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30 April 2018 Bulldozing, road construction, mass rubbish dumping and new burial plots used to compromise and destroy mass graves Iranian authorities deliberately eradicating vital forensic evidence that could hamper the rights to truth, justice and reparations At least 4,000-5,000 people secretly buried in mass graves after bloody 1988 massacre New evidence including satellite imagery, photo and video analysis shows that the Iranian authorities are deliberately destroying suspected or confirmed mass grave sites associated with the 1988 massacre in which thousands of prisoners detained for political reasons were forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed, according to a report released by Amnesty…

VOA NEWS ON IRAN     |     Michael Lipin     |    April 24, 2018 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s weeklong visit to New York to defend Iran’s nuclear and regional policies has drawn protests from an Iranian American group. Several dozen supporters of the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) joined a demonstration Monday across the street from New York’s Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as it hosted a discussion with Zarif on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and U.S.-Iran relations. Supporters of the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) protest Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s appearance at the Council on…

OIAC   |   Wednesday, April 18th 2018 OIAC deplores the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) hosting of the Iranian regime’s foreign minister Javad Zarif next week. We will hold a rally outside the venue beginning at 5pm EST.”- OIAC WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 18, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Washington, DC; April 18, 2018 Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) deplores the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) hosting of the Iranian regime’s foreign minister Javad Zarif next week. To show its outrage, OIAC will hold a rally outside the venue beginning at 5pm EST. Zarif’s appearance at the Council is an affront to the…

By Mehrnoush Cheragh Abadi   |   EQUAL TIMES 9 April 2018 “Dedicating [only] one day to the labourer, is as though we dedicate [only] one day to the light, [or only] one day to the sun,” said Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s first Supreme Leader. “Every day is the day of the light, and every day is the day of the sun,” he continued, on the occasion of first May Day celebrations after the 1979 revolution in Iran. But it has been 39 years since the revolution and Iran’s working people are still waiting for their moment in the sun. Independent trade unions are…

AUGUSTA FREE PRESS AUGUSTA FREE PRESS   |   Moe Alafchi   |   March 6, 2018 The nationwide protests in Iran, which began on December 28 in Mashhad, gave voice to the economic frustration of ordinary Iranians, but quickly expanded to slogans like “death to [President] Rouhani”, “death to the dictator”, and “reformists, conservatives: the game is over.” In short, the protesters were demanding democratic change in Iran. To no one’s surprise, Iranian authorities responded violently, with at least 8,000 arrests and upwards of 50 deaths. The predictability of the suppression should have prepared Western policymakers to respond appropriately and effectively. Despite such brutality, the…

February 11, 2018 Internationally renowned and leading Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said Sunday, in a stinging blow to the country’s embattled rights community. She was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran in September 2016 and delivered regular reports on the prevailing situation in the country to U.N. bodies. Jahangir who was 66 died of cardiac arrest, according to her sister. “Unfortunately we have lost her,” Hina Jilani, also a prominent rights activist, told AFP. Jahangir’s supporters and former opponents alike took to social media to offer their condolences and…

Ken Blackwell      Jan 26, 2018 On November 9, 1978, the US Ambassador to Tehran, William Sullivan sent shock waves through the foreign policy establishment with a diplomatic cable to the White House titled, “Thinking the unthinkable. Iran without the Shah.” The Iranian monarchy had been a US ally for decades but in less than three months, the Shah and the monarchy were history. Pundits were surprised by that change, and they were surprised again when Iran erupted at the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018. As the principal opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) played an…

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November 14, 2017 The United Nations Third Committee’s Adoption of the resolution citing human rights abuses in Iran, for the 64th times is welcomed but no enough. Association of Iranian Americans in New York welcomes the 64th U.N. resolution condemning the violations of human rights in Iran adopted on November 14, 2017 by the U.N. Third Committee.

October 25, 2017 Association of Iranian Americans in New York applauds newly announced U.S. policy changes towards Iran.  We specially commend the administration for calling out Iran for its nefarious acts of terror, human rights violations, and support for rogue regional/international elements. We believe that a more robust and active U.S. leadership to challenge the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is urgently needed. Designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization is certainly the right but long overdue policy move.  The IRGC is first and foremost, in charge of keeping the religious tyranny afloat through suppression of the Iranian people. …