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Iran News in Brief – March 7, 2023

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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET

Violence Against Women and Girls: EU Sanctions Nine Individuals and Three Entities Under Its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime

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The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on nine individuals and three entities in view of their role in committing serious human rights violations and abuses, particularly sexual and gender-based violence. Today’s action reaffirms the EU’s determination to promote and protect human rights around the world.

Ahead of International Women´s Day, we move from words to action. No matter where it happens, we will combat and eliminate all forms of violence against women. With today´s decision, we are enhancing efforts to counter sexual and gender-based violence, to ensure that those responsible are fully accountable for their actions, and to combat impunity.

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SFRC Chairman Menendez Calls for IAEA to Approve Resolution Censuring Iran

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WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today calling for the adoption of a resolution censuring Iran for its insufficient cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at this week’s meeting of the agency’s Board of Governors:

“As the Iranian regime continues to push the limit and enrich nuclear material to record levels approaching the 90 percent threshold for a nuclear weapon, the international community must respond. The regime’s excuses that these steps were accidental ring hollow and the international community must treat these for what they were: intentional. Likewise, Tehran’s agreement this weekend to increase IAEA monitoring at nuclear facilities falls well short of addressing these provocative steps.

“The United States and our European allies must use this week’s UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meetings to speak with a single, unified voice that makes clear to Tehran that this boiling frog approach toward becoming a threshold nuclear state will not work. Anything short of a censure signals to the Iranian regime that it will face no punishment for the dangerous advancement of its nuclear activities.”

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Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 173

Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1

  • Days: 173
  • Protests: 282 cities
  • Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 664 identified by MEK
  • Detentions: 30,000

Iran’s nationwide uprising witnessed its 173rd day as the regime’s orchestrated chemical gas attacks targeting schools and universities across the country have led to increased anger and protests among the public. Parents and locals in cities throughout Iran are pointing fingers at regime officials and authorities for not only failing and refusing to prevent these attacks but also accusing them of turning a blind eye and facilitating this horrendous crime that is leaving hundreds of schoolkids, especially girls, suffocating and hospitalized.

According to official accounts, 230 schools in 25 provinces have been targeted by chemical attacks, with over 5,000 students falling ill. There were attacks on 57 cities Monday alone.

People and parents in different cities across Iran rallied on Tuesday morning to protest the recent chemical gas attacks by regime operatives targeting their children in the country’s schools. These protests were reported in the cities of Tehran, Shiraz, IsfahanKarajArdabilAhvazLahijanBabolRashtLahijanKashmar, HarsinSaqqez, AligudarzQazvinSanandaj, and others. In Shiraz the protesters were seen chanting “Death to the child-killing regime!”

In Tehran, Iran Students of the University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, held a gathering and protested the regime’s recent chemical gas attacks targeting schools.

Local teachers in the city of Mashhad, northeast Iran, protested against the attacks targeting their students and schools. In Marivan, authorities deployed security units to prevent locals from holding rallies protesting the recent chemical gas attacks.

Similar protest gatherings were held in KermanSariBandar GanavehNeyshaburNourabadSaqqez, and Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province, Sojas Rud of Zanjan Province.

Tuesday morning, chemical gas attacks targeted a number of all-girls schools in Zahedan, southeast Iran, leaving at least 53 students poisoned. A similar attack was carried out against a secondary school in a village near Urmia, northwest Iran,  the town of Dalahu in Kermanshah Province, western Iran, and the city of Bandar Ganaveh in Bushehr Province, southern Iran. These attacks have left dozens of students poisoned and ill.

Further reports indicate additional chemical attacks targeting at least four more schools near Urmia.

In Karaj, west of Tehran, families of death row inmates rallied outside Ghezel Hesar Prison. Reports indicate seven death row inmates, convicted for drug charges, could be executed tomorrow morning.


UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET

Escalating Chemical Gas Attacks Across Iran Rendering Anti-regime Protests

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Regime operatives in Iran have been behind a long series of horrendous chemical gas attacks targeting schoolkids across the country. There are reports of hundreds of schools being targeted and several hundred, if not thousands, of students being hospitalized for poisoning symptoms and suffocation symptoms.

Anti-regime dissent and protests are on the rise as parents and the general public are outraged at the barbaric nature of such horrific attacks targeting the country’s children. The regime’s contradictory reports and state media denying the entire issue by placing the blame on bogus reasons are only fueling the nationwide rage. Regime officials are concerned about this rising anger boiling into nationwide protests that may evolve into an uncontrollable phenomenon.

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18 Years of Celebrating International Women’s Day With the NCRI Women’s Committee

18 Years of Celebrating International Women's Day with the Ncri Women’s Committee

The Ncri Women’s Committee has a proud tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day with compatriots in Iran and supporters of the equality movement worldwide. In her speech to the women’s conference in Brussels, Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, the NCRI Women’s Committee Chair, highlighted this commitment to women’s rights and equality.

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Stockholm, Sweden—March 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution

Stockholm, Sweden—March 4, 2023: MEK supporters held a rally to support the nationwide Iran protests

Stockholm, Sweden—March 4, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in Stockholm and expressed solidarity with the nationwide Iran protests.

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Vancouver, Canada—March 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution and Celebrate International Women’s Day

Vancouver, Canada—March 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution.

Vancouver, Canada—March 4, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally and expressed solidarity with the nationwide Iran protests.

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Also, read Iran News in Brief – March 6, 2023