{"id":210396,"date":"2018-04-04T08:36:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210396-iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cdj_yqQQ3AI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fcdj_yqQQ3AI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdj_yqQQ3AI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-02-28T10:11:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_cdj_yqQQ3AI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fcdj_yqQQ3AI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cdj_yqQQ3AI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fcdj_yqQQ3AI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018 1- Protests Against U.N. Speech by Iran Regime&#039;s Minister, Implicated in Mass Executions The Iranian community in Switzerland, supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Tuesday held a rally in front of the UN Headquarters in Geneva against Alireza Avaei, Justice Minster of the clerical regime, at the Human Rights Council. Avaei has been directly implicated in the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners,. He was a member of the Death Commission in Khuzestan Province that sent many political prisoners, including juveniles, to execution during the massacre. The protest included an expansive photo exhibition of the victims of the 1988 massacre and a street display depicting the massacre. 2- Iran&#039;s Supreme Leader Blames &quot;Enemy Plot&quot; as Workers Protest Unpaid Wages In the heat of momentous labour protests and debate over setting a minimum wage, Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has accused \u201cenemies\u201d of fomenting discord among Iran\u2019s work force. Khamenei said \u201cOne of the major activities of our enemies has been to create a recession and obstacles in our factories and among our groups of labourers -- particularly the big ones -- so they can provoke the workers,\u201d It is notable that despite, Khamenei\u2019s intimidations, widespread protests is continuing all over Iran on daily basis. 3- Maryam Rajavi\u2019s message to Women\u2019s Conference at the UK Parliament In a video message to a conference at the UK Parliament 27 February on the occasion of the International Women\u2019s Day, Maryam Rajavi described the leading role of women in protests, which started in late December 2017, as an achievement for women throughout the world and said: In the present circumstances, we call for the release of the prisoners of the uprising, freedom of expression and assembly, &amp;abolition of women\u2019s suppression &amp; the compulsory veil. 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Speech by Iran Regime's Minister, Implicated in Mass ExecutionsThe Iranian community in Switzerland, supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Tuesday held a rally in front of the UN Headquarters in Geneva against Alireza Avaei, Justice Minster of the clerical regime, at the Human Rights Council. Avaei has been directly implicated in the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners,. He was a member of the Death Commission in Khuzestan Province that sent many political prisoners, including juveniles, to execution during the massacre.The protest included an expansive photo exhibition of the victims of the 1988 massacre and a street display depicting the massacre.2- Iran's Supreme Leader Blames \"Enemy Plot\" as Workers Protest Unpaid WagesIn the heat of momentous labour protests and debate over setting a minimum wage, Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has accused \u201cenemies\u201d of fomenting discord among Iran\u2019s work force.Khamenei said \u201cOne of the major activities of our enemies has been to create a recession and obstacles in our factories and among our groups of labourers -- particularly the big ones -- so they can provoke the workers,\u201d It is notable that despite, Khamenei\u2019s intimidations, widespread protests is continuing all over Iran on daily basis.3- Maryam Rajavi\u2019s message to Women\u2019s Conference at the UK ParliamentIn a video message to a conference at the UK Parliament 27 February on the occasion of the International Women\u2019s Day, Maryam Rajavi described the leading role of women in protests, which started in late December 2017, as an achievement for women throughout the world and said:In the present circumstances, we call for the release of the prisoners of the uprising, freedom of expression and assembly, &amp;abolition of women\u2019s suppression &amp; the compulsory veil. To realize these objectives, we need the support of each and every one of you.4- Iran Regime\u2019s Official: Tehran holds 25000 Cardboard Sleepers, Homeless and BeggarsA Tehran municipality official says the number of homeless people, cardboard sleepers and beggars in the city has reached 25,000, and 21,000 have also been imprisoned in this metropolis.Poverty is one of the most important causes of social harms in Iran.Last year, Ali Akbar Sayari, a representative of the Ministry of Health at a meeting of the National Directorate for Youth Affairs, stated, \u201c30 percent of Iranians are hungry\u201d.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}