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Death Sentences for Two PMOI Supporters in Iran
Executions based on beliefs continue under the dictatorship of the mullahs. On Monday, September 16, the death penalty was officially announced to two political prisoners: Behrouz Ehsani-Eslamlou, 70 years old and father of two, and Mehdi Hassani, 48 years old and father of three.
On Wednesday, September 18, the mullahs’ judiciary also informed political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafa’i-Sani that he had been sentenced to death for the third time in Mashhad prison.
They were all arrested during the Mahsa movement uprising in 2022.
In his latest damning report, Professor Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran from July 2018 to July 2024, described two major waves of massacres in Iran—the 1982 massacre and the 1988 massacre—as genocides. This term is used because the Iranian religious dictatorship executed its opponents solely for their religious and ideological beliefs, seeking to eradicate them.
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Message for the New Academic Year 2024-2025
Maryam Rajavi’s message: “The uprising of the Iranian people in 2022 demonstrated that, despite four decades of oppression and repression, schools and universities in Iran remain bastions of freedom. This past summer, a year after the uprising, many professors and students were dismissed on Khamenei’s orders.
Over 70,000 teachers have been expelled from schools, and 20,000 principals have been either transferred or removed from their positions. Since Khomeini’s anti-cultural coup in 1980, the regime has repeatedly conducted widespread purges, yet it has consistently failed in its attempt to regressively reshape Iran’s educational system and stifle movements of protest.”
From The 1988 Genocide to The Rising Tide of Executions In Iran
The alarming rise in executions in Iran under the current regime paints a grim picture of the human rights crisis unfolding in the country. Since the appointment of Iran’s so-called “reformist” president, an estimated 160 individuals, including 10 women, have been executed. This number also includes a shocking public execution. On September 18, 2024, two supporters of the Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) were sentenced to death, marking another dark chapter in the ongoing suppression of dissent. Furthermore, the lives of four women activists hang in the balance, with the regime threatening imminent execution.
790,000 Iranian Students Not Yet Enrolled in Schools
State-run media in Iran, on the verge of the new school year, report that “790,000 students” have not yet registered to attend classes.
One day before the new school year, on Saturday, September 21, the state-run Tasnim news agency quoted an education official stating that 890,000 students have not yet ordered their textbooks, and of these, only 100,000 have enrolled in schools.
This figure was provided by Mohammad Alavi-Tabar, the Deputy Head of the Educational Research and Planning Organization.
177-Year Wait for Tehran Residents to Buy a Home If Prices Stay Stable for 200 Years
The housing crisis in Iran has manifested as substandard housing and housing poverty in Tehran. Media reports indicate a 17% increase in prices in August, with the average housing price surpassing 880 million rials (approximately $1,466), and an estimated 177-year wait to purchase a home, assuming prices remain stable for the next two centuries. On September 20, the state-run Tasnim News Agency reported: “While the average annual income for urban households has reached 2.56 billion rials (approximately $4,267), Tehran households can expect to become homeowners after 177 years if they save part of this income.”
Tasnim emphasized that the average housing price in Tehran has reached 885 million rials, and given this price, the wait for a Tehran household to purchase a 100-square-meter unit is about 177 years, assuming housing prices remain unchanged for the next two centuries.
St. Gallen, Switzerland — September 19, 2024: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Solidarity With the Iranian Revolution
St. Gallen, Switzerland — September 19, 2024: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) organized an exhibition in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution. This exhibition served as a tribute to the martyrs of the nationwide Iranian uprising.
New York—September 19-20, 2024: Protest Rally by MEK Supporters Against the Presence of the Mullahs’ President Pezeshkian at the UNGA
New York—September 19-20, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a protest rally in front of the UN against the mullahs’ regime’s crimes, demanding the UN hold Iran’s regime leaders, including its president, Masoud Pezeshkian, accountable for the 1988 Massacre and a wave of brutal executions in Iran.
Aarhus, Denmark—September 19, 2024: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Solidarity With the Iranian Revolution
Aarhus, Denmark—September 19, 2024: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) organized a rally and exhibition in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution. This rally and exhibition served as a tribute to the martyrs of the nationwide Iranian uprising.