April 5 – The Trump Administration has for the first time criticized Iran’s human rights record, calling the country “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.”
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce made the comment during a press briefing, following a question about a recent spate of arrests in Iran during the country’s new year celebrations.
The Islamic Republic is the world’s most prolific executioner of children, women and men, and has been accused of serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity by the United Nations independent fact finding mission on Iran.
Israel said it had killed Hassan Bdeir, a senior Hezbollah official during an air strike in Lebanon, following the breakdown of a ceasefire agreement between the countries.
Israel’s military added that Bdeir had been a member of a Hezbollah unit and Iran’s Quds Force, and had assisted the Palestinian group Hamas in planning a “significant and imminent terror attack against Israeli civilians.”
Both Hezbollah and Hamas are funded and backed by Iran and make up part of the Iranian regime’s axis of resistance in the Middle East.
And police in the UK arrested two men believed to have links to Hezbollah, saying their investigation involved alleged activity both overseas and in Britain.
Hezbollah has been designated a terrorist organization by the UK since 2019 for its mandate to seize all Palestinian territories and Jerusalem from Israel, and for its support of terrorism in Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
Police said there was no immediate threat to the public following the arrests.
