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Freedom of Iran to the people of Iran: Four killed in California mass shooting

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Four killed in California mass shooting

11/15/2017 11:47:02 AM
FBI agents and police are seen outside the Rancho Tehama Elementary School after a shooting on November 14, 2017

FBI agents and police are seen outside the Rancho Tehama Elementary School after a shooting on November 14, 2017


AFP, November 15, 2017 - Four people were killed and nearly a dozen wounded, including two children, when a gunman went on a rampage Tuesday, randomly picking his targets at a school and other locations in rural northern California.
Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters that the assailant was killed by police following the mass shooting, which began around 8:00 am (1600 GMT) at a home in Rancho Tehama Reserve and continued at several locations in the community, including the elementary school.
He said no children were among the dead and the motive for the assault was unclear, although it may be linked to a domestic dispute and a history of disagreements with neighbors.
'It was very clear at the onset that we had an individual that was randomly picking targets,' Johnston said at a news conference.
'This man was very, very intent on completing what he set out to do today.'
He said one child was shot and wounded at the school. Another suffered non-life-threatening injuries while riding in a car with his mother, who was severely wounded.

  A law enforcement officer is seen at one of many crime scenes after a shooting on November 14, 2017, in Rancho Tehama, California
 A law enforcement officer is seen at one of many crime scenes after a shooting on November 14, 2017, in Rancho Tehama, California

Johnston said the gunman, who has not been identified, went on his shooting spree after stealing a neighbor's vehicle and then tried to gain access to the school but was unsuccessful as it was on lockdown.
He said the suspect, who was wearing a military-style vest, left the school to continue on his rampage and crashed the vehicle at one point. He then stole a second vehicle and was killed in a shootout with police.
One of the four victims was a woman the gunman had previously been accused of stabbing, Johnston said.
Rancho Tehama resident Salvador Tello, who was taking his three children to school, described seeing the gunman open fire, killing a woman.
Tello 'said he saw bullets strike the truck in front of him and he put his children down to protect them and put his truck to... reverse,' Redding Record Searchlight newspaper reporter Jim Schultz said on Twitter.
'As he left, he saw (a) woman lying dead in the street and her... wounded husband next to her. Was told help was on its way.'
Another witness, Casey Burnett, said the gunman was 'driving around and shooting randomly from his car.'
Area resident Brian Flint told local media that his roommate had been shot and killed by the gunman.

- Three weapons recovered -


'He's dead. He didn't make it,' Flint told KCRA, referring to his roommate. 'For his family and everything, I feel bad, and we'll be there for them.'
He said the gunman was a neighbor and had 'been shooting a lot of bullets lately, hundreds of rounds, large magazines.'
The shooting coincides with a flareup of the long-running debate on America's epidemic of gun violence and the ready accessibility of high-powered weapons, less than 10 days after a gunman shot dead 26 people at a church in Texas.

  A Highway Patrol officer speaks to a woman at a road block after a shooting on November 14, 2017, in Rancho Tehama, California
 A Highway Patrol officer speaks to a woman at a road block after a shooting on November 14, 2017, in Rancho Tehama, California

Johnston told reporters that three weapons -- a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns -- had been recovered from the scene.
He added that some 100 law enforcement officers responded to the shooting.
The Redding Record Searchlight said among the wounded was a six-year-old who suffered two gunshot wounds and another child shot in the leg.
The elementary school is located on the outskirts of Corning, an olive oil-producing town of around 8,000 people about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of the state capital Sacramento.
Jason Wandel, chief division counsel at the FBI's Sacramento field office, told AFP that agents had been sent to help with the investigation.
More than 33,000 people die annually in the United States from gun-related deaths -- two thirds of them suicides -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Families of victims of one of the deadliest shootings in modern US history pushed to reinstate a lawsuit to hold a gun manufacturer responsible for the tragedy.
Remington manufactured the military-style assault rifle used in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults.

NCRI's Statements IRAN: Blaming protesting investors, Rouhani says Central Bank cannot provide money to compensate their loss

National Council of Resistance of Iran

National Council of Resistance of IranFollowing a meeting between the head of Iran’s three branches, regime President Hassan Rouhani , accompanied by parliamentary chief Ali Larijani and judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani, had the audacity to blame protesting investors who have lost their entire savings to state-run financial institutes.

