A protest previously held by the Anglo-Iranians in London
Written by Hamideh Taati on 08 February 2020.
THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS OF THE IRAN PROTESTS.
February 8, 2020:
RALLY BY THE IRANIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
AND THE NCRI/MEK SUPPORTERS IN WASHINGTON D.C.
The Rally’s emphasize that #Iran does have an alternative with a clear leadership, platform, significant network and organizational capabilities inside Iran that is willing to pay the price to #FreeIran. #IranProtests #IStandWithMaryamRajavi pic.twitter.com/xCaEMmSV2r
— OIAC (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
Int’l community, must send a U.N. fact-finding mission to establish the truth about the killed & injured in the recent #IranProtests & to ascertain the fate of those imprisoned. @UN must hold those responsible for these crimes accountable in the international courts of justice. pic.twitter.com/VDA5ieGq4F
— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
There is a government-in-exile waiting to restore peace, democracy, and stability to #Iran, led by Mrs. @Maryam_Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) w/ the imminent demise of the mullahs #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/1WZ87JYRvH
— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
Starting the rally walking toward streets of Washington . Young Iranian Americans holding Iran flags. #iranprotest #FreeIran2020 @USAdarFarsi @JenniferWexton @ElectConnolly @SpeakerPelosi pic.twitter.com/RfPNXa0uo2
— Iranian American Community of Virginia (@iac_virginia) February 8, 2020
Col. Wesley Martin: We are witnessing Citizens of Middle East are finally coming out to protest against Iran’s interference in their country:IRGC and Qassem Soleimoni was responsible for scores of attacks on US interests including 600 Americans servicemen.
Col. Wes Martin:
We are witnessing Citizens of Middle East are finally coming out to protest against Iran’s interference in their country:IRGC & #QassemSoleimoni was responsible for scores of attacks on US interests including 600 Americans servicemen#FreeIran #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/V0oWK8qXpF
— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
MS. SONA SAMSAMI, NCRI’S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES TOLD THE GATHERING:
We believe all Iranians are born free and equal. They deserve freedom, democracy and the right to freely elect their government but dictators; be it Monarchs like the Shah or Mullahs believe otherwise.
#FreeIran2020 rally, @NCRIUS rep, Soona Samsami:
We believe all Iranians are born free & equal
They deserve freedom, democracy & the right to freely elect their gov but dictators be it Monarchs like the Shah or Mullahs believe otherwise#MyVoteRegimeChange #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/EJUSBLuUju— Iranian American Community of Virginia (@iac_virginia) February 8, 2020
We have made a pledge to overthrow this regime and return to our people their rights and freedoms; a pluralistic government where the people & ballot box rules
#FreeIran2020 rally, @NCRIUS rep, Soona Samsami:
We have made a pledge to overthrow this regime and return to our pple their rights and freedoms; a pluralistic government where the pple & ballot box rules
our hearts beat with yours in #IranProtests#MyVoteRegimeChange pic.twitter.com/7u1QZRRVfy— Iranian American Community of Virginia (@iac_virginia) February 8, 2020
Our hearts are with the resistance units in Iran Any kind of dictatorship in any shapes whether in form of monarchy or theocracy is rejected by Iranians and a clear message from Iran protests was sent in their slogans.
Our hearts are with the resistance units in #Iran
Soona Samadani indicates any kind of dictatorship in any shapes weather in form of monarchy or theocracy is rejected by Iranians and a clear message from #IranProtests was sent in their slogans. #FreeIran pic.twitter.com/zYI6YgLHEO
— OIAC (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
This rally was also attended by some renowned American politicians. Former congressman, Judge Ted Poe addressed the crowd outside the White House. He said: Keep Fighting for freedom. Flame of liberty must continue in your souls like the sun.
“Soleimani killed Iranians around the world was instrumental in killing Iranians in Camps Ashraf and Liberty,” added Judge Poe.
#FreeIran2020 rally, @JudgeTedPoe:
Soleimani killed Iranians around the world, was instrumental in killing Iranians in Camp Ashraf & Camp Liberty#MyVoteRegimeChange #WeSupportMEK pic.twitter.com/1FQfHecqgz— Iranian American Community of Virginia (@iac_virginia) February 8, 2020
Keep fighting 4 freedom
Flame of liberty must continue in your souls like the sun
History shows that young will ignite the flame of liberty & I commend young Iranians for not taking a step back for freedom.
Mullahs must go!
