2 Alleged Agents of Iran Arrested for Spying in US

Aug 22, 2018; The New York Times

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has charged two alleged agents of Iran, accusing them of conducting covert surveillance of Israeli and Jewish facilities in the United States and collecting intelligence on Americans linked to a political organization that wants to see the current Iranian government overthrown.

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Trump's pressure against regime adds strength to Iran's largest dissident group

July 1, 2018; The Washington Times

PARIS— Iran’s largest dissident group is getting a fresh burst of support in its decadeslong push for regime change, as pressure builds on the Islamic regime in Tehran from the inside as well as the outside.

A large, boisterous rally here over the weekend was led by the largest opposition organization in Iran of exiles, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a well-connected group that has found new prominence and influence in the strongly anti-Iran Trump administration.

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Giuliani: Regime Change In Iran Will Come Sooner Than We Think

May 7, 2018; NCR-Iran

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani attended the Iran Freedom Convention for Democracy and Human Rights on Saturday, May 5, to advocate for regime change in Iran, brought by and for the people of Iran and the organised resistance forces.

Giuliani explained to the crowd that wanting freedom for the people of Iran was not a partisan issue, noting that people of all political parties were in attendance at the convention.

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Steep Slide in Currency Threatens Iran’s Economy

April 11 2018; The New York Times

TEHRAN — All this week panicked Iranians have gathered in throngs outside banks and other financial businesses hoping to buy dollars, as the government seeks to head off a collapse in the rial, the national currency.

But they have met with nothing but frustration, told there were no dollars or other currencies for them to buy at the official government rate. In an effort to stop the run on foreign exchange, the government has forbidden anyone from holding more than the equivalent of $10,000 in dollars or euros, which account for most of the foreign exchange in Iran.

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Family calls for independent probe into death of Iranian-Canadian in jail

Feb 14, 2018 Reuters 

LONDON (Reuters) - The family of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in prison in Tehran last week called for an independent investigation into his death, and said they were under pressure from authorities not to publicize the case.

Kavous Seyed-Emami, an environmental activist and sociology professor, was arrested on Jan. 24 and died in prison. Iran’s judiciary said Seyed-Emami, 63, had committed suicide.

The Canadian government said on Tuesday it was “seriously concerned” about the circumstances surrounding his death.

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