By Jubin Katiraie
The coronavirus has dramatically changed the world in 2020, but out of the bad, many countries are seeing an increase in collaboration, social solidarity, and personal sacrifice.
Iranian Cities Are Not Only Below Poverty Line—They Are Below Misery Line
By Pooya Stone
In November, “an absolute world war against the system” was run, according to Commander of the Basij Paramilitary Group, a subsidiary of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Salar Abnoush, who had a direct role in the crackdown on nationwide protests.
Iran Judiciary Admits to Arresting of Elite Students Nearly One Month Later
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian Judiciary has finally admitted – 26 days after the fact – to arresting two elite students from the Sharif University of Technology on April 10.
Four Protests in Iran on Monday
By Jubin Katiraie
Four separate workers’ protests were held on Monday in Iran, even amid the coronavirus crisis, which shows how desperate these people must be and the stupidity of sending people back to work during a pandemic.
Iran Removes Four Zeros from the National Currency to Conceal its Economic Bankruptcy
By Pooya Stone
On May 4, Iranian lawmakers passed a bill to remove four zeros from the national currency. According to Iranian media, the administration and Parliament (Majlis) were discussing the bill titled, “Amend the country’s monetary and baking law,” for around 13 years.
50 Women Infected with Coronavirus in Iran Prison
By Jubin Katiraie
There are shocking reports from Sepidar Prison in Iran that at least 50 women are infected with the coronavirus, but there is no doctor to treat them and no medicine to give them.
Iran Protests Coming, Says Economist
By Pooya Stone
Another uprising in Iran will happen if the government refuses to solve the workers’ crisis, according to an Iranian economist.
Poverty, Threatens the Income of 32 Million Iranian Breadwinners in Coronavirus Era
By Pooya Stone
Free trade, particularly street-selling, is one of the phenomena of structural weakness in the Iranian economy and is essentially part of the institutionalized unemployment in the country. Most of the country’s street-sellers are former unemployed workers.
Iran Sentences January Protesters to Flogging and Prison
By Jubin Katiraie
In the last few days, courts in Iran have handed down the prison and flogging sentences to several of the people arrested during January 2020 protests over the downing of Ukrainian airliner flight PS752.
