Saudi diplomat: We witnessed a complete destruction in Tehran

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir

Saudi Arabian diplomats who had been based in Tehran have returned home to Riyadh with stories of mistreatment at the hands of Iranian officials, Euro News reported on January 6th, 2016.
Their arrival follows their government’s decision to cut ties with Saudi’s main political and religious rival in the region following an attack on its embassy.
Leading embassy diplomat Mohammed al Otaibi told journalists at King Khalid International airport:
“We witnessed a complete destruction, they messed up the contents of the embassy (in Tehran), then there were three days of horror which we were forced to live through until we arrived here at the airport thank God.” He went on to claim his staff had been forcibly searched.
An Iranian mob stormed the Saudi embassy, setting it alight on Saturday
Despite the breach in relations Saudi Arabia says it will not affect talks on Syria, another round of which is scheduled in Geneva this month.

A call to stop the savage executions in Iran

   Executions in Iran under Hassan Rouhani

Sister of death row prisoner: Khamenei will be responsible if anything happens to him

The sister of Mohammed Ali Taheri, the prisoner of conscience on death row and currently on a hunger strike, said Iran’s leaders will be responsible for his fate.
“Mohammed is in his 58th day of hunger strike. On October 7th his family went to visit him in Evin Prison . He had become very skinny and was very ill. He was looking like a skeleton. We are very worried. The family asked Mohammed to end his hunger strike, but he said he will continue until his demands are met. The hunger strike is in his the only means left for him,” Azardokht Taheri said.

  

Azardokht Taheri at a rally for her brother in New York 

  

“If anything happens to him in prison Khamenei himself and judiciary officials must be held accountable. Mohammad had very basic and legal requests, and he launched a hunger strike due to the officials neglect to these requests,” she added.
“Mohammad is not allowed to see his clients. They don’t even provide him with any papers or pens to write down his defense statements. They haven’t even announced his verdict to him. He has learned of his ruling through his family. If I learn that if I set myself able my brother will gain some attention and someone will do something, I will most definitely do this,” she added.

( NCRI Women’s Committee – October 10, 2015)

Mohsen Mojtahed-Shabestari on crackdown against Iranian women

Iran: Tabriz Friday prayer leader calls for more crackdown on women

Mohsen Mojtahed-Shabestari, Khamenei’s representative in West Azerbaijan Province (northwest Iran) in a meeting with state security force commanders of this province called for further crackdown on women.
“Some people in the society neglect the Sharia and Islamic rulings and principles. One must stand firm against these measures,” he said.
“The police must use its all its force and will to act based on its legal duties and take the fight against moral indiscipline seriously,” he said in reference to what the mullahs in Iran describe as improper veiling.

(State-run IRNA news agency – October 8, 2015)