Iran news in brief, October 17, 2019
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NCRI: Quds Force’s ARM in Iraq: Holy Shrines’ Reconstruction Headquarters
The National Council of Resistance of Iran, in a report published on their website, revealed details of the Iranian Regime’s Holy Shrines’ Reconstruction Headquarters, a front organization for the Revolutionary Guards terrorist Quds Force.
“One of the mullahs’ regime front organizations, through, which has secretly occupied Iraq, is the 'Holy Shrines’ Reconstruction Headquarters' which is in fact an organization of Terrorist Quds Force. This headquarters has prepared the ground for the Quds Force to carry on different terrorist activities, arms trafficking, plundering and even circumventing sanctions under the pretext of reconstructing the shrines of Shiite figures and imams” the report read.
“The Iranian regime is facing unresolvable economic and social crises inside Iran, which high ranking officials have called unprecedented. As such, it has resorted to more warmongering and creating chaos in the Middle East. Therefore, it has become more crucial to cut the hands of the regime, especially the IRGC and Quds Force, from other countries of the region” the NCRI concluded.
Iran Regime’s Spy Arrested in Sweden
According to the Swedish daily Aftonbladet, an Iranian regime’s spy has been arrested in Sweden. He seems to have been an Iran’s Intelligence Ministry’s sleeper cell in Sweden.
The 46-year-old had been arrested by the Swedish security police some seven months ago, and imprisoned ever since, wrote the daily on October 12. Fresh information links him to a series of terrorist attacks planned and carried out by the Iranian regime in several European countries. He has been busy tracking people listed as being in mortal danger.
The Swedish tax bureau affirmed that the man came to Sweden 10 years ago and acquired Swedish citizenship sometime later. He worked during recent years as a journalist for an Arab language website in Sweden.
The Iranian Resistance has repeatedly stressed that the mullahs’ official representations outside Iran including its embassies are centers of espionage and planning for terrorist operations on European territory.
Iran: Students of a Tehran University Hold Protest Gathering
Dozens of students in Tehran’s Science and Industries University held a night gathering on Tuesday, October 15, following a number of food poisoning cases after eating food from the campus self-service section. At least 60 students were reportedly transferred to a hospital until early Wednesday morning hours, local time. The gathering was held as students in the male section of the dormitory began voicing complaints about the “horrible food conditions” served on campus.
The protesting students were seen marching and continuing their demonstration in the early hours of Wednesday morning towards the campus management building. Ambulances were constantly transferring the food poisoned students to hospitals as their classmates were continuing their protest gathering.
Iran: Defiant Youths’ Activities Against Repression Continue and Spread in Different Cities
Protest actions and activities by defiant youths against repression in different parts of the country have become more widespread in October.
From October 10 to October 13, Tehran and other cities, including Karaj, Shiraz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Kermanshah, Arak, Orumiyeh, Alborz (Mehr Shahr), and Babolsar were the scenes of activities by defiant youths.
Posters of the regime’s former and current supreme leaders Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei, symbols and branches of the Revolutionary Guards and the paramilitary Bassij were set ablaze in these cities.
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