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Maryam Rajavi
Hail to the deprived pensioners and retirees who have risen for their rights
So long as this corrupt regime is in power, poverty, discrimination, inflation, high prices and unemployment will only aggravate. #IranProtests
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 21, 2021
MEK: Protests in Iran – February 21
Contract teachers, along with retired steel workers and miners, rallying outside the regime’s Majlis (parliament), protesting employment policies and unfair/delayed pensions.
Retirees and pensioners rallying and seeking answers to their long-term demands. Protests seen in the cities of Tehran, Ahvaz, Neyshabour, Tabriz, Isfahan, Ilam, Yazd, Arak, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Ardabil, Bojnourd, Karaj, Khorramabad and others.
February 21 – #Iran
Retirees and pensioners rallying and seeking answers to their long-term demands. Protests seen in the cities of Tehran, Ahvaz, Neyshabour, Tabriz, Isfahan, Ilam, Yazd, Arak, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Ardabil, Bojnourd, Karaj, Khorramabad and others.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/vsEp9lzs2G— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 21, 2021
Maryam Rajavi: The clerical regime’s dossier of crimes must be referred to the UN Security Council and its leaders must face justice
The clerical regime’s dossier of crimes must be referred to the UN Security Council and its leaders must face justice. #StopExecutionsInIranhttps://t.co/4qIsfP1K48
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 21, 2021
NCRI Women’s Committee – Iran: Woman hanged, after dying of a heart attack
On February 17, 2021, in a heinous crime, Zahra Esmaili, a female death row prisoner who died of a heart attack shortly before her execution, was nonetheless hanged in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Her lawyer wrote in a post on Facebook: “Yesterday, 16 men were hanged in front of Zahra’s eyes. As a result, she suffered from a stroke before going to the gallows, and passed away. However, her lifeless body was still hanged.”
Alireza Zamani was a managing director at the mullahs’ Ministry of Intelligence. He routinely mistreated and battered his wife and children.
He even threatened to kill his wife and attempted to rape his own daughter. https://t.co/DzlT0iz5Wv
— Women's Committee NCRI (@womenncri) February 21, 2021
It is worth noting that over 60 million people across Iran live in poverty
February 20 – Mashhad, northeast #Iran
An elderly woman seen searching in trash for anything to sell or even eat.It is worth noting that over 60 million people across Iran live in poverty and the mullahs continue to provide billions to the Assad regime and terrorist groups. pic.twitter.com/Ilr624qk8U
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 21, 2021
ROKNA state-run News Agency: The representative of the Prosecutor requested the death penalty for drinking alcohol
ROKNA state-run News Agency: The representative of the Prosecutor requested the death penalty for a 73-yr-old former pilot who was arrested for drinking alcohol/drunk driving in N Tehran, #Iran.
In 2020 the regime hanged a man for alcohol consumption. https://t.co/eQ1dXpMfkG
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) February 21, 2021
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 480 Cities Exceed 218,600
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on February 20, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities had exceeded 218,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 52,201, Isfahan 14,060, Khuzestan 11,080, Mazandaran 9,217, West Azerbaijan 8,108, Gilan 7,801, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,206, North Khorasan 3,363, Zanjan 2,380, South Khorasan 2,116, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,760, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,644.
Iran: Members of the Nojin Cultural Association gathered outside the Judiciary to protest
Feb. 20 – Sanandaj, W #Iran
Members of the Nojin Cultural Association gathered outside the Judiciary to protest the 5-year prison term of the director of the Association, Kurdish language teacher Zahra Mohammadi. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/SWyWOOU2bk— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) February 20, 2021
Iran: increased executions are a manifestation of the regime’s impasse
On Wednesday, Iranian authorities executed seven prisoners in Gohardasht prison, Karaj. Among the executed prisoners was a 42-year-old mother of two. On Monday, February 15, the regime carried out two other executions in Birjand. Two days earlier, a prisoner was hanged in Meshginshahr. Therefore, in only five days, the Iranian regime has executed at least ten prisoners across Iran. It is worth noting that the regime carries out many executions in secret, and the real number of executions might be much higher. According to reports obtained from inside Iran, many prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation of their execution.
Mother language in Iran another excuse for injustice against minorities
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 declared February 21, as the International Mother Language Day.
In the same year, at the 30th session of UNESCO, the Iranian regime voted in favor of naming the day.
Apart from Persian, people in different parts of Iran speak Azeri, Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Taleshi, Lori, Baluchi, Laki and Tati.
Locals protest downplay of earthquake damage following 5.6 earthquake in SW Iran
Angry locals in Sisakht, southwestern Iran protested the downplaying of earthquake damage by officials and state-run TV, following a 5.6 earthquake that left many homes in ruins.
The earthquake rocked the southwestern city of Sisakht and surrounding villages on the evening of February 17. State-run news agencies announced 64 injuries yesterday, 25 of which were transferred to hospitals. The earthquake affected a diameter of 10km from its epicenter.
Iran: Rouhani’s Pleas To Lift Sanctions!
Hassan Rouhani, the president of the crisis-ridden government of Iran, once again begged the US government, that if you lift the sanctions, we will immediately return to the 2015 international nuclear deal known by the acronym JCPOA. Speaking at the cabinet meeting, Rouhani stressed that they will not expel International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from Iran. At the same time, he tried to examine the Trump era.
The Lost Future of Iranian Children
The abundance of words and expressions such as execution, suicide, self-immolation, homelessness, prostitution, and news of the death of children in Iran’s state media and on the Internet indicate the status of human rights in the country.
For 42 years, the Iranian people have faced a crackdown by the government, and as time goes on, its volume and effects become more widespread. In the meantime, the situation of innocent children in Iran is very painful and astonishing.
Iran news in brief, February 20, 2021
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