🔷🔶🔷#FreeIran #IranProtests #IStandWithMaryamRajavi pic.twitter.com/3vgiKUBgdN— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
Former congressman Ted Poe addressing the crowd outside of @WhiteHouse #FreeIraq2020 #iranprotest pic.twitter.com/9tlUzmJlrR
— Iranian American Community of Virginia (@iac_virginia) February 8, 2020
#Iran’s National anthem playing at the rally by @WhiteHouse in solidarity with 12000 people who are now in Mullahs’ dungeons under torture for #IranProtests, and those who were killed by brutal IRGC Forces! We demand for their freedom and for regime’s accountability! #FreeIran pic.twitter.com/e8FBuv1WqY
— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) February 8, 2020
RALLY BY THE ANGLO-IRANIAN COMMUNITIES AND THE NCRI/MEK SUPPORTERS IN LONDON:
Rallies by #Iran communities in Europe &US on anniversary of anti-monarchic revolution &recent #IranProtests 4 #FreeIran
London rally just started
Speakers:@Offord4Hendon, Conservative MP@mark4ceredigion, former Liberal Democrat MP@SaraChandler67, member of Law Society Council pic.twitter.com/GL3GBq9JL4— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
@Offord4Hendon:
Today, I join Anglo-Iranian communities in the UK to call on UK Government to recognise the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people and to back the democratic alternative presented by the NCRI and Mrs @Maryam_Rajavi’s 10-point plan for future #Iran.#FreeIran pic.twitter.com/mdrizXcqwy— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
British Member of Parliament Dr. Mathew Offord: Iran protests across Iran that world witnessed for 2 years, which regime and its Supreme Leader admit are organised by main Iran opposition PMOI and the NCRI and their resistance units show, Iranian people are determined to take back their country that mullahs hijacked 41 years ago.
MP @Offord4Hendon:#IranProtests across #Iran that world witnessed for 2 yrs, which regime & Supreme Leader admit are organised by main Iran opposition #PMOI #NCRI & their resistance units show Iran ppl are determined to take back their country that mullahs hijacked 41 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ArFURRtKEP
— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
Former British Member of Parliament, Mark Williams at the rally in London:
Since Mullahs usurped power in Iran, the country turned into large prison for 80 millions.
Recent Iran Protests targeting Supreme Leader and entire regime. The Iranian people are rejecting the theocratic rule, domestic repression &destabilising role in Middile East
@mark4ceredigion ex Liberal Democrat MP:
Since Mullahs usurped power in #Iran, the country turned into large prison for 80 millions.
Recent #IranProtests targeting Supreme Leader &entire regime,Iran ppl are rejecting theocratic rule, domestic repression &destabilising role in ME. pic.twitter.com/EKPDKQnfO1— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
Feb 8-London
Anglo-Iranian Communities in UK hold a rally in Trafalgar Square to support recent #IranProtests calling on @foreignoffice to work with intl allies to hold #Iran regime to account for killing 1500 protesters &brutal crackdown on recent popular uprising.#FreeIran2020 pic.twitter.com/5oliVC7Cyc— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
Swedish-Iranian Communities hold a rally on 41st anniversary of anti-monarchic 1979 revolution, supporting Iran protests and calling on Swedish government to work with its international allies at the Unite Nations and European Union to Iran regime to account for their atrocities, including killing of 1500 protesters.
Feb 8-Stockholm
Swedish-Iranian Communities hold a rally on 41st anniversary of anti-monarchic 1979 revolution,supporting #IranProtests &calling on @SweMFA to work with intl allies at @UN & @eu_eeas 2 hold Iran regime to account 4 their atrocities, incl killing of 1500 protesters pic.twitter.com/CEWdWj8zno— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) February 8, 2020
MRS. MARYAM RAJAVI, NCRI’S PRESIDENT-ELECT, WROTE ON TWITTER:
Freedom-loving Iranians, in Sweden, U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Italy &Canada, your efforts to echo the voice of your people’s Resistance to the world is admirable. Intensify these efforts &ensure that the clerical regime faces an international blockade #Iran pic.twitter.com/q82b6DipKv
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 8, 2020
I am proud to say that over the past 40 years, the struggle for freedom has not ceased. Today, this struggle manifests itself in the Iranian people’s uprisings, including uprisings from December 2017 to November and December 2019, and January 2020, and show no signs of abating. pic.twitter.com/tOdMdxPioC
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 8, 2020
The Iranian people’s sovereignty cannot be usurped. This is the Iranian people’s right for which they have fought and paid the ultimate price, and they will certainly achieve it. #FreeIran2020 #Iran pic.twitter.com/wpsOW4a2DV
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 8, 2020
After 40 years of the mullahs’ rule, Iranian people are vulnerable in the face of floods & earthquakes, victims of road crashes, distressed by poverty, forced to sell body parts & humiliated by unemployment, & drug addiction. #IranRegimeChangehttps://t.co/47redKD25d pic.twitter.com/Yvjxxx6Cey
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 8, 2020
MESSAGE OF MRS. MARYAM RAJAVI, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RESISTANCE OF IRAN (NCRI), TO THE RALLY OF IRANIANS IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN:
“Your gathering and rally today in Stockholm is a clear testament to the Iranian people’s relentless resolve to achieve freedom and to overthrow the inhuman clerical regime”
Your gathering and rally today in Stockholm is a clear testament to the Iranian people’s relentless resolve to achieve freedom and to overthrow the inhuman clerical regime. #IranProtests #FreeIran2020 #IranRegimeChangehttps://t.co/47redKD25d pic.twitter.com/08YRfOKJkX
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 8, 2020
IRAN NEWS IN BRIEF, FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Iranian Regime Dispatches an Anti-Riot Vehicle to Stadium
Iran: Seven Sunni Prisoners Sentenced to Death After 10 Years of Detention
Installing Surveillance Camera by the Iran’s Regime
RALLIES BY IRANIAN COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE AND THE US ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ANTI-MONARCHIC REVOLUTION
On the eve of anti-monarchic revolution, Iranian communities and the supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK) in Europe and the United States, will hold rallies today, and tomorrow, February 7 and 8, 2002.
