Iran's empty condemnation of terrorism

The Iranian foreign ministry issued a statement purporting to decry the incident. Speaking via the state-run IRNA, a spokesperson said the Iranian regime "condemns" the attack "based on its principled policy of condeming terrorism and its strong will to seriously confront this evil phenomenon." While denouncing the Orlando shooter, Tehran leads the world in attacks

Iran - Nine training camps in Iran for Afghans

IRGC army cadets / AP

According to U.S defense officials: nine training camps inside Iran where jihadists from Afghanestan are being schooled for fighting in Syria. 
The group Human Rights Watch reported in January that Iran is sending thousands of Afghans to Syria. Earlier this month, "the Iranian exile group NCRI posted online a video clip used by Iran to recruit Afghans to fight in Syria. It includes images of Afghans who have died in Syria."
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Iran - Political prisoner writes to UN about abuses in Iran

NCRI - Iranian political prisoner, Hassan Sadeqi, who is currently behind bars in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison in Karaj, has written an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council protesting the authorities' refusal to allow him to visit his wife imprisoned in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. To the UN Human Rights Council, 

Hassan Sadeqi -  Political Prisoner 

I, Hassan Sadeqi, a political prisoner of Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison in Karaj, write this letter to talk about my current condition. As i was schedulled to visit my wife imprisoned in Evin Prison, one of the prison guards, named Mohammadreza Shojai, arbitrarily prohibited my visitation with my wife. When I asked about the reason he said that there is a court order prohibiting you from visiting your family. ... I asked him how is it possible that a court order is issued for me while I am not permitted to know about its content. Indeed, the pressures and the violation of rights stem from a corrupt hierarchy, repression and systematic tortures that go on in prison. Torturing and harassing prisoners have become the norm. As a political prisoner whose basic rights have been violated; I want you to tell us what to do in the current situation when no justice exists. 
Hssan Sadeqi
Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison, Karaj
It should be noted, Hassan Sadeqi was arrested In the early hours of Monday, January 28, agents from the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), (son of Gholam-Hossein Sadeqi, a member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran [PMOI/MEK] and a resident of Camp Liberty, who died in Baghdad  January 2013 ), and his wife, Fatimah Mothana. The MOIS agents also confiscated their personal belongings, including their computers, family photos and books.
Mr. Sadeqi and Mrs. Mothana were both political prisoners during the 1980s.