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1)
 Iranian opposition NCRI hosts an online event focusing on the World Day Against the Death Penalty.

#Iran: Executions Means of Keeping Power
Stop Massacre of Protesters | The European Duty

#NoDeathPenalty #StopExecutionsInIran

Live stream
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
2)
 Prof. Rita Süssmuth
German Federal Parliament Speaker(1988-1998)
The people of Iran are suffering from coronavirus & the brutal dictatorship. The execution of Navid Afkari has made it clear what an inhuman & extremist rule's Iran.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
3)
 Prof. Norbert Lammert
Former Bundestag President
Execution of Navid Afkari & Mostafa Salehi led to int'l outrage & focus on this regime. This regime is criminalizing any kind of resistance & prosecuting political dissidents.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
4)
 Maryam Manouchehrian of the Iranian community
Dozens of political prisoners are waiting for their execution. We ask the German parliament to support an initiative that calls for the revoking of the execution of political prisoners.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
5)
 @MPatzeltCDU
I’m committed to support you and I will talk to my colleagues in the German Parliament about this issue. Human rights is in the German constitution. The mullahs use violence to maintain their dictatorship.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
6)
 Dr. Christian Staeblein
Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
What is happening in Iran is unimaginable: torture, sexual violence, mock executions, and death sentences.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
7)
 Former German MP Leo Dautzenberg
The dictatorship of the mullahs in #Iran can be summed up in murder and lies. Iran has the second-highest misery ranking in the world.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
8)
 Hermann-Josef Scharf
VP, Christian Democrat Party, Saarland State Assembly
Words are not going to be enough. The EU and UN have the means to use sanctions against human rights violations. All these mechanisms must be used.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
9)
 @kaminskimichal
Amnesty reports & many eyewitnesses are suggesting that the current regime in #Iran is using the pandemic & the current situation as a cover for strengthening their actions against the opposition.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
10)
 Berlin Deputy Mayor Detlef Wagner
Is it wrong to say I want to be free? Is it wrong to go to the street and say the mullahs are taking away my dignity? The mullahs are killing people.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
11)
 @christophploss
Together with my colleagues I will try to have an impact in #Iran, we must do everything we can so that this inhuman practice of execution finally comes to an end and that the prisoners are freed.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
12)
 @NordMdb
The terror in #Iran has not reduced. Many people have been executed because of their protests against the mullahs regime and because they stood up for democracy in Iran.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
13)
 @fritzfelgentreu
The execution of Navid Afkari has shown how inhuman the regime of #Iran is. We will never accept this brutal act. We must be very strong in our approach to Iran. We must never accept them.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
14)
 @VriesChristoph
What we have seen in Iran since 1988 to date is an ongoing crime against humanity. I condemn this practice of execution by the regime that from my point of view, a very clear sign of the weakness of this dictatorship
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
15)
 @kdgroehler
People in #Iran are not living in freedom. They have been suppressed by the mullahs for 40 years. They are still carrying out executions.
#StopExecutionsInIran
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
16)
 @Brehm_inNBGNord
In #Iran people who are on death row must be freed and the death penalty in Iran must be abolished. We remember Navid Afkari and Mostafa Salehi. We are with you and fight against human rights abuses.
#NoDeathPenalty
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…

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1)
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1)
 U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.

Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. Image
2)
 "...sanctions on key sectors of Iran’s economy in order to deny the Iranian government financial resources that may be used to fund & support its nuclear program, missile development, terrorism & terrorist proxy networks, and malign regional influence."
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#BREAKING
Oct 8—Tehran, #Iran
Following the death of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, an iconic vocalist master of traditional Persian music, Iranians are out in the streets in his memory.

Interestingly they're chanting:
"State media is a disgrace!"

Note:
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"State media is a disgrace!"
"Dictators die, a brave man never dies!"

Officials are deeply concerned of anti-regime protests.
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Note:
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7 Oct
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1)
 Iranian opposition NCRI hosts online event covering ongoing human rights violations in #Iran & urging the European Union to live up to its political & moral obligations.
#NoImpunity4Mullahs
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
2)
 .@JFLopezAguilar emphasizes on the necessity to focus more on #Iran's human rights violations.
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3)
 @Rjukneviciene
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1)
 Americans should know about #Iran’s infiltration into U.S. politics.

@AnnaForFlorida has ties with Iran’s lobby groups @paaia & @NIACouncil, is known to push Iran’s talking points & pursue Tehran’s interests in the U.S.

America & Florida, please take this seriously.
2)
 For the record, Anna Eskamani is also endorsed by Obama & PAAIA clearly welcomed this development.

Connecting the dots sheds further light on Iran’s dangerous influence in U.S. politics.
3)
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She pushes regime talking point of sanctions “targeting the people” & emphasizes “anyone is better than Trump.”

Yet never mentions the regime’s corruption.
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1)
 This is a periodic reminder that Sen. Chris Murphy had a secret meeting with Iranian FM @JZarif during the Munich Security Conference back in February.

Murphy also has strong ties with #Iran’s DC-based lobby @NIACouncil.

Let’s dig in.
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2)
 “Murphy is a frequent speaker at the National Iranian American Council, a lobbying group with alleged links to the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

He also criticized the killing of Soleimani, the world's most notorious terrorist, who also killed more than 600 US soldiers in Iraq.
3)
 In return, NIAC is very fond of Sen. Murphy for his staunch support of the highly flawed, Obama/Biden nuclear deal with Iran.

The same deal that provided Iran access to billions that were used to fuel terrorism.

Even John Kerry acknowledged it:
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