Iran: The fourth round of truck drivers’s strike in different provinces

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Iran Uprising - No. 219

From the morning of Thursday, November 1, the fourth round of strike of heavy truck drivers started and covered vast sections of the country. Drivers from different provinces including Tehran, Isfahan, Khuzestan, West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, North Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Kermanshah, Kerman, Hamedan, Golestan, Zanjan

Iranians protest in southern cities, clash with repressive security forces

Southwestern Iranian cities witness protest, the uprising

PMOI/MEK reporters on the scene

Iran, July 1, 2018 - Ahvaz and other southwestern Iranian cities rise against regime mismanagement, water shortage or poor water quality. The protest by the youth in Khorramshahr started on Saturday, June 30^th and continued on Sunday against water shortage and lasted into late hours of the night.

Angry protesters 

Iran: Khorramshahr locals protest water shortage & severe crackdown + Videos

Demonstration in Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, southwest Iran

Reported by PMOI/MEK

July 1, 2018 - The demonstration and brave uprising witnessed by the youth in Khorramshahr, southwest Iran, began with protests focusing on severe water shortages and led to chants of “Death to Khamenei,

Iran head of judiciary threatens protesters to execution, decisive action in the face of popular uprising

Sadegh Larijani, the chief henchman of the clerical regime's judiciary

Sadegh Larijani, the chief henchman of the clerical regime's judiciary, on Tuesday, June 26, on the third day of the strike of the Bazaar and popular protests and in fear of spreading these protests, threatened the perpetrators of the "riots" of Tehran and "disrupters in the economic system" to

Iran protests spread to Tehran’s strategic bazaar + Videos and photos

“Death to Dictator” slogans heard in streets leading to the Tehran bazaar

Reported by PMOI/MEK

Iran, June 25, 2018 (Lead III) - Developing story, Protests continue in different parts of Tehran:

4pm local time

Demonstrators in Tehran chant;

What if the people take up arms against the regime, and

Reformists, Principalists,

IRAN: Tehran Baazar Traders Protest for 2nd Day Against Rising Foreign Currencies Exchange Rate

Maryam Rajavi called all shopkeepers, tradesmen, and merchants to support protesters

A large part of the Tehran Bazaar went on strike.

Iran uprising - No. 175

Maryam Rajavi called all shopkeepers, tradesmen, and merchants to support protesters

This morning, Monday, June 25,

Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – February 2018

Iran Human Rights Monitor – Monthly Report

February 2018

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Systematic violation of human rights continued in February with 16 executions, crackdown on religious minorities, arresting of civil activists, incessant pressure on political prisoners and flogging.

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, two women political prisoners of Evin –Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee—were beaten up and banished to the notorious women’s Qarchak Prison, in Varamin, Tehran Province.

Protesting the illegal transfer, the two staged a hunger strike on February 3.

On the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2018, they turned their wet hunger strike into dry, as they had already vowed. Both stopped their dry hunger strike after six days but Golrokh Iraee announced that she will continue her wet hunger strike until her demands are met.

Since February 1, the two are held in horrible conditions in a small, dark room in Qarchak Prison while they are denied having telephone contacts or family visits.

Iran: Continued Strikes of Workers and Protests by Other Deprived Classes

The strikes and protests of the workers, employees and various strata of the people continued on Sunday, March 4, in different cities across the country:

1. Workers of all sections of the Haft Tapeh sugar cane company, including agriculture, factory, equipment, services, and engineering and support, stopped working in protest to non-payment of their demands and gathered in the company's premises. Derakhshani, the factory manager, tried to prevent workers from shutting down the various parts of the factory, but he failed.

What Comes After French FM's Iran Visit

Monday’s Tehran visit by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is startling a wide variety of responses, especially from inside Iran.

Kayhan daily, known as the mouthpiece of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, ran a piece titled “French Foreign Minister heading to Tehran with a JCPOA-2 hat,” using the acronym for the Iran nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action while describing Paris’ efforts to impose further setbacks upon Iran’s regime.

‘Iran’s days are numbered’ US Congressman in urgent warning to Islamic regime

WARNING: Dana Rohrabacher said the Iranian regime's days are numbered

The Republican said the end of the Islamic Republic is in sight, saying the regime could be kicked out of power “in the blink of an eye”.

Protests in the country have continued this month after first erupting late last year due to anger at soaring unemployment and economic problems.

These spiraled into bigger demonstrations as citizens vented their anger at the regime ruled by religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

But despite Tehran clamping down on the protests, with hundreds of demonstrators rounded up and arrested, Mr. Rohrabacher said they signal the end for the regime.

He was speaking

Protests as sanctioned #Iran minister addresses @UN rights meet

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Generational tensions in Iran point to looming crisis

By Iman Zayat

The Arab Weekly, February 25, 2018 - Can the aging mullahs of Iran lead a predominately young country of more than 81 million people, the majority of whom are eager to live a more liberal lifestyle?

What do young Iranians know of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which their mullahs and leaders are keen to export to Arab and Islamic countries in the region?

