Be Pooya Stone

On Friday, November 22, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. CET, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)’s representatives held an online press conference about the recent protests in Iran titled, “Iran Uprising: Latest Developments and Reports.” The representative of the NCRI in the UK Ms. Dowlat Nowruzi and member of the NCRI foreign affairs committee Mr. Shahin Qobadi presented a picture of the current situation inside Iran.

By Jubin Katiraie

The experience of the 2018 uprising in Iran had shown that when the fire of outrage, public hatred against Iran’s oppressive clerical system and calls for its overthrow arise, these would quickly ignite the whole country.

By Pooya Stone

In its editorial, Javan Online, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards, described the character of the recent uprising in Iran as ‘organized violence’ and insisted protesters were ‘trained rioters’.

By Jubin Katiraie

The Iranian government continues the shutdown of the Internet to oppress the people because it has no other way than to use such tools to prevent protests by people who have attempted to overthrow this corrupt government.

The reaction of the Iranian people to the rise of gasoline price has swept across Iranian cities and shaken the mullahs’ dictatorship. The regime’s repressive forces and ringleaders used direct firing to block protests and cut down internet lines so that news of the uprising would not leak to the resistance media and would not receive worldwide coverage.

By Pooya Stone

Since midnight November 15, tens of thousands of Iranians poured in the streets across the country following the government acknowledged gas prices hikes. A sharp increase in fuel prices came amidst terrible economic conditions due to systematic corruption and mismanagement.