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Protests Across Iran on Tuesday

Iran people's protests

By Jubin Katiraie

Nurses across Iran have been holding protests against poor living conditions, despite the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which shows you how serious the situation is.

Iran Arrests Ethnic Minorities Amid Coronavirus Threat in Prisons

Iran’s regime arrested dozens of Ahwazi citizens from Iran's Arab minority.

By Pooya Stone

Iranian security forces arrested scores of Arabs, including several children, in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan at the end of last month.

Iranian Officials Confess to the Government’s Bleak Situation

Hemmati and Nobakht in the Iranian parliament

By Jubin Katiraie

Abdul Nasser Hemmati, the head of Iran’s Central Bank, and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of government’s program and budget organization, admitted in speeches in parliament on 2 June that the situation of the clerical establishment is difficult given the international pressure or ‘maximum pressure’, and the regime is internationally isolated.

Iran Regime’s Attempt to Downplay Protester Deaths Could Signal Further Abuses

1,500 people killed during protests in Iran

By Pooya Stone

The mullahs’ desperate attempt to downplay their past abuses could signal that more crimes against humanity are on the horizon, according to the president of the International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ).

Iran Human Rights Abuses in May

Iran human rights abuse

By Jubin Katiraie

At the end of every month, the Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) produces a report into the human rights abuses in Iran over that month and then we produce a summary.

Iran’s Economy Suffering From a ‘Hot Money’ Phenomenon

Iran, Hot Money

By Pooya Stone

The foreign exchange market, gold, coins, and stocks have become short-term stay for cash flows in Iran. Money as if no one wants to keep it, and most prefer to own all sorts of liquid assets instead.

Iranian Labor Activist Flogged and Taken to Prison on June 1

Rasoul Taleb Moghadam, one of the drivers of Iran's Vahed Bus Company

By Jubin Katiraie

An Iranian labor activist was flogged by the Iranian authorities yesterday and taken to begin his jailed sentence without being given medical attention.

Iranian Interior Minister Claims Just 200 Protesters Died in November

 Iranian regime Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli

By Pooya Stone

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said in a state TV interview on Saturday that 200 protesters were killed by the suppressive security forces during the November 2019 uprising that spread to at least 140 cities.

Iran: Head of Mafia of Corruption, Now the Head of Parliament

 Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran’s new parliament speaker, speaking with supreme leader Ali Khamenei

By Jubin Katiraie

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, one of Iran’s main figures in repression and warmongering, and one of the heads of the theft and looting in the Iranian regime were appointed as the speaker of parliament on 28 May, in a hasty move.

Massive Fires Rage in Iran Due to Regime’s Inaction

Iran forest fires

By Pooya Stone

Massive fires have swept the Khaeez protected forest in southwest Iran since Thursday, killing many of the animals there, and even coming back to life on Saturday, just hours after local officials said they’d been extinguished.