These rallies are part of an international campaign by Iranian communities throughout Europe, the US, and Canada, and will be held in London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Toronto, Rome, Munich, Geneva, and Washington, DC.
Anglo-Iranians and supporters of Iran’s main opposition PMOI/MEK and NCRI hold a major rally in London on February 8, 2020
#London on Saturday 8 February, Anglo-Iranians and supporters of #Iran's main opposition #PMOI/MeK and #NCRI hold a major rally on the anniversary of anti-monarchic 1979 revolution and in support of #IranProtests and #IranRegimeChange in Trafalgar square @AP @Reuters @AFP pic.twitter.com/Hn4J1EVw6Z
— Hossein Abedini (@HoAbedini) February 7, 2020
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE UKRAINIAN AIRLINE FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME
Families of the victims of the Ukrainian Airliner that was downed by IRGC missiles have opened lawsuits in Canadian courts. The original plaintiff’s name has been kept secret so that their families in Iran will not face pressure from the Iranian regime.
The lawsuits are against the Iranian regime, Its supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and head of the IRGC Air-defense system, IRGC commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh demanding at least 1.1 million Canadian dollars in compensation.
After 3 Days of Lying, Iran’s Regime Admits It Shot Down #Ukrainian Passenger Jet https://t.co/AGRS2EBeTQ#UkrainPlaneCrash#FreeIran2020 #IRGCTerrorists
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 11, 2020
According to Reuters, the suit alleges that the downing of the plane was “an intentional and deliberate act of terrorism.” As a result of the criminal downing of the Ukrainian plane, all 176 passengers and crews onboard were murdered. The Iranian regime, including its president, Hassan Rouhani first denied any role in shooting down the plane, but after evidence was published proving the regime’s role in this, they were forced to admit to the crime.
US SENATORS CALL ON TWITTER, TO SEIZE OFFERING SERVICES TO THE IRANIAN REGIME
Four Republican senators have written a letter to the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, requesting the Twitter accounts of Ali Khamenei the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader and Mohammad Javad Zarif, it’s Foreign Minister to be closed based on the U.S. Sanctions.
(2/2) "And, as the leader of the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism – directly responsible for the murder of hundreds of U.S. citizens – the Ayatollah and any American companies providing him assistance are entirely subject to U.S. sanctions laws.” pic.twitter.com/hm0OL8xLFk
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) February 7, 2020
US STATE DEPARTMENT CONDEMNS THE IRANIAN REGIME OVER VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The spokesperson for the US Secretary of State, Morgan Ortagus condemned the Iranian regime’s brutal sentencing of women rights activists to twitted on Friday, February 7, 2020, “We condemn the Iranian regime for harshly resentencing Mojgan Keshararz, Yasaman Aryani, and Monireh Srabshahi to another decade in the notorious Qarchak Prison for defying mandatory hijab laws. Nobody should be forced to wear- or not to wear- religious attire.
We condemn the Iranian regime for harshly re-sentencing Mojgan Keshavarz, Yasaman Aryani, and Monireh Arabshahi to another decade in the notorious Qarchak Prison for defying mandatory hijab laws. Nobody should be forced to wear – or not wear – religious attire. #ReligiousFreedom pic.twitter.com/3qZkOihgo1
— State Department Spokesperson (@StateDeptSpox) February 7, 2020
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Friday, February 7, 2020, marks the 85th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 724 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:
Number of uprising cities: 191
Number of martyrs: At least 1500
Number of injured: More than 4,000
Number of detainees: More than 12,000
Read more: Some Women Activists and Protesters Were Sentenced to Prison by Iranian Regime Courts