What is their view of this outdated ideology, which is based on a complex combination of nationalism, political populism, and Shia religious radicalism?

In a commentary published in Foreign Policy magazine in January, Dennis Ross argued that Iran’s

KHAMENEI REGIME ONLY HAS TWO PATHS, HOPEFULLY, BOTH LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE!

A group of those who consider the Iran Deal as a “disarmament project” to overthrow the regime. An overseas regime broker named Houshang Amir Ahmadi says:

“The process proceeds in such a way that Iran must first be disarmament and economically weakened and disordered in the country and eventually overthrow the government; politics is the policy of overthrowing the regime”

Inequality among Iranians could trigger new waves of protests

Riyadh, The Alriyadh Daily, 21 February 2018 - A recent scientific research conducted by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies has said that the growing inequality among the people in Iran could pose real challenges for President Hassan Rouhani ’s government. The research gave clear-cut evidence of what sparked the unexpected protests that rocked Iran last December.
According to the research, titled “The protests put spotlight on the weaknesses of the Iranian regime,” and conducted by co-researcher at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Mona Alami, the protests exposed the weaknesses of the Iranian regime, threatened by internal discord and continued social discontent due to high rates of unemployment and corruption.

Iran: Two Men Executed In Ahwaz

On Thursday, February 15, the Ahwaz Intelligence Department announced the execution of two young Arab men.  The two have been identified as Seyed Habib Rahmani and Mehdi Hardani. Thirty-year-old Rahmani was married and had three children. His family was threatened by the Intelligence Department that they could not hold a funeral for their son. The Intelligence Agency also confirmed the execution of Mehdi Hardani and announced it to his family. It is not clear why he was arrested or executed.

Iran: At least 70 dervish women protesters taken to Qarchak Prison

Seventy of the women arrested during the dervishes’ gathering in Golestan Haftom Ave. in Tehran have been brutalized and taken to the Quarantine Ward 3 of the notorious Qarchak Prison in Varamin.

A spokesman for the State Security Force acknowledged that at least 300 people were arrested during a raid on the protest gathering of dervishes in Tehran launched on Monday night, February 19 and carrying on until Tuesday morning, February 20, 2018. The actual number of those arrested must be considered higher.

A large number of 

International Women's Day Conference – Paris 2018

A conference entitled, “Women Force for Change, Iran Uprising and the Role of Women,” held in Paris on Saturday, February 17, 2018, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.

 The keynote speaker at this conference was the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi.

Iran: a Short History of the Mek

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran or Mojahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) is a political group dedicated to the realization of a free and democratic Iran, but how did it start?

On September 6, 1965, the MEK was founded by three engineers Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Ashgar Badizadgan.

They had previously been involved with the Freedom/Liberation Movement, created by Medhi Bazargan in May 1961, which advocated for the democratic principles that were laid out in the Iranian constitution following the 1905 resolution. The group had been allowed to peacefully assemble and advocate for political freedom and the separation of powers for two years.

However, in 1963, Ruhollah Khomeini gave a public speech criticising the monarchy and was arrested. In response, large free speech and anti-monarchy protests broke out across Iran, which the Freedom Party supported.

These protests were violently put down by the Shah’s police, with thousands of people dying in what would become known as the June Uprising. Following the protests, the Shah outlawed pro-democracy groups, like the Freedom Party, and imprisoned their leaders. Bazargan was sentenced to ten years in prison.

The MEK founders knew that the fight for democracy in Iran was not over, but also knew that they had to find a different path as repeating the actions of the Freedom Movement was sure to fail.

As a result, they brought together 20 trusted friends, mostly professionals living in Tehran, to discuss religion, history, philosophy, and revolutionary theory, twice a week. On September 20, 1965, a mere two weeks after its founding, the MEK held its first meeting.

It took six years for the MEK to formulate

Rebellious and resilient, Iran’s women are the force for change

Women are indeed the Force for Change.

This was vividly seen in Iran throughout the past year and of course, most conspicuously during the uprising in December and January.

Although the situation in Iran is extremely oppressive for women and they have borne the brunt of repression for the past 39 years, they are not submissive contrary to the regime’s expectation.

Gender discrimination, gender segregation, and various restrictions have made Iranian women not just rebellious but also very resilient.

Look at women’s education in Iran. Low legal age of marriage and forcible marriage of

Iran: a Short History of the Mek

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran or Mojahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) is a political group dedicated to the realization of a free and democratic Iran, but how did it start?

On September 6, 1965, the MEK was founded by three engineers Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Ashgar Badizadgan.

They had previously been involved with the Freedom/Liberation Movement, created by Medhi Bazargan in May 1961, which advocated for the democratic principles that were laid out in the Iranian constitution following the 1905 resolution. The group had been allowed to peacefully assemble and advocate for political freedom and the separation of powers for two years.

However, in 1963, Ruhollah Khomeini gave a public speech criticising the monarchy and was arrested. In response, large free speech and anti-monarchy protests broke out across Iran, which the Freedom Party supported.

These protests were violently put down by the Shah’s police, with thousands of people dying in what would become known as the June Uprising. Following