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“Iran’s protests have become more widespread, unified and have reached new depths”

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Iran News Wire (@IranNW) December 22, 2018

The extent and the increase of the #IranProtests indicates that almost all of the 80 million strong population opposes the ruling system, as Iranians blame the regime for Iran’s economic downfall & social harms.https://t.co/mc8iW8VYWb

Dec 24 – Varzaneh, Isfahan Province, central #Iran

Third day of farmers protesting and demanding their […]

GERMAN/FRENCH ENTITIES MAY BE SANCTIONED FOR BUSTING IRAN SANCTIONS, U.S. ENVOY SAYS

“The US will consider sanctions on those entities participating in these tactics,” Richard Grenell said, adding the French and German activities “would not be a smart move.”
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
 NOVEMBER 28, 2018 18:41

The US government will contemplate sanctions against French and German entities that seek to evade sanctions on Iran’s clerical regime, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told The Jerusalem […]

Two Iranian Men Indicted for Deploying Ransomware to Extort Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses

“Acting From Inside Iran,” Iranian regime agents Indicted Today Deployed Ransomware to Extort U.S. Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses.
Justice Department Briefing, November 28, 2018

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the “SamSam” Ransomware Press Conference
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Remarks: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-brian-benczkowski-delivers-remarks-samsam-ransomware-press

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The Hill: “US must sanction Iran’s major human rights abusers”

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BY TZVI KAHN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/31/18 
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

The Trump administration has repeatedly condemned Iran for its domestic repression, but it can do much more. To hold the Islamic Republic accountable and express solidarity with Iranians seeking reform, Washington should continue sanctioning the regime’s most egregious […]

Iran’s Biggest Threat Has Nothing to Do With Trump

By Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg Businessweek
April 18, 2018, 

Ahmad, who runs an advertising agency in a busy commercial district of Tehran, has given up trying to get a business loan from any of the dozens of lenders just a short walk from his office.

Finding a bank in Iran is easy. The challenge is finding one that will […]

EU extends Iran human rights sanctions by a year

DW, April 12

, 2018
The measures were first passed in 2011 in response to government repression during and after Iran’s 2009 election. The European Union is set to discuss whether it should pass new sanctions at a meeting next Monday.

On Thursday, the European Union prolonged sanctions against Iran for its human rights record until 2019.
The […]

U.N. Security Council Meeting on Iran Protests

January 5, 2018
The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting at the request of the U.S. to discuss the ongoing political protests in Iran. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said the U.S. “stands unapologetically with those in Iran who seek freedom for themselves….” She added, “The Iranian regime is now on notice. The world will […]

Iranian American Communities Rally in Support of Iran Uprising

Despite subzero temperatures, on January 6, 2018 hundreds of Iranian Americans held their second rally outside the White House in as many weeks to express solidarity with nationwide protests against the clerical regime in Iran.

Rally participants repeated chants of anti-regime demonstrators in Iran and thanked the administration and members of Congress for their public support for […]

Women’s campaigns flourish beyond Iran protests

As the protests in Iran dominated international news in early January, an editor of Grazia asked Farian Sabahi, a historian who specializes in Iran and the Middle East, to comment on the protests ravaging her country.
Sabahi penned a piece that focused on the role of women in the demonstrations, underlining that they wanted the same thing as male demonstrators — […]

Trump’s targeting of Iran comes as Islamic leaders torture and kill 8,000 protesters

By Rowan Scarborough – The Washington Times – Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Iran’s rulers have in icted death by torture and gun re on citizen protesters in a crackdown since the Dec. 28 street uprising erupted, the main opposition group said Tuesday.
The Europe-based National Council of Resistance of Iran says the Islamic republic’s ubiquitous security apparatus […]