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Hezbollah Facing Financial Squeeze as Supply Lines from Iran Are Severed
BEIRUT — As Hezbollah prepares to hold an elaborate funeral Sunday for its slain leader Hasan Nasrallah, the group he led for more than 30 years is struggling with a looming financial crisis after traditional supply lines of money from Iran have been severed.
The United States, Israel and the new rulers of Syria, who overthrew Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the longtime Hezbollah ally, have clamped down on the Lebanese militant group’s sources of funding and weapons, analysts said.
The financial straits come at a time when Hezbollah is under pressure to compensate and provide support to constituents disgruntled with the slow pace of reconstruction after their villages and neighborhoods were damaged in the group’s recent war with Israel. The World Bank said in a preliminary report in November that the conflict cost Lebanon an estimated $8.5 billion in physical damage and economic losses.
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International Conference on International Women’s Day
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s speech: “Happy International Women’s Day, a day that symbolizes uprising and rebellion to build a new world devoid of repression, oppression, and exploitation.
“We pay tribute to the women who laid the foundation for this day, and we salute the countless heroines whose names shine brightly in the long history of Iranian women’s resistance, particularly those in the Resistance Units who today are prepared to be arrested, tortured and executed.
“Their struggle is the continuation of a struggle that has continued for nearly 44 years in Iran. Khamenei has time and again described it as a civil war. On one side are the masses of the people of Iran, and on the other is religious fascism that seeks to guarantee its survival with nuclear bombs.”
Butting Bulls: Factional Infighting Grips Iran’s Regime as Economic Crisis Deepens
With the expansion of protests in Iran and the social repercussions of the dire increase in prices and unsolvable imbalances, the regime’s internal crisis has reached a new stage. Regime president Masoud Pezeshkian, describing the dispute between the Minister of Energy and the Minister of Oil, referred to the proverb of a hard ground and butting bulls, saying: “These ministers of ours sometimes fall short in the oil, electricity, and gas sectors, so they blame each other. We are really facing problems in electricity and gas supply right now. Reserves have also decreased; one won’t give, and the other won’t send reserves. And there’s no way to send reserves at all. The ground is hard; we can’t plow it, so we butt heads with each other” (state-run TV, February 13, 2025).
The first days of Esfand (the last month in the Iranian calendar, corresponds to February 20 – March 20) and Bahman 30 (February 18) saw two consecutive sessions of the regime’s parliament (Majlis), where regime officials expressed fear of a “revolution of the hungry” and the sinking of the regime’s ship.
Iran: Some Nurses Are Homeless and Sleep in Their Cars
Mohammad Sharifi-Moghaddam, the Secretary-General of Iran’s Home of Nurses, says that some nurses in Tehran are homeless and, to avoid paying rent, work multiple shifts and sleep in their personal cars during rest hours. On Saturday, February 22, Sharifi-Moghaddam told the state-run ILNA news agency that these nurses even use hospital showers for bathing and “live in a homeless manner.”
Sharifi-Moghaddam stated that according to World Health Organization standards, there should be three nurses per 1,000 people to prevent increased patient mortality. However, he added that in recent years, Iran has set a record low, with only “one and a half nurses” per 1,000 people.
Iranian Regime MP Warns About Intensified Medicine Shortages
In continuation of the medicine crisis in Iran, Mohammad Jamalian, a member of the Health and Treatment Commission in the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), announced that in the “coming months,” medicine shortages will be seen with “greater intensity.”
Jamalian issued this warning in an interview with the state-run ILNA news agency, which was published on Friday, February 21.
Jamalian said, “The medicine production cycle has been disrupted, and even if the situation is corrected today, it will take four months to compensate for this deficiency. For this reason, unfortunately, in the coming months, we will see medicine shortages with greater intensity.”
Qezel-Hesar Prison – Final Part
The anti-monarchic revolution in Iran took place in February 1979. The Iranian people, through widespread protests and paying a heavy price, overthrew the Shah and wiped out the dictatorial monarchy from the history of Iran. However, the spring of freedom was short-lived. Due to the imprisonment of true revolutionaries in the Shah’s prisons, Khomeini hijacked the revolution and imposed the dark and oppressive rule of the clerical regime on Iran.
From the very first months of the regime’s rule, the repression of dissidents began. The regime, through brutal attacks by the Revolutionary Guards on opposition gatherings and protests, arbitrary arrests, and torture, revealed its true face, and human rights in Iran under clerical rule were brutally trampled upon.
Baluchistan Under Attack as Iranian Security Forces Launch Brutal Raid
According to local Baluchistan media reports, in the early hours of Friday, February 21, 2025, security and military forces in Zahedan launched an extensive and armed raid on a family’s home in the Kharkoohi neighborhood of Saadi 4 Street. The forces arrested all the male members of a Baluch family and violently assaulted a woman residing in the house. As reported by Baluchistan local media, from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM on February 21, 2025, the raid and gunfire targeting this house in Zahedan continued with a large presence of plain clothes and military forces. After clashing with the residents, the forces arrested all the male family members. They severely beat a woman who tried to prevent the detentions, resulting in her arm being broken due to the brutality of the security forces.
Exhibition in Paris Highlights Iran’s Human Rights Violations and Calls for International Action
Paris, France – February 21, 2025: In a striking display of activism, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition in Paris to expose the increasing human rights abuses by the Iranian regime. The event also stood as a strong expression of solidarity with the ongoing Iranian Revolution.
London: ‘Academics in Exile’ Exhibition Condemns Human Rights Violations, Advocates for a Free and Democratic Iran
London, UK – February 21, 2025: The Academics in Exile Association, which supports the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), organized a book and photo exhibition to raise awareness of human rights violations by the mullahs’ regime. They also expressed solidarity with the Iranian people’s struggle for regime change and a free, democratic republic in Iran.
#London: ‘Academics in Exile’ Exhibition Condemns #HumanRightsViolations, Advocates for a Free and Democratic #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #FreeIran2025 #NCRIAlternative
https://t.co/frgSiahWfl— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) February 22, 2025
The exhibition received significant public support, drawing attention to the ongoing repression in Iran, particularly the death sentences imposed on political prisoners. Attendees signed petitions advocating for regime change, the abolition of the death penalty, and the immediate release of all political detainees.
Sydney, Australia – February 20, 2025: MEK Supporters Host Public Exhibition to Denounce Human Rights Abuses in Iran
Sydney, Australia – February 20, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition to express solidarity with the Iranian Revolution and condemn the regime’s increasing use of executions as a means of repression.
#Sydney, #Australia – February 20, 2025: MEK Supporters Host Public Exhibition to Denounce #HumanRights Abuses in #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #FreeIran2025 https://t.co/LdX99hY5Ga
— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) February 22, 2025
The event highlighted Iran’s worsening human rights abuses and condemned the death sentences imposed on political prisoners linked to the PMOI. MEK supporters in Sydney called for international tribunals to hold the regime’s leaders accountable for crimes against humanity.