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Behrouz Boochani, voice of Manus Island refugees, is free in New Zealand

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 28 Views Australia’s offshore processing regime in Papua New Guinea, Barack Obama, Behrouz Boochani, Bomana prison, Canberra, Chauka solitary confinement block, Christchurch, Christmas Island, circuitous route, criminal convictions, incommunicado, investigations, Journalist, Kurdish Iranian, Kurdish proverb, leaked documents, literary prize, Malcolm Turnbull, Manus Island, medical neglect, mental anguish, murdered, New Zealand, No Friend but the Mountains, offshore detention system, outlets, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, processing centres, Refugee, refugees held in offshore detention, secretive regime, sentence by sentence, shot, suicide, tireless campaigner, translated, transmitted, Victorian premier’s prize for literature

Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left

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Capital Punishment Corruption in Iran Execution Human Rights Slider Terrorism The Regime Brass 

A Henchman in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Political Prisoners Arrested in Sweden

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 35 Views 1988 massacre in Iran, Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International, audio recording, burial of the victims, city of Karaj, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran, crime against humanity, death commission, detainees, Ebrahim Raisi, God’s commandment, Gohardasht prison, graves, Hamid Abbasi, Hamid Nouri, handpicked, highest execution rates, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hossein Ali Nayeri, intelligence agent, Iraj Mesdaghi, Iran-Iraq war, Judge Moghiseh, justice minister, Kaveh Mousavi, Khomeini successor, Morteza Eshraghi, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, plaintiffs, prosecute, Sweden, Swedish authorities, UN member states, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions

By The Free Iranian Staff   On November 13th, Swedish authorities announced that Hamid Nouri, a former Khomeiniist regime prosecutor,

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Corruption in Iran Currency & inflation Economy Slider Social Damages in Iran The Regime Brass 

At Least Half of Iranians are Living in Poverty

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 38 Views Brazil, China, declining wages, food prices, Hossein Samsami, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, indicators, Islamic Parliament (Majles), Islamic Parliamentarian, Islamic Unity Conference, meat, political conditions, Poverty, Rasoul Khazari, Romania, social services, Turkey, underfunded, World Bank

By The Free Iranian Staff An argument over the number of Iranians living in poverty erupted at a session of

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Human Rights Political Prisoners Religious Minorities Slider The Regime Brass The Supreme Leader 

A Mullah Commits Suicide in Prison

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 26 Views Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, due process, enforcement, Evin Prison, financial, Intimidation, Khomeinist ideology, moral charges, Parviz Sarbaz, political charges, rule of law, Sharia Law, Special Prosecutor, suppressed, transparent trials, tribunals, verdict

By The Free Iranian Staff   Early in October news of the September 25th suicide of a cleric in Evin

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Economy Nuclear Sanctions Slider Terrorism 

‘YOU? Really?’: Iran’s Zarif scorns EU warning over nuclear deal

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 25 Views ballistic missile program, Britain, colleagues, commitments, dispute resolution, enriched uranium, EU foreign policy chief, EU/E3, European countries, face consequences, Federica Mogherini, Fordow nuclear facility, FOREIGN MINISTER, France, Germany, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), mechanism, Mohammad Javad Zarif, oil exports, remedies, signatories, trigger

Source: Reuters DUBAI – Europeans have failed to fulfill their own commitments to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad

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Economy Sanctions Slider 

U.S. adds companies to economic blacklist for providing WMD activity support in Syria

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 23 Views Al Ras Gate General Trading, Bahrain, Bestway Line FZCO, Bureau of Industry and Security, chemical and biological weapons, components, Fabcon International, firms and individuals, France, Iran, Jordan, Jordanian Lebanese Company, Laboratory Instruments S.A.L, Lebanon, material support, Muhandis Corporation, Oman, Pakistan, Paktech Engineers, Rahal Corporation, Rohtas Enterprise, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Technology and Medical Supplies, Turkey, U.S. government approval, U.S.-origin goods, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom, unreliable recipients, unsafeguarded nuclear activities, without authorization

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added more than a dozen companies and individuals to its

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Economy Other News Sanctions 

U.S. Software Company Discloses Potential Sanctions Violations

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 33 Views administrative penalties, Altair Engineering Inc., Bureau of Industry and Security, commercial software, compliance measures, consultant, criminal penalties, disclose, engineering software company, export control regulations, freeware, individual subcontractor, investigations, licenses, meaningful impact, Michigan, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Poland, potential breaches, proprietary software, quarterly financial report, regulators, regulatory filing, restricted countries, Securities and Exchange Commissioon, self-disclosure, third-party, Troy, U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Treasury Department, unintentional transfers, violations, volunteer software testing communities

Altair Engineering Inc. said it discovered possible violations in May and disclosed them to regulators By Mengqi Sun Source: Wall Street

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Around the Region Articles & Reports Buying Friends & Influencing Enemies Corruption in Iran Terrorism 

What Is Erdogan’s Real Plan for Kurds?

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 35 Views Ahmat Yigit Yildrim, Ankara, Arab belt, Arabization campaign of Jazira, Azari groups, Azerbaijan province, demographics, eportation, Ghazi Pour, Hafez al-Assad, Iraq, Kurdish social and political structures, Kurdistan Workers Party, majlis, minority, Muhammad Hasannajad, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shi’a Muslims, Simko Shikak revolution, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syrian Kurds, Turkey

The Sykes-Picot Agreement failed to separate Kurds in the Middle East. Erdogan plans to change that. By Shukriya Mahmoodee  Source:

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Articles & Reports Buying Friends & Influencing Enemies Corruption in Iran Currency & inflation Economy Environment IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Social Damages in Iran Terrorism The Regime Brass The Supreme Leader Water 

Discontent in Iraq and Lebanon is a way to expose Iran’s corruption

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 39 Views academic projects, Assembly of Experts, beneficiaries, Caroline Glick, condos, Congress, corrupt elements, cupidity, Cyprus, delegitimize, demonstrations, deteriorating, domestic needs, Dubai, economic opportunity, economic privation, Environment, Expediency Council, foreign adventures, FOREIGN MINISTER, Gaza, global arrogance, ground water, Guardian Council, Hamas, increase tension, Iranian public, Iraq, jealous friends, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leadership, Lebanon, maximum pressure, military, militias, Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the brink of crisis, policies, potent weapon, protecting assets, rainy-day account, revelations, Saudi Arabia, sensitive intelligence information, soldiers, stress, suppression, Syria, the better, The worse, trickle, unrest, Visas, yearning for justice, Zionism

By James Durso Source: The Hill The sanctions against Iran are obviously working as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

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Corruption in Iran Human Rights International political Leaders IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Political Prisoners Slider Terrorism The Regime Brass 

Many Questions About Robert Levinson Remain Unanswered

November 13, 2019 Editor 29 Views African-American convert, Ali Akbar Tabatabai, Bob Levinson, CIA sources, Cigarette smuggling, crime gangs, cryptic statement, David Belfield, Dawud Salahuddin, diplomat, disappearance, Ebrahim Ali Mehtari, FBI agent, Hassan Abdurrahman, high-profile human rights and criminal defense attorney, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence Ministry, Kish Island, merican citizen, missing person, Mohammad Hossein Aghassi, Nasrin Sotoudeh, New Yorker Magazine, Obama administration, ongoing case, Revolutionary Court, Robert Levinson, Russian, Secretary of State, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Shia Islam, suspicious facts

By The Free Iranian Staff   The case of Robert Levinson, the retired American who was seized in Iran over

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