Iran regime even more oppressive since nuclear deal, dissidents say

November 29, 2016-- Published on washingtontimes.com

Now free in the West, recently escaped political dissidents say Iran’s regime has grown more oppressive since its nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers that had hoped the agreement would moderate the Islamic-ruled nation.

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Crimes against humanity

IACNT- On Sunday, August 21, 2016, North Texans held a rally at Daley Plaza in downtown Dallas to commemorate the 1988 Massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran.

In the summer of 1988, while demands for political change were rising in Iran, Rouhollah Khomeini, issued a decree ordering the massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners, turning it into one of the bloodiest seasons in the history of Iran. A vast majority of the victims were members and sympathizers of the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK). The prisoners were serving their sentences while the massacre took place. Mass graves were dug up overnight to bury the bodies; families were not notified of the executions for a long time and were never given the location of the burial site. In some cases, these mass graves were discovered by citizens living nearby.

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Audio file revives calls for inquiry into massacre of Iran political prisoners

August 11, 2016-- Published  on theguardian.com

The publication for the first time in Iran of an audio recording from nearly three decades ago has reopened old wounds from the darkest period in the Islamic Republic.

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Iranian dissidents call for regime change

July 13, 2016-- Published  on washingtontimes.com

LE BOURGET, France — Tens of thousands of supporters of a dissident Iranian opposition group filled a vast convention hall here over the weekend to call for the downfall of Iran’s theocratic government.

The massive and boisterous event, which occurs annually in this town just north of Paris, was led by the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based umbrella group for Iranian exiles that brought dozens of former U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials together to speak out on its behalf.

A bipartisan clutch of Americans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and a host of others was on hand.

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One Year After Nuclear Deal, Senior US Figures to Attend Paris Rally For a ‘Free Iran’

July 1, 2016-- Published  on cnsnews.com

(CNSNews.com) – A group of prominent American figures, Republican and Democrat, are planning to make their way to Paris next weekend for what has become an annual show of strength for a major – and controversial – movement dedicated to the downfall of the regime in Tehran.

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