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PS752 Victims’ Family Members Who Protested Against Russian Aggression in Tehran Were Attacked by Security Forces
The victims’ families of the flight PS752, the Ukrainian airliner that was shot down by the IRGC on January 8, 2020, gathered in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Tehran today to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to local sources, these protestors were attacked by the Iranian regime’s security forces and were beaten.
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Iran Says Key Issues Still Unresolved in Nuclear Talks
VIENNA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could succeed if the United States took a political decision to meet Tehran’s remaining demands, as months of negotiations enter what one Iranian diplomat called a “now or never” stage.
The stakes are high since the failure of 10 months of talks could carry the risk of a fresh regional war, of more harsh sanctions on Iran by the West, and of continued upward pressure on world oil prices already strained by the Ukraine conflict.
Un Human Rights Experts Urge Iran To Abandon Restrictive Internet Bill
GENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet.
The Iranian Parliament may soon ratify the “Regulatory System for Online Services Bill” – more commonly referred to as the “User Protection Bill” – and adopt the legislation in mid-March by invoking a constitutional provision that permits the regular parliamentary process to be circumvented.
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Six Americans Sue Iran Over Houthi Detention and Torture
Six Americans kidnapped by Houthi rebels in Yemen are suing the militia’s state sponsors, Iran, for their detention and torture that left one victim with injuries likened to those sustained in a high-speed motorbike crash.
Legal papers filed by a law firm in Virginia contain graphic details of beatings, whipping with wires, and inadequate medical help at a political prison, the National Security Bureau, in the capital Sanaa, where all six are thought to have been held over periods from 2015 to 2020.
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Iran: Khamenei’s Defeat in Stifling Protests
On Sunday, February 27, retirees and pensioners in dozens of Iranian cities returned to the streets to reiterate their demands and hold the government and Majlis to account for disregarding their most basic needs. Their demonstrations, which have become a mainstay of Iran’s news, have grown, and become more intense and better organized despite the regime’s efforts to establish an environment of fear and intimidation.
And retirees are not the only growing protest movement in Iran. Teachers, students, oil-and-gas workers, nurses, defrauded investors, and government employees are also becoming more organized and bolder in pursuing their demands.
Cities Across Iran Witness Protest Rallies by Retirees and Pensioners
Retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization in Iran held rallies in numerous cities on Sunday, February 27, protesting their low pensions and poor living conditions that are worsening with rising inflation. The cities of Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Shiraz, Kermanshah, Arak, Khorramabad, Qazvin, Haft Tappeh, Shahrekord, Ilam, Bojnourd, Ardabil, and others were scenes of different gatherings as such regular protests are becoming a new weekly norm, pressuring the mullahs’ regime to provide for the people’s basic demands.
Iran’s Bill for the Protection of Cyberspace Users Internet Restriction Plan Faces Temporary Defeat
The internet is considered a manifestation of never-ending communication, innovation, and creativity for humans. A level of communication and creativity that has never existed before. It knows no boundaries and brings huge economic opportunities for people around the world. The internet has opened access to previously inaccessible areas of information and technology. Given the internet’s increasingly important role as a communication tool, the United Nations recently proposed that access to internet services should become a human right.
Iran: Khamenei’s Misogyny and Endless Discriminatory Laws
Having emerged from the depth of the Middle Ages, the Iranian regime is alien to Iran’s cultural heritage. From day one, the mullahs imposed a totalitarian state cloak under the veneer of religion. The sharp edge of this oppressive rule targeted Iranian women, who have had a century-long history of fighting against dictatorship, going back to the days of the boycott of Tobacco in 1890. It did not take long for the regime to institute misogynous and discriminatory laws against women, who were deprived of their most rudimentary rights, including the right to choose their attire.
Report on Iranian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Several Iranian political prisoners are currently on hunger strike to demand their legitimate demands. Faced with the violation of their rights, Iran’s political prisoners go on hunger strike as the only alternative to fighting for their rights.
Political prisoner Ebrahim Sediq Hamedani has been on a hunger strike since February 12, 2022, over the failure of the authorities to fulfill their promise to transfer him and his son, Salar Sediq Hamedani, to Sanandaj Prison.
Fariba Assadi Brutalized in Qarchak Prison, Starts Hunger Strike
Political prisoner Fariba Assadi went on a hunger strike in protest of being beaten by one of the prisoners accused of ordinary crimes and the violation of the principle of separation of crimes in Qarchak Prison. Ms. Assadi began her strike on Sunday, February 27, 2022. Security forces arrested Fariba Assadi at her home in Tehran on January 3, 2022. They transferred her to the Qarchak Prison to serve her prison time. The Revolutionary Court of Shahriar sentenced political prisoner Fariba Assadi to one year in prison on October 2, 2021.
Institutionalized Misogyny in the Laws of the Mullahs’ Regime Ruling Iran
Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of the podcasts produced by the NCRI Women’s Committee. In this episode, we are going to discuss institutionalized misogyny in the laws of the Iranian regime. The Iranian people have lived under a religious dictatorship for more than 40 years. Misogyny and discrimination against women are inherent to the mullahs’ clerical regime. In one of its key publications, “Institutionalized misogyny in the laws of the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran”, the NCRI Women’s Committee explains and proves that misogyny is not a culture, but a function of the regime ruling Iran.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – February 28, 2022