IRAN: Germany charges 2 Iranians with spying on opposition members – AP

Germany charges 2 Iranians with spying on opposition members - AP

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have filed espionage charges against two Iranian men accused of spying on exiled opposition members for Iranian intelligence.

Federal prosecutors said Friday that the indictment against 31-year-old Maysam P. and 33-year-old Saied R. was filed March 22 at a Berlin court. The two men's full names weren't given in keeping with German privacy rules.

Prosecutors say both men once belonged to the opposition group known as the People's Mujahedin of Iran, or MEK.

Syria’s Opposition Says Cannot Attend Talks if Third Party Joins

Riad Hijab, head of the council representing Syrian opposition

RIYADH - A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it will not attend January 25th peace negotiations with the Syrian regime if a third group takes part, a reference to a Russian bid to widen the opposition’s team.

Riad Hijab, who heads the council formed in Riyadh last month, accused Russia of impeding negotiations, and also told a news conference in Riyadh that the opposition could not negotiate while Syrians were dying from blockades and bombardment, Reuters reported, Jan. 20th.

He also announced the names of opposition figures that would negotiate on behalf of the council in any talks.

They included Mohamed Alloush, a political figure in the Jaysh al-Islam (Islam Army) rebel group that is deemed a terrorist group by Damascus and Moscow.

'The opposition delegation is now ready,' George Sabra, an opposition politician also named as a negotiator, told opposition channel Orient TV. Asaad al-Zoubi, another opposition figure, was named as the head of the negotiating team.

Memorial for Paris attacks victims in front of the Bataclan at 3PM today

Memorial for Paris attacks victims

Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and activists of the Iranian Resistance will take part in an elaborate event in front of the Bataclan at 3 PM today (November 18) in memory of the victims of last Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.

The scheduled event will include musical performances and singing, symbolic acts in memory of the 129 victims, and the laying of a wreath.

On November 16, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, and officials and supporters of the NCRI held a minute of silence in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of the French capital, in memory of victims of the Paris attacks.

Firouz Mahvi: Global solidarity needed with Iranian people

Mr. Firouz Mahvi, member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

Mr. Firouz Mahvi, member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at a meeting on October 7 on human rights in Iran at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

As you know Iran executes more people in the world than any other country except China. But it is number one per capita, with over 2000 executions since HassanRouhani became president. This is not nothing to be proud of. The regime claims that these people are drug traffickers. The reality is that many young people who are protesting against the mullahs are executed under this excuse. Several political prisoners have been hanged recently. Many executions are done in public. This creates an atmosphere of fear and terror.

At the same time repression against women has increased under Rouhani. Apart from many acid attacks, there are many repressive regulations imposed on women. Last week a new video clip appeared on YouTube which showed that in a marriage ceremony, the security forces in Iran arrested the bride and took her to prison because she did not dress properly. The regime interferes in the private lives of the people every day. Several women activists have recently received long-term prison sentences.

Perviz Khazai: Iran regime major cause of regional instability

The mullahs’ regime in Iran is not a reliable partner for peace in the Middle East; rather it is a major part of the problem, Mr. Perviz Khazai, a former Iranian ambassador and the representative in Scandinavia of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has said.

Mr. Perviz Khazai addressed a Geneva conference on September 18 on the sidelines of the 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Iranians plan to rally outside the United Nations in New York on September 28 to denounce the visit by the mullahs' President Hassan Rouhani to the UN General Assembly.

The rally, which is being organized by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC), will press the international community to hold the regime in Iran accountable for its abhorrent human rights record.

The mullahs' regime in Iran continues to execute more of its citizens per capita than any other U.N. member state. Some 2000 people have been executed under Rouhaniin the past two years.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW; “Islam Needs a Reform – Islam Needs Its ‘Martin Luther’!”, opposition leader

NCRI President Maryam Rajavi

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW; “Islam Needs a Reform – Islam Needs Its ‘Martin Luther’!”, opposition leader

EU BULLETIN talked in an exclusive interview with Mr Perviz S. Khazai, a senior member of the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ).

The NCRI, founded in France in 1981, is one of the two parliaments in exile of the “Iranian Resistance”, and also a political umbrella organization of five Iranian opposition political organizations, the largest organization being thePeople’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).