By Jubin Katiraie
Human rights groups have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate Iran’s 1988 massacre of /some 30,000 political prisoners, mainly affiliated to the main opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
By Pooya Stone
Iran has seen rallies across the country from various sectors of society in recent weeks, which we will look at now.
By Jubin Katiraie
On 30 September, the state-run Jahan-e Sanat newspaper published a report on the sugar trade in Iran and its problems: While each kilo of sugar was priced at less than three thousand tomans last year, this year the price of the product increased to six thousand tomans. The rise in prices reflects a new crisis in the Iranian food market.
By Jubin Katiraie
The nationwide demonstrations in Iraq in more than 10 provinces against government corruption is underway with the motto “Iran regime out”.
By Pooya Stone
The brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption, state media reported Tuesday, This is an action by Rouhani’s rival faction to maintain hegemony over Rouhani.
By Jubin Katiraie
Teachers and students from 37 villages in Khuzestan Province are being forced to use boats or rafts to cross the river to get to school, which has led 20% of students, especially girls, to drop out of school.
By Pooya Stone
The effects of Iran’s economy spiraling into bankruptcy is becoming increasingly evident, as no one else in Iran’s government can conceal or censor it.
By Pooya Stone
On Monday, September 23, two rockets landed at a one-kilometer distance from the US embassy in Iraq. The rockets triggered the sirens in the areas around the Tigris River.
By Jubin Katiraie
At least 4,000 Iranian nurses leave their jobs every year, some due to retirement or disability, but plenty are resigning due to the intense pressures in this woefully understaffed job.
