• Tehran MP Accuses IRGC Intelligence Arm Of Riths Abuses
In an open letter regime’s MP Mahmoud Sadeghi has called upon IRGC intelligence director, mid-ranking cleric Hossein Ta’ib to “revise his style of management,” noting that his subordinates ignore the legal standards set for investigations and neglect the legitimate and lawful rights of detainees.
According to the letter, published on Sadeghi’s Telegram channel on April 21, the reformist MP said his constituents frequently complain about the behavior of the IRGC’s intelligence unit during various stages of detention and interrogation.
The IRGC’s Intelligence Organization, closely tied to regime’s Leader Ali Khamenei, operates parallel to President Hassan Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry.
• Iran To Restart Nuclear Program ‘At Much Greater Speed’ If U.S. Quits Deal
Iran regime’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says Tehran will resume its nuclear program “at a much greater speed” if the U.S. withdraws from the landmark 2015 nuclear accord.
“If the decision comes from President [Donald] Trump to officially withdraw from the deal, then Iran will take decisions that have been provided for under the JCPOA and outside JCPOA,” Zarif said, referring to the 2015 agreement.
“We have put a number of options for ourselves and those options are ready, including options that would involve resuming at a much greater speed our nuclear activities,” Zarif said.
Zarif told reporters in New York, while in the United States to attend a UN meeting on sustaining peace.
• Iran regime’s general threatens all Israel air bases ‘within reach
Iran regime’s Revolutionary Guards vice commander has warned Israel that its airbases are “within reach” and Iran’s “hands are on the trigger and missiles are ready”.
Hossein Salami said that Israel is living in the “mouth of the dragon” and Israelis would have nowhere to go “except the sea”, in case a war erupted.
Salami’s threat, came as part of the Friday’s prayer speech and he hinted that two fronts would be opened through a missile and land war from northern and western Israel, indicating northern Lebanon and Gaza.
• ex-prosecutor convicted in 2009 torture case is detained
Iranian regime’s official judicial news agency is reporting that police have arrested a former Tehran prosecutor who faces a two-year prison sentence over the death of prisoners following the country’s 2009 protests.