albania, Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the Iranian opposition, gave an impassioned speech about the role of women in...

Economy

New Evidence Emerges of Rampant Corruption in Iran’s Oil and Export Markets

By Edward Carney On Tuesday, IranWire published an article that attached a dramatic figure to the closely-related issues of Iran’s escalating economic crisis and the corruption of entities in both the...

Iran’s export to Iraq drop by 50%

By INU Staff INU - Iraq has significantly reduced its imports from the Iranian Regime in the past month, according to an economic-focused newspaper published in Tehran. The report notes that part...

Iran Regime’s economic problems caused by military interference

By INU Staff INU - Iran’s economy is set to contract by 6% in 2019, while also facing 40% inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund’s April 2019 Regional Economic Outlook for...

Sanctions

US Steps Up Sanctions Pressure on Iran

Behzad Pourqanad, a smuggler of the Iranian government, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for illegally exporting carbon fiber from the United States to Iran. In a statement Thursday,...

US and Six Middle Eastern Countries Apply Sanctions on Iran Network

The United States and six Middle Eastern countries have agreed to impose sanctions jointly on 25 corporations, banks, and individuals that are connected to Iran regime’s support for militant networks,...

Iran May Be Running Out of Ways to Prop Up Its Economy

On Wednesday, the Trump administration’s special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, faced questioning by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And although lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed legitimate...

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