The Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a threat to internal security in Germany and Europe
Berlin, August 15, 2024
In light of the confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) sheds light on the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to internal security in Germany and Europe. The analysis takes a comprehensive look at the organisation and shows how deeply the IRGC is involved in terrorist activities and why urgent measures are needed to curb this threat.
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Further Measures must Follow the Closure of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg.
Berlin, July 24, 2024
The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) explicitly welcomes the ban of the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) and its sub-organizations. It represents an important step in maintaining internal security and in the fight against the influence of the Iranian regime in Germany.
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Statement on the smear campaign against Jörg Rensmann (MFFB board member)
Berlin, April 24, 2024
A video is circulating on social media that allegedly shows our board member Jörg Rensmann in Berlin on April 9, 2024. However, the video does not show Jörg Rensmann, and our board member was not even in Berlin on April 9. We see the video as part of a campaign to intimidate us and hinder our work against antisemitism. The antisemitic hate mail and threats against Jörg Rensmann and our association are alarming and we will take legal action against them.
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Iranian regime attacks Israel – Solidarity with Israel!
Berlin, April 14, 2024
The Iranian regime has launched several drones and cruise missiles from its own territory against Israel. These slow-moving missiles will reach their target in several hours, which increases the likelihood of a successful attack. This threatening action marks a significant turning point, as it is the first direct attack by the regime on Israel, carried out from its own territory. The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin expresses its unconditional solidarity with the beleaguered Israeli population and stands resolutely by their side. We tirelessly support all those who fight for democracy and freedom and against the Islamism of the regime in Iran.
Antisemitic Quds March in Frankfurt: Research reveals network of organizers with close ties to Iran
Berlin and Frankfurt, April 4, 2024
Two days before a “large-scale demonstration” against Israel announced in Frankfurt on the occasion of “Al Quds Day,” the German-Israeli Society and the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin are publishing research results about the organizers. The brochure, which includes a greeting from Mayor Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg, reveals an anti-Semitic and Islamist network operating in the Rhine-Main area in coordination with the Tehran regime.
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Jimmy Sharmahd faces execution: German government must act!
Berlin and other places, March 12, 2024
On Monday, March 11, 2024, the Islamic regime of Iran published a press article in the state-controlled media and television stating that Jamshid Sharmahd had been jointly indicted with the US government for alleged “terrorist attacks” and sentenced to pay $2.478 billion in reparations. At the same time, the articles emphasize that Mr. Sharmahd, or Jimmy, as we call him, was sentenced to death and that his death sentence is being upheld.
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Press Conference: Current threats from the influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Germany
Berlin, November 1, 2023
The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin invite you to a press conference on the topic of “Current threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran's influence in Germany” with terrorism expert Kasra Aarabi (London). The immediate threat from Islamist terrorism has been drastically brought home to us once again by Hamas' attack on Israel. While central Arab states are increasingly seeking reconciliation and peace with Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the strongest supporters of Palestinian and Arab terrorist groups. The regime in Iran is also trying to expand its influence on Muslim communities in the region and in Europe. The war in Israel is being used to further incite hatred of Israel and Jews worldwide – including in Germany.
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Iranian death judge in Germany? Alliance calls on authorities to act
Berlin/Köln, 23.7.2023
There are various indications that since June 27, 2023, an Iranian death judge has once again been treated in the private neurosurgical clinic INI in Hanover, which is under the direction of Madjid Samii. The person in question is Hossein Ali Naeiri, an Iranian cleric, judge and top advisor to the judiciary. He was one of the key players in the "death committees" responsible for the unlawful mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in the summer of 1988. Read more
Forced confessions on 7th day of trial of show trial of German-Iranian regime critic Jamshid Sharmahd
23.8.2022
Iran held another hearing today in the trial of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd. On today's trial day, the well-known critic of the regime in Iran was forced - after apparent torture - to confess to some of the acts he is accused of.
