Spring of freedom

The following is an excerpt of the article published by  freemovement  on European Court of Human Rights’ rejection of Iran regime’s assurances about use of torture: The European Court of Human Rights has held that the extradition to Iran of a man accused of theft would breach Article 3 of the human rights convention despite the Iranian regime’s authorities providing an assurance that he would not be tortured. In GS v Bulgaria ( application no. 36538/17 ) the Strasbourg court provides guidance on the kind of assurances required from the state requesting extradition. It has confirmed that it will not tolerate extradition unless the assurance is specific and trustworthy. GS was wanted for theft. If convicted of that offence he was at risk of receiving corporal punishment, specifically seventy-four lashes. The Strasbourg court did not hesitate to label such treatment torture and in accordance with its past case law found that the possibility of acquittal or the impositio...

A director of Dasht-e Azadegan’s Cooperative for Agriculture and Natural Resources - a state organisation responsible for agricultural land management – has said that the Iranian authorities have shown nothing but incompetence and laxity during the floods. Hossein Marmazi said that, as a result of this mismanagement, tens of thousands of hectares of agricultural land was destroyed in Khouzistan Province and evacuated people had nowhere to go. He explained that for seven months experts from his cooperative had warned the authorities about severe floods in early spring. He  said : “We insisted that the marshes and moats must be dredged and that in the event of a flood, towns, and villages will be swallowed up under water. Nobody listened to us.” Protests Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Iranian Resistance said: “Two weeks have passed since the floods began and the situation in Iran remains highly critical. The mullahs’ regime’s inaction in the fa...

A Middle East analyst and counter security expert has issued a white paper on the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities on European soil, outlining how the main target of the Regime’s aggression is the Iranian Resistance, specifically the People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). Claude Moniquet’s in-depth report, entitled “The Recent Iranian Terrorist Plots in Europe”, examines how the Regime uses terrorism to distract the world from its many crises, including a domestic uprising at home, and punish the MEK for leading the uprising and exposing the Regime’s many flaws to the international community. In the 35-page document, published in February 2019, Moniquet wrote: “In 2018, the Iranian regime, facing a domestic uprising, collapsing economy, and international sanctions, took the decision to step up terrorism on European and US soil against the Iranian opposition movement [MEK].” He explains that the Regime plotted two terrorist attacks against the MEK in 2018; o...