Rally Against the Massacre in Camp Ashraf

On September 1, 2013, the Iranian-American Community of North Texas (IACNT) held a picket-line and a candle light vigil for the victims of the unimaginable inhumane attack on the unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf.

On September, 1, 2013, Iraqi forces on orders from Maliki and the Iranian regime entered the camp killing 52 residents, wounding many others and taking 7 hostages. Further, Maliki’s thugs/criminals set many of the resident’s building and property on fire.

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Iran still seeks to erase the ‘1988 prison massacre’ from memories, 25 years on

Aug 29, 2013- Published by Amnesty International

The last time Jafar Behkish saw his brothers, Mahmud and Mohammad Ali, both political activists imprisoned in Iran, they only had 10 minutes to talk through a glass window.

None of them imagined that it would be their last interaction or the horror that would unfold over the following months.

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North Texans Gathered in Parr Library Commemorating the 1988 Prison Massacre

IACNT- On Sunday , August 18, North Texans gathered in Parr Library in Plano to commemorate the 1988 Prison Massacre in Iran. This program was organized by the Iranian-American Community of North Texas (IACNT). In this program, a short documentary was shown which revealed shocking details of this massacre for the first time. In this documentary, one of the former officials of the current regime stated that 33,700 political prisoners were executed in the 1988 massacre and their bodies dumped in mass graves. He described how different sizes of trucks were used to transfer bodies of prisoners to the mass grave site.

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Iran: 75 hangings in 22 days

July 09, 2013- Published by Iran Focus

With the execution of 11 inmates in the northwestern city of Arbabil and western city of Qazin from July 6 thru July 8,,  the total number of executions following the election of Hassan Rouhani on June 14 has reached 75. One of victims was 15 at the time of his arrest. Six were women.

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Iran Cracks Down Ahead of Election

May 09, 2013- Published by WSJ

The Iranian government has launched a pre-emptive crackdown ahead of presidential elections next month, Iranians say, including disrupting the Internet, creating a cyber-surveillance unit for social media, arresting a prominent editor and canceling university classes.

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