The Save Sharmahd alliance strongly condemns the trial of the journalist. Human rights activist Mina Ahadi, who has been fighting against the death penalty since 2004, says: "The German public must not be deceived by the staged show trial before the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. There can be no question of a trial under the rule of law. A confession after 700 days of isolation torture and enormous physical and psychological pressure has no value whatsoever." read more
In Iran, the execution of a German regime critic is imminent: Save Jamshid Sharmahd
Berlin, 3/6/2022
The well-known regime critic and German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted to Iran by the Iranian secret service in August 2020 during a stopover at Dubai airport.
In a staged show trial before the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Sharmahd is now being accused of contrived acts. There is no trial to the rule of law; there is no evidence, Sharmahd has been forced to confess under torture, and he has no access to a lawyer of his choice.
The dangerous dramaturgy of the show trial amounts to a conviction and execution of Sharmahd. This is in line with the regime's usual approach of discrediting dissidents and silencing them through executions. The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB), together with the family of the accused, politicians and human rights activists, therefore appeals to the German government to exert public pressure on the regime in Iran to release Jamshid Sharmahd. read more
Recommendations for a new Iran Policy
Berlin, 14.10.2021
In its current policy paper, "For a Plan B in Iran Policy," the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) calls on the future German government to take a turn in Iran policy. Ulrike Becker, head of research at the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, explains: "What is needed is a strategy that can really solve the problems and bring peace to the region. Under Plan A - temporary containment of the nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions - Iran has destabilized the region through military influence, the human rights situation in Iran itself has deteriorated dramatically, and Iran has become a nuclear threshold state. That's why a Plan B is needed now." read more
EU admits Palestinian school curriculum incites hatred and violence
Berlin, 9.6.2021
An EU study on the Palestinian school curriculum, which was commissioned by the EU Commission but whose publication was repeatedly postponed, is now available. This was reported yesterday by the BILD newspaper in a detailed report in which excerpts from the study were published. These show how Palestinian schoolbooks incite children to violence and hatred of Jews. [...] The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) already presented its own study on Palestinian textbooks four years ago, which was supported by parliamentarians from all democratic parties. The MFFB calls on the German government to make funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA) conditional. read more
10 Reasons for a ban of Hezbollah in Germany
Berlin, December 16, 2019. The German government is working on a ban the complete organization Hezbollah, according to media reports. The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB), an independent organization for policy consulting and political education, has published a policy paper which explains in ten arguments why the separation in a “military” and a “political” wing doesn't make sense and why it is important that there are steps against Hezbollah on a national level in Germany.
Radical Partners - Cooperation with Islamic Associations criticized at debate in the Bundestag
Berlin, December 17, 2018
At Wednesday, 12th December 2018, Gitta Connemann, the CDU / CSU deputy chairperson invited to a debate with the title "Radical Partners? Conservative Islamic associations and influence from abroad" in the German Bundestag. The event took place in cooperation with the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin. Read more.
German NGO calls for the immediate release of the Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad
29 September 2011: The non-profit Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB) urges the German Foreign Minister to plead for the immediate release of the Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad before his hearing of an appeal which is scheduled for October 4, 2011.
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Left German MPs support violent Islamists
June 2, 2010: The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin (MFFB), a German NGO demands a parlamentarian inquiry commission to investigate the participation of left MPs Annette Groth and Inge Höger and former parlamentarian Norman Paech from the party „Die Linke“ at the Gaza flotilla and their connections to islamist organisations.
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Mideat Freedom Forum demands Isolation of Islamist Terror Organizations in the Middle East
December 30, 2008: Since Israel gave up all of Gaza in 2005 thousands of rockets and mortars have been fired into Israel from Gaza. Germanyis also involved in this conflict – the Federal Republic of Germany is the most important Western trading partner of the Islamic Republic of Iran, that is financing Hamas and other Islamist terror organizations, trains and arms them.
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The U.N. as forum for "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
October 2, 2008: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2008 is another highlight of the Iranian regime's "final solution" anti-Semitism.
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Scandal at the "Transatlantic Conference" in Berlin
July 3, 2008: The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin severely protests against the anti-Semitic agitation by the Iranian top official Mohammad Larijani on the „Third Transatlantic Conference“ on June, 24-25, 2008 at the representation of the country Hesse in Berlin.
