NCRI - A political prisoner has leaked out a letter exposing a number of the heinous crimes committed in Iran’s Gohardasht prison by the clerical dictatorship as well as the horrid prison conditions.

In his letter, Saleh Kohandel writes, “I am currently calling out from the depths of the hell-like Gohardasht prison to the awaken conscience of humanity.”

NCRI - A senior fellow at Russia’s Middle East Institute challenged the Iranian regime’s claims on Wednesday that it will be able to build several new nuclear reactors in the next year, citing technical challenges. He also said that the Iranian regime does not need to enrich uranium for peaceful nuclear energy, according to Ria Novosti.

AFP - Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Friday that Iran has test fired a surface-to-surface missile, Qiam, a day before it is due to launch its Russian-built first nuclear power plant.

State television showed images of the sand coloured Qiam (Rising) blasting into the air from a desert terrain, amid chants of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest).

United Nations headquarters is no place for criminals

Whereas the Iranian regime continues to defy United Nations resolutions and presses ahead with its anti-Iranian and inhumane nuclear weapons program;

Whereas the clerical dictatorship ruling Iran continues to export fundamentalism and terrorism abroad while meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, particularly in the Middle East, and threatens global peace and stability;

Joint ploys by Iranian regime’s embassy and Iraqi suppressive committee to intensify psychological war against Ashraf

NCRI - The Iranian regime’s embassy in Baghdad and the committee within Iraqi Prime Minister’s office responsible for suppression of Camp Ashraf residents have resorted to new ploys to continue and intensify psychological war against the residents of Ashraf.

Suppressive measures of the Iraqi government and forces against Ashraf residents, especially with regards to medical treatment

The lives of a number of patients with terminal illnesses are in danger due to restrictions imposed by the Iraqi committee in charge of suppressing Ashraf

NCRI - The Iranian Resistance warns about the restrictions placed on access to medical treatment when it comes to residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, which have seriously endangered the lives of a number of patients. The Iranian Resistance considers the Iraqi government responsible for their lives and calls on the United Nations to enact urgent measures to lift the unjust restrictions and save the lives of these patients.

NCRI - The Iranian regime’s State Security Forces (SSF) attacked youths and passersby in Tehran’s Narmak and Tehran Pars districts, according to reports on Monday, arresting more than 50 people under the pretexts of “mal-veiling” and as “hooligans and thugs.”

SSF forces went on alert on Monday afternoon in Narmak, Haft Hoz, and Javadieh streets in Tehran Pars, patrolling the areas and arresting and beating passersby. Youths, however, resisted the violent attack and clashes ensued. SSF forces fired tear gas to combat the protests.

NCRI - The clerical regime in Iran tried a female protestor this week on charges of “acting against security,” “distributing propaganda against the establishment” and “moharebeh” (waging war on God).

Ms. Zahra Bahrami was arrested during Ashura day protests on December 27, 2009.

NCRI - A 26-year-old man was shot dead in Yaser township of Omidieh in Ahwaz, provincial capital of Khuzistan, on Tuesday, August 17, by agents of the State Security Forces (SSF). He was identified as Ali Badiri from Arab ethnic population.

Deutsche Welle - Federal prosecutors in Germany on Thursday opened a case against two men thought to have shipped equipment to Iran that could be used for making long-range missiles carrying nuclear warheads. This would be in violation of the Iran arms embargo.

NCRI - The leader of an Iraqi political party has condemned comments made by the Iranian regime’s envoy against dissident Iranians in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, saying that such statements constitute interference in Iraq’s internal affairs.

According to the daily al-Nour on Wednesday, Mesal Alousi, the leader of Iraq’s Ummah Party, said his party rejects hostile comments made by Tehran’s ambassador towards the residents of Camp Ashraf, members of the main Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

NCRI - Unemployment in the past several years has skyrocketed in Iran, according to state-run media reports. Since the mullahs’ firebrand president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came to power in 2005, unemployment has more than doubled in the country.

The Iranian regime’s Statistics Center has officially put the current figure at 14.6 percent, but other regime institutions like the House of Workers say it is around 17 percent. Unofficial figures are believed to be much higher.