Spate of acid attacks against Iranian women and girls prompts protests

Oct 27, 2014- Published on LA Times

A spate of acid attacks against women and girls in Iran's cultural capital of Isfahan has been met with street rallies and social media protests, seemingly alarming Iranian authorities who have promised to take steps to quell the disfiguring assaults.

Iranian liberals, however, believe that the government helped set the stage for attacks against those deemed immodest in some way by enacting a parliamentary measure providing protection to citizens who act on their own to help enforce the country’s strict social mores.

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Rally to mark the day against the Death Penalty and say NO to executions in Iran

IACNT- Sunday, October 12- On the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty (October 10, 2014) and to protest the alarming rise of executions in Iran, North Texans gathered in downtown Dallas. The judiciary system in Iran is neither independent nor just.

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At the UN Rally, Thousands of Iranians Chant: Rouhani Is No Moderate, Must be expelled from the UN

Sep 25, 2014- Published on NCR-Iran

Thousands of Iranians, supporters of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI) took part in a colourful and well-organized rally across the United Nations Headquarters in New York to condemn the presence of Hassan Rouhani at the UN. The protesters called for the referral of the regime’s abysmal rights record to the Security Council for the adoption of concrete punitive measures.

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Iran's president has not delivered on pledges of more freedom: U.N.

Sep 12, 2014- Published on Reuters

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's promises of greater freedoms for the Islamic Republic have not resulted in any major improvements regarding human rights and freedom of expression, the U.N. chief said in a new report on Iran.

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Islamic State takes pressure off Iran

Sep 12, 2014- Published on al-monitor

Remember Iran? The dominant foreign policy issue of the past year has fallen by the wayside as Congress focuses on the rise of the Islamic State (IS). Republicans who just months ago vowed to use every tool at their disposal to force a vote on new sanctions in the Senate have shelved those plans, and even the GOP-controlled House isn't scheduled to hold a single hearing before the midterm elections.

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