Howard Dean: ‘I Don’t Consider Iran to Be a Muslim Country’

PARIS — Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean told Breitbart News that “Iran is the farthest thing from an Islamic Republic” and that Iran is not “a Muslim country.”
Instead, Dean said, Iran is “a republic that’s been hijacked by thugs and murderers.” He explained that he does not know Muslims whom he respects and who behave the way the regime does.

Dean was speaking exclusively to Breitbart News from Paris last month during a conference hosted by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). The PMOI (also referred to as MEK) is an opposition movement that played an active role in overthrowing Iran’s last Shah while President Jimmy Carter was in power, and which was de-listed as a terrorist organization under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

During the interview, Dean also pointed out his belief that the term “radical Islamic terrorism” is a manufactured phrase “for political, domestic consumption in America.”...............http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/08/01/howard-dean-iran-is-not-an-islamic-republic/

UPDATE: Sunni prisoners believed to have been mass executed today in Iran

NCRI - According to information from Iran's notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, the mullahs' regime is believed to have mass executed Sunni prisoners on Tuesday.

Their families had been informed to go to the prison before 15.00 (local time) on Tuesday to visit them for a final time.

One of the families who were on route to the the prison were called in the middle of the road and told that they should instead collect the body of their loved one from the morgue.

Another report from the family of a victim said the families were told to visit their loved ones for a final time in the prison before 15.00. When the family arrived at the prison, they were told to go instead to the coroner's office to collect the body of their loved one who had already been executed.

List of names of 28 Sunni prisoners who had been forcibly moved out of Hall 10 of Ward 4 in Gohardasht Prison in the afternoon of Monday, August 1, 2016:..............http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/20810-25-sunni-prisoners-believed-to-have-been-executed-today-in-iran

PMOI supporters in Iran prison summoned after secret mass executions

NCRI – At 17.30 (local time) on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, prison wardens in the notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, summoned numerous political prisoners who support the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK). This move came just hours after the mullahs’ regime is believed to have mass executed more than 20 Sunni prisoners in the notorious jail.

The political prisoners who were summoned included PMOI (MEK) supporter Afshin Baymani.

Mr. Baymani was subsequently transferred to an unknown location.

Gohardasht Prison is currently on a state of alert with a heavy security presenc.............http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/20812-pmoi-supporters-in-iran-prison-summoned-after-secret-mass-executions

Maryam Rajavi: Mass execution of Sunni prisoners is a crime against humanity and its perpetrators must be brought to justice

Maryam Rajavi called the execution of a large number of Sunni prisoners in Gohardasht Prison, "an appalling crime against humanity." The Iranian Resistance's President-elect extended her sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the Sunni community and all the people of Iran. She called on Iranian youths to stage protests against such barbaric crimes and to rise up in support of and in solidarity with the families of the victims.

She also urged Shiite and Sunni clergies around the world to not remain silent vis-à-vis this major atrocity and denounce Ali Khamenei, the great enemy of the people of Iran and the region, for his anti-human and anti-Islamic crimes.

Maryam Rajavi added: The mullahs' anti-human regime carried out the mass execution of our Sunni brothers on the anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. They are trying in vain to contain the volatile social atmosphere and popular protests by terrorizing the public.

The NCRI President-elect pointed out: The 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran is the biggest crime of its kind since World War II. The clerical regime's crimes systematically committed over the past 37 years are all examples of crime against humanity, war crimes or genocide. And how the international community reacts to these crimes is its great test.........http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/president-elect/20813-maryam-rajavi-mass-execution-of-sunni-prisoners-is-a-crime-against-humanity-and-its-perpetrators-must-be-brought-to-justice

52 youths awaiting execution in Tehran Prison

NCRI - At least 52 youths under the age of 32 are awaiting the implementation of their execution sentences in Greater Tehran Prison (Fashafouyeh Prison), according to reports from the prison.

Among these death-row inmates, 32 are imprisoned in Section 1 and another 20 are incarcerated in Section 2 of the prison.

According to informed sources, over 100 death-row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel-Hesar Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, who engaged in a series of strikes and rioting have been transferred to Fashafouyeh Prison.....http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/20807-52-youths-awaiting-execution-in-tehran-prison

UPDATE: Sunni prisoners believed to have been mass executed today in Iran

NCRI - According to information from Iran's notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, the mullahs' regime is believed to have mass executed Sunni prisoners on Tuesday.

Their families had been informed to go to the prison before 15.00 (local time) on Tuesday to visit them for a final time.

One of the families who were on route to the the prison were called in the middle of the road and told that they should instead collect the body of their loved one from the morgue.

Another report from the family of a victim said the families were told to visit their loved ones for a final time in the prison before 15.00. When the family arrived at the prison, they were told to go instead to the coroner's office to collect the body of their loved one who had already been executed.

List of names of 28 Sunni prisoners who had been forcibly moved out of Hall 10 of Ward 4 in Gohardasht Prison in the afternoon of Monday, August 1, 2016:

Kaveh Veysi
Taleb Molki
Behrouz Shah-Nazari
Barzan Nosratollah-Zadeh
Farzad Shah-Nazari
Varya Qaderi-Fard
Keyvan Momeni-Fard
Alam Bamashti
Seyyed Jamal Seyyed-Moussavi
Edris Ne'mati
Ahmad Nasiri
Mokhtar Rahimi
Yavar Rahimi
Pourya Mohammadi
Farzad Honarjou
Shahram Ahmadi
Farshid Nasseri
Amjad Salehi
Omid Peyvand
Arash Sharifi
Kaveh Sharifi
Shahu Ebrahimi
Abdollah Sharifi
Jamal Qaderi
Omid Mahmoudi
Mohammad Gharibi
Fouad Yousefi
Keyvan Karimi

URGENT: Iran regime planning to execute 20 Sunni prisoners imminently

NCRI - According to information from Iran's notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, the mullahs' regime is planning to execute some 20 Sunni prisoners imminently.

Their families have been informed to go to the prison to visit them for a final time.

Among the death-row prisoners at urgent risk of execution is Shahram Ahmadi.

UPDATE - 14.00 (CET): The relatives of one of the prisoners were informed on the way to the prison that instead of meeting their loved one for a final time in prison, they should collect the body of their loved one from the morgue. It is feared that the 20 prisoners may have already been executed, but this is being investigated.

UPDATE - 14.15 (CET): Another report from families of victims said the families were told to visit their loved ones for a final time in the prison before 15.00 (local time) on Tuesday. When the family arrived at the prison, they were told to go instead to the coroner's office to collect the body of their loved one who had already been executed..........http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/20809-urgent-iran-regime-planning-to-execute-20-sunni-prisoners-imminently