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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Iran opposition compares its struggle to the American Revolution

July 4, 2014- Published on FOX News

The leader of the Iranian opposition likens its goal to overthrow the regime in Tehran to the war for American independence from Britain, the struggle to abolish slavery in the U.S. and the birth of the civil rights movement in the 1960's.

"I am confident that the Iranian resistance, which seeks the proven values of advanced societies, will reach its goal of a free, prosperous, democratic, just and non-nuclear Iran," declared Maryam Rajavi, the head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, in an exclusive Fox News interview.

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North Texans gathered in downtown Dallas condemning the execution of a political prisoner in Iran

IACNT_ On June 8th , North Texans gathered in downtown Dallas to condemn the execution of a political prisoner by the Iranian regime. Gholamreza Khosravi was hanged by the Iranian government due to his support for the People’s Mojahideen Organization of Iran also known as PMOI, an opposition group that seeks to overthrow the current ruling regime. North Texans gathered in Dealey Plaza to make their voice of condemnation to be heard around the world and ask the United States and the United Nations to take a firm position on Gholamreza’s unfair execution. The execution of Mr.Khosravi was  condemned by many right organizations as unjust even based on Iranian government’s own judiciary system.

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Iran Executes Political Prisoner

June 2, 2014- Published on The Washington Free Beacon

Iranian authorities executed on Sunday a dissident political prisoner on charges of “waging war against God,” according to opposition leaders and human rights activists tracking the situation.

Gholamreza Khosravi, a 49-year-old Iranian political dissident, was hanged in prison early Sunday due to his support for the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an opposition group that seeks to overthrow the ruling regime.

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