Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela Urges Support for Female Activists Leading a Push for Change in Iran
Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, human rights activist and granddaughter of the late Nelson Mandela addressed an online panel supporting women’s rights in Iran to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021.A panel of 30 Members of Parliament and women’s rights activists from the UK and Europe urged their governments to put human rights at the forefront […]
Baroness Verma Urges Support for Female Activists Leading a Push for Change in Iran
Baroness Verma, former UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development addressed an online panel supporting women’s rights in Iran to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021.A panel of 30 Members of Parliament and women’s rights activists from the UK and Europe urged their governments to put human rights at the forefront of […]
Nowruz, the New Iranian Year, 1400, Celebrated With Mrs. Rajavi’s Remarks
Messages by Political Prisoners, Resistance Units, remarks, and messages by 84 parliamentarians and political dignitaries from 20 countries In her Nowruz speech, Mrs. Rajavi congratulated the people of Iran and underscored: The Iranian people’s readiness for overthrowing the regime is beyond the shadow of a doubt, and the mullahs’ presidential election sham will face their […]
Australian Committee for Democracy in Iran Supports the Call of the Iranian Resistance Leader to Form an International Tribunal
In a letter to the Australian Foreign Minister, the Australian Committee for Democracy in Iran wrote: Following the revelation of the Iranian regime’s state terrorism and the sentencing of the regime diplomat and his three accomplices to prison in a Belgian court for terrorist acts and espionage in other countries, the regime’s judiciary and foreign […]
Iran Media Warns That Regime’s Covid-19 Response May Spark an Uprising
Iranian state-run media outlets write that the regime’s attempts to downplay the coronavirus outbreak last February, its poor management of the pandemic ever since, and the banning of vaccines approved by the World Health Organization form an uprising waiting to happen. The Jahan-e Sanat wrote Tuesday, March 16, 2021: “Since February 2020, there were evident […]
What Are Iran’s Retirees Protesting For?
As the retirees’ protest in Iran went into its eighth consecutive week on Sunday, March 14, 2021, this time encompassing a dozen cities, it’s time to ask why are they protesting, and why are their demands not met? To sum up, Social Security organization retirees have been protesting over pitiful pensions that leave them in […]
Protests Continue in Iran
Protests are continuing in Iran, according to reports by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), and the people taking part are from all across society. Social Security Organization retirees protested for the eighth week in a row on Sunday, March 14, over the regime’s failed economic policies and refusal to adjust pensions in line […]
Virtual Conference Featuring U.S. Senators and Representatives, to Address Iran’s Regime Malign Conduct
Senate Nowruz Online Event: Human Rights and Democracy in Iran. Prominent political figures joined a bi-partisan group of senators to discuss the fundamentals of an effective US policy toward Iran. Washington, DC – On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC), hosted a virtual senate briefing where prominent policy and political […]
Iran: New Year, Same Crises
Iranian state-run media gives a glimpse into the people’s worsening economic situation prior to the Iranian New Year (Nowruz), with poverty and skyrocketing prices meaning that they cannot afford food, forced to buy bread on credit. The state-run Resalat daily wrote at the end of last month: “More than 50% of the country’s population suffers […]
Retirees and Pensioners Protests, 8th Week Running in Iran
For the eighth week in a row, retirees of Iran’s Social Security Organization held protests across the country on Sunday, March 14, to demand that their pensions rise in line with inflation as the cost of food and other essentials continues to rise dramatically. The protesters said that their ridiculously low pensions are also delayed […]