“The people should be careful and place their money in banks and institutions that are well known and trusted, and doubt those entities that promise high profits,” he said on Saturday.
Rouhani, alongside Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior regime officials, is one of the main thieves of the Iranian people’s money.
“The Central Bank has its limitations, too, and one cannot say use the Central Bank’s for such purposes,” he said. This comes after a year of empty promises.
“A large portion of the problem will be resolved if from now on, these entities only receive their permits from the Central Bank and be placed under complete surveillance,” he added.
Rouhani’s audacious remarks were made at a time that Iran’s own officials and state-run media have reported more than 5,000 economic institutions have plundered the people’s money, are owned by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The UN Third Committee Condemns the Violation of Human Rights in Iran


The UN Third Committee Condemns the Violation of Human Rights in Iran

11/14/2017 7:55:02 PM
UNGA Thrid Committee on Human Rights

UNGA Thrid Committee on Human Rights


November 14, 2017 - The UNGA Third Committee has passed a resolution condemning the human rights violations in the mullahs' ruled Iran. This is the 64th condemnation of human rights in Iran by the UN organizations.
The resolution A/C.3/72/L.41 on human rights in Iran was passed with 83 votes in favor, 30 against and 68 abstentions.
The resolution strongly condemns the increasing wave of executions, the violation of freedom of speech and assembly, the violation of religious and ethnic rights and discrimination against women.

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Arab coalition affirms Saudi Arabia’s right to respond to Iran’s ‘act of war’

A Saudi soldier fires a mortar towards Houthi movement position, at the Saudi border with Yemen April 21, 2015. (Reuters)
The Arab Coalition fighting against the Houthi militia in Yemen said on Sunday that it considered thintercepted missile attack on Riyadh on Friday a blatant and direct military aggression by the Iranian regime, which may amount to an act of war against Saudi Arabia.

The coalition affirmed the kingdom’s right to legitimate defense of its territory and people as stated in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Iran, plagued with poverty and drought

Iran, plagued with poverty and drought

A brief review of destruction of human beings and environment over 4 decades of the clerical regime’s rule
Introduction
Thirty-eight years after the mullahs seized power in Iran, the economic forecast for ordinary Iranians looks dire. The middle-class in Iran has been all but extinguished. Save for a few affluent neighborhoods that house the extremely wealthy, the vast majority of the country’s 80-million population live well under the poverty line. Breadwinners for many households are forced to take up secondary and tertiary jobs to make ends meet. Almost all across Iran, notices are put up on city walls by people willing to sell a kidney for the equivalent of $2,000. Those who do have a job, such as miners and factory workers, often are forced to work for months without pay.
The grim state of poverty contrasts with the immense Iranian national wealth that is being poured by the authorities into Syria to prop up dictator Bashar al-Assad and into other Middle Eastern hotspots such as Iraq and Yemen as part of the regime’s drive to impose its hegemony on the region. Another cause of public anger is the huge percentage of the country’s wealth which is pocketed by the elite super-rich – the mullahs, Revolutionary Guards and their affiliates and relatives. “The government of the elite 4 percent” – this was a major charge levelled against Hassan Rouhani’s administration in the course of the sham Presidential election.
The severe poverty that most Iranians are forced to endure, alongside news of Iranian state-assistance to Assad, Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and economic mismanagement and corruption by officials have brought society to a brimming point. Not a day goes by without a major protest or riot by those who demand their basic livelihoods. While the authorities attempt to control the upheavals through a balance of suppression and promises of ending the austerity, the economic fabric of the Iranian society seems to have been torn far beyond the point of any meaningful recovery. This volatile state of the Iranian society now acts as a serious deterrent for interested outside investors in the Iranian market.
This study attempts to outline the social ramifications of the catastrophic state of Iran’s economy and political repression. The lack of accurate figures has made this task very difficult. The regime’s lack of transparency and censorship of information obstructs comprehensive research.
The only figures at hand are those made public by the national Statistics Center and the regime’s officials, which are mostly limited to percentages and comparisons with previous years. Nonetheless, the study aims to present the available information in order to provide a clear picture of the rapidly deteriorating state of society in Iran.
Rampant Poverty
The economic situation in Iran worsened in recent years.  No concrete roadmap or solution has been provided to improve the conditions of some 80 million Iranian citizens whose lives are plagued with poverty and unemployment.
The economic crisis has not only affected the lower income sectors of the population but it has also destroyed Iran’s middle class which has formed the bedrock of Iranian society for centuries.
Officials offer a wide spectrum of varying figures. Nevertheless, these figures with any margin of error, bespeak of the disastrous state of the economy and the harsh living conditions for the majority of the Iranian populace.
According to a 2017 report by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development cited by the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, 33% of Iran’s population (26.4 million) live below the poverty line. However, the true figure of people living under the poverty line is said to be much higher. Some estimate it at 70% of the population.
Rostam Ghassemi, Iran’s former Oil Minister, said in March 2017, “We have 20 million poor people in the country. He added, “The country has become a powder keg, especially regarding the issue of unemployment.”
Parviz Fattah, head of the so-called Khomeini Relief Committee, said in a television interview that, “There are about 10 to 12 million people who right now are living under the absolute poverty.”
In an interview on July 6, 2017, Mohammed Mokhber, director of the Headquarters for Implementation of the Order of Imam, said: “The situation in Iran has reached a dangerous level, where we have 12 million people living below the absolute poverty line and 30 million citizens living below the relative poverty line.”
This means that the 12 million below the absolute poverty line cannot provide themselves with even the most basic needs like healthcare, food, housing, and education. These people are often malnourished and suffering from hunger.

