NCRI – A new wave of brutal executions in response to the recent popular uprisings has begun in Iran. According to state-run news outlets in only three days seven prisoners were hanged.

NCRI – Based on reports, Iranian regime’s officials have held meetings with Ali Khamenei where they have decided to employ the Islamic Fundamentalists to intensify terror activities against Western interests.

NCRI – 5000 workers of Neishekar (sugar cane) factory in Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province blocked a road and clashed with regime forces in protest to ignoring their demands. Regime’s suppressive forces attacked the workers to disperse them but were countered by resistance.

Since the theocratic regime of Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in 1979, and under Khomeini’s successors, Iran has consistently out-maneuvered the United States and our allies through a crafty combination of diplomatic manipulation; exploitation of commercial considerations; support for terrorists and kidnappers; the use of proxy agents in Iraq, Lebanon and …

AFGHANISTAN-IRAN BORDER (AP) – Dumped at this frontier outpost alongside hundreds of weary Afghan laborers, Khalil Jalil stepped out of Iran and back into Afghanistan only days after he said Iranian authorities beat him, threw him in the trunk of a car and locked him in a detention center.

On Wednesday, Almalaf website reported: Iraqi political sources believe that those who planned the destruction of the minarets of the Holy Shrine in Samarra are the ones who plan to undermine the newly formed political establishment and continue in crisis mode to remain in power.

NCRI- Italian Parliament called on the Government to support the full implementation of the verdict of the European Court regarding the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU is exploring ways to increase the accountability of an obscure “working group” called “Clearing House,” which sees EU member state secret service agents meet regularly in Brussels to share counter-terrorism intelligence.

On June 8, The Chechen Committee of the National Salvation (CCNS), a Chechen human rights organization, reported that, according to their information, people in Chechnya are anticipating a serious increase in the number of rebel attacks in the near future.

NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.