The people of Aleppo will never give up

The rebel-held eastern side of the city has effectively been under siege for the past few weeks after a successful pro-government forces campaign. All supply routes to those remaining in East Aleppo have been cut off by Russian backed forces.
Aleppo and its surrounding province has been the center of some of the heaviest fighting of the Syrian civil war.
 


In a recent protest one sign in particular was notably sad. The carriers have given up hope that anyone on the planet will hear their cries for help.
'To the people of Mars, Aleppo is besieged', the futile banner read.
Source: Independent, 29 July 2016

The people of Aleppo will never give up

The rebel-held eastern side of the city has effectively been under siege for the past few weeks after a successful pro-government forces campaign. All supply routes to those remaining in East Aleppo have been cut off by Russian backed forces.
Aleppo and its surrounding province has been the center of some of the heaviest fighting of the Syrian civil war.
 


In a recent protest one sign in particular was notably sad. The carriers have given up hope that anyone on the planet will hear their cries for help.
'To the people of Mars, Aleppo is besieged', the futile banner read.
Source: Independent, 29 July 2016

Iran: Food vendors are beaten by State repressive forces during Ramadan

Iranian peddlers being beaten for selling food during Ramadan

Iranian regime’s suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) used batons to beat and harass a bakery owner earlier this week west of Tehran.
The regime’s agents went to a bakery in Beheshti Street in Heidar-Abad on Sunday, June 12 ordering the store to close his business accusing him of selling food during Ramadan.
The owner attempted to show them his license, which allowed him to sell food during Ramadan but police beat him and took him to the police station.
This action sparked a protest and the suppressive forces were heckled by witnesses.
That same morning, the suppressive forces closed several fast food restaurants and supermarkets in some vicinities in Karaj, west of Tehran, including Azimieh, Kuy-E-Ghaem, Heidar-Abad and Golshahr for selling food during Ramadan.
In some cases, the suppressive forces tried to blackmail supermarket sellers in order to issue them the necessary work permits.
Nevertheless, the repressive police forces closed the supermarkets and fast food restaurants by force.
The business owners argued with the repressive forces who later arrested two shop owners under the pretext of so-called religious principles.

Suppressive iranian agents again target gathering of families of political prisoners arrest more people

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
 On Monday, November 23, agents of regime’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) brutally attacked families of martyrs and political prisoners in Tehran’s Vanak Square arresting some and taking them to undisclosed location. This measure taken to prevent their protest gathering was the second such attack by suppressive forces this week against these families. Just two days ago, the suppressive forces had attacked an assembly of families of martyrs and political prisoner in front ofEvin Prison arresting dozens and transferring them to Evin or Qerchak Prison in Varamin.

Ms. Seamin Ayvaz-zadeh, 56, mother of political prisoner Omid Ali Shenas, who was arrested on November 21 and transferred with a number of other women to Qerchak Prison in Varamin is currently on hunger strike. She suffers of high blood pressure and arrhythmia.
Her son Mr. Omid Ali Shenas, a political prisoner in Ward 8 of Evin that has staged a hunger strike in protest to the MOIS agents attack on the families of prisoners and the arrest of his mother, was battered by head henchman Khazaii, a guard officer in Evin. This prisoner that has been detained for 14 months has been kept in limbo and his trial date has still not been announced.
The Iranian regime has found brutal suppression as the only tool to confront the wave of popular protests and public abhorrence.
The Iranian Resistance calls on the Iranian people, especially the valiant youth, to support and show solidarity with the families of political prisoners, especially those arrested in the recent days, and urges all international human rights agencies to take immediate and effective action to secure the release of all arrestees of the recent days.