Powerful Quake Kills Hundreds in Iran Life in Iran 13 November 2017 fShare inShare by Jubin Katiraie An earthquake, 7.3 magnitude near the Iraq-Iran border has killed more than 400 people and sent residents escaping their homes into the night, authorities said. Iran’s western Kermanshah province bore the impact of the quake on Sunday night, with authorities saying the quake killed more than 407 people in the country and injured 6,700 up to know. The quake was centred 19 miles (31km) outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja, according to the most recent measurements from the US Geological Survey. Graphic locates epicentre of 7.3-magnitude earthquake on the border of Iran and Iraq It struck at 9.48pm Iran time, just as people began retiring for the night. It could be felt on the Mediterranean coast, some 660 miles (1,000km) away. The earthquake struck 23.2km (14.4 miles) below the surface, a shallow depth that can amplify damage. Iranian social media and news agencies showed images and videos of people fleeing their homes. More than 100 aftershocks followed. The quake’s worst damage appeared to be in the town of Sarpol-e-Zahab in Kermanshah province, which sits in the Zagros Mountains that divide Iran and Iraq. Kokab Fard, a 49-year-old housewife in Sarpol-e-Zahab, said she fled empty-handed when her apartment complex collapsed. “Immediately after I managed to get out, the building collapsed,” she said. “I have no access to my belongings.” Sarpol-e-Zahab residents said the power and water were out and telephone and mobile phone lines were spotty. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered his condolences on Monday morning and urged rescuers and government agencies to do all they could to help those affected, state media reported. President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to tour earthquake-damaged areas on Tuesday. Destroyed buildings and a car are seen after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran(Pouria Pakizeh/AP) The semi-official ILNA news agency said at least 14 provinces in Iran had been affected by the earthquake. Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for the country’s crisis management headquarters, told two semi-official news agencies that casualty figures stood at 407 killed and 6,700 injured. In Iraq, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a directive for the country’s civil defence teams and “related institutions” to respond to the natural disaster. The quake could be felt across Iraq, shaking buildings and homes from Irbil to Baghdad, where people fled into the streets of the capital. People look at destroyed buildings after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran(Pouria Pakizeh/AP) The Iraqi city of Halabja, closest to the epicentre, was the target of a 1988 chemical attack in which Saddam Hussein’s troops killed some 5,000 people with mustard gas – the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever against civilians. Iraqi seismologist Abdul-Karim Abdullah Taqi, who runs the earthquake monitoring group at the state-run Meteorological Department, said the main reason for the lower casualty figure in Iraq was the angle and the direction of the fault line. He said the Iraqi geological formations were better able to absorb the shocks. However, the quake caused visible damage to the dam at Darbandikhan, which holds back the Diyala River. Meanwhile Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, expressed her condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones in the last night earthquake in different areas, including Qasr-e Shirin, Islamabad, Sar-e pol Zahab, Salas Babajani and Kerend. Reiterating the criminal background of the mullahs’ regime’s neglect and irresponsibility to save the people’s lives in such incidents, Mrs. Rajavi asked the youth, especially those in western provinces, to rescue the people who are trapped under debris, and to deliver their aids directly to the stricken people and the injured. She added that just opposite to the Velayat-e faqih regime, it is now a time of solidarity, and helping the stricken people and saving them is a sacred national duty.

