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Liberty resident stung by scorpion, transferred to hospital in Baghdad

Camp Liberty - No. 29

Despite rampant presence of  snakes, scorpions, and insects, the Committee to repress Ashraf residents prevents using pesticides in Camp Liberty

NCRI - While it is almost three months since the first convoy of Ashraf residents arrived in Camp Liberty, the Iraqi government, in order to put the residents under pressure and for repressing them, still prevents the use of pesticides in the camp and the residents have to deal with the problem of snakes, scorpions, and vermin constantly.

In the morning of Tuesday May, 8, a resident of Camp Liberty was stung by a poisonous scorpion and due to severity of the poison, physicians had to transfer him to a hospital in Baghdad. On two previous occasions on February 27 and April 9,  the residents encountered poisonous vipers in the trailers and residence quarters.

U.S. needs to be even handed in dealing with dissidents of tyrannical rules

HUFF POST - BYDavid Amess  14 May 2012
In China, the U.S. risked important negotiations in the cause of human rights for Chen Guangcheng.

In Myanmar (Burma), the U.S. rejects business as usual with an oppressive government in the cause of human rights, until Aung San Suu Kyi is allowed her freedom to participate in that country's political system.

Yet, when it comes to Iran, perhaps the greatest threat to world peace, the U.S. refuses to support a group that is being oppressed, even though that group has been essential to the world's knowledge of Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

U.N. Committee Adds More Names to Iran Sanctions List

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - April 20, 2012 -  A U.N. Security Council committee has expanded its Iran blacklist to include two Iranian individuals and one firm for attempting to skirt U.N. sanctions by shipping arms to Africa in 2010, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday.
 
"The individuals listed today helped plan a weapons shipment - intercepted by Nigeria in 2010 - in violation of existing U.N. sanctions," U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said in a statement.

"Both individuals and this company are tied to the Qods Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the group that directs Iranian support for terrorism and extremism worldwide," she said.

Iran: Cartoonist sentenced to 25 lashes

NCRI- The semi-official news agency ILNA reported on Thursday that Iranian regime has sentenced a cartoonist to 25 lashes for drawing a cartoon of a former member of Iranian regime's parliament.

Mahmoud Shokraye was put on trial after his drawing depicting the former member of parliament as a soccer player was printed in local  newspaper in city of Arak, capital of Iran's Markazi province.

Iran: Students gathering and protests against repressive and reactionary policies of the mullahs in universities

NCRI - In recent days, students of various universities across the country have been protesting against the reactionary and repressive policies of the Iranian regime in universities and the deteriorating guild situation of the students.

On October 10, Polytechnic University students in Tehran gathered for the fifth day. They protested against the dire guild situation of the students, lack of safety and their exclusion from a university hostel, and lack of addressing the case of Amena Zangeneh, a graduate student of this university who died a few days ago due to lack of safety.

How is it that Ahmadinejad Is still Iran's president?

McClatchy Newspapers - By ALIREZA JAFARZADEH  May 11, 2012

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on April 28th that it would resume discussions with Iran on May 14-15, the first in two months since the last meeting over concerns about Tehran's nuclear activities ended in failure.
 
The IAEA wants Iran to address the questions raised in its November report detailing Iranian research and development activities relevant to manufacturing nuclear weapons.

Satellite Dish collection Is Only a Temporary Sedative, not a Solution, Admits the Regime Website

NCRI - A state-run medium expressed concerns over the consequences of suppressing plans of dish collecting implemented by commando forces. It warned that if wiser and more calculative measures are not taken today, tomorrow will be too late.

Admitting to the failure of the suppressing project, Ministry of Intelligence-affiliated web site, Aser-Iran, wrote, police forces have in several attempts tried to stop people from using satellite dishes since 2001 when the law against the use of satellite dishes passed.

Obama unveils Syria, Iran technology sanctions

AFP - WASHINGTON —By Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama Monday ordered new sanctions on Syria and Iran and the "digital guns for hire" who help them oppress their people with surveillance software and monitoring technology.

Obama announced additions to the pile of US sanctions already faced by the two governments as part of a wider effort to crack down on human rights abuses, atrocities and genocide, at a speech at the US Holocaust Museum.

Chinese Oil Company may drop the ball to implementing contract with Iranian regime

NCRI - China’s biggest gas contract with the clerical regime is about to be suspended because China has restrained itself from implementing the contract.

“The Chinese have strung along Oil Ministry for over 2 years”, wrote a state medium, “delaying operations in the second phase of special economic region of Pars Energy. This is a 5-billion-dollar megaproject signed by Chinese CNPCI to develop Phase 11 of Southern Pars Field.”