{"id":213987,"date":"2020-02-10T20:12:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T20:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncriranlive.wpengine.com\/en\/?p=213987"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T20:05:27","slug":"the-iranian-regimes-situation-in-the-past-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-iranian-regimes-situation-in-the-past-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iranian Regime\u2019s Situation in the Past Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>Video:<\/strong>\u00a0Iranian regime\u2019s record by facts<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranian regime&rsquo;s record by facts\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2MslzkCqpP4\" 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%2F2MslzkCqpP4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MslzkCqpP4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-07T16:45:33Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2MslzkCqpP4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2MslzkCqpP4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranian regime\u2019s record by facts<\/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\/2MslzkCqpP4\" 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%2F2MslzkCqpP4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime&rsquo;s record by facts\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iranian regime\u2019s record by facts. What is the regime\u2019s achievement in the past 40 years? Suppression\u2026Torture\u2026Execution\u2026Massacre Suppression of democratic oppositions since 1981 Devastation of natural resources and environment War and Terrorism Interference in