Powerful Quake Kills Hundreds in Iran

by Jubin Katiraie
An earthquake, 7.3 magnitude near the Iraq-Iran border has killed more than 400 people and sent residents escaping their homes into the night, authorities said.
Iran’s western Kermanshah province bore the impact of the quake on Sunday night, with authorities saying the quake killed more than 407 people in the country and injured 6,700 up to know.
The quake was centred 19 miles (31km) outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja, according to the most recent measurements from the US Geological Survey.
Graphic locates epicentre of 7.3-magnitude earthquake on the border of Iran and Iraq
It struck at 9.48pm Iran time, just as people began retiring for the night.
It could be felt on the Mediterranean coast, some 660 miles (1,000km) away.
The earthquake struck 23.2km (14.4 miles) below the surface, a shallow depth that can amplify damage.
Iranian social media and news agencies showed images and videos of people fleeing their homes. More than 100 aftershocks followed.
The quake’s worst damage appeared to be in the town of Sarpol-e-Zahab in Kermanshah province, which sits in the Zagros Mountains that divide Iran and Iraq.

Kokab Fard, a 49-year-old housewife in Sarpol-e-Zahab, said she fled empty-handed when her apartment complex collapsed.

“Immediately after I managed to get out, the building collapsed,” she said. “I have no access to my belongings.”
Sarpol-e-Zahab residents said the power and water were out and telephone and mobile phone lines were spotty.

HOW LEBANESE PM'S RESIGNATION AND NEW US SANCTIONS AFFECT IRAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH

By INU Staff
INU -Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned from office in Riyadh last Saturday. When he declared the decision, he cited Iranian influence across the region and threats to his life, and followed a thwarted assassination attempt against him in Beirut.
According to reports, the Iranian regime called Hariri’s resignation a Saudi-backed plot, and accused Riyadh of having taken the Lebanese Premier as hostage.
The government assembled in Lebanon 11 months ago, granted premiership to Hariri but gave political advantages to Hezbollah.
According to an article in Riyadh Daily, by political analyst Shahriar Kia, “This had given Iran a seemingly legitimate political façade to increase its violent meddling in the country and to boost its intervention in neighboring Syria, where it has been propping up the Assad regime against democratic opposition forces. Without Hariri, the entire Iran-backed government loses its legitimacy and its real nature becomes clear to everyone.”
He adds that this is especially significant as Tehran faces setbacks on the international front, such as The U.S. Congress recently ratifying three measures against Hezbollah by voice vote and without opposition. The third resolution calls on the European Union to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist entity. The U.S. placed the Hezbollah in its list of foreign terrorist organizations in 1997.
Kia writes that Hezbollah was founded and nurtured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and “has been Tehran’s main implement in its regional forays in the past four decades. It is responsible for carrying out many terrorist attacks against Iran’s opponents and has also played an active role in on fighting on Iran’s behalf Syria."
Another important factor is that last month, U.S. President Trump declared Washington’s new Iran policy which will adopt a multi-pronged approach that will counter the multitude of threats the Iran poses to regional and global peace and security.
This included imposing new sanctions against the IRGC and designating it as a terrorist organization.
“The IRGC is responsible for Iran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missile development, coordinating its regional agendas and the crackdown on domestic dissenters and opposition members. The IRGC is the arm that funds and arms Iran’s proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen. Stricter sanctions will make it considerably more difficult for the entity to carry out those functions,” writes Kia.
Inside Iran, the Iranian people are becoming bolder in voicing their protests against the regime and voicing their support for Maryam Rajavi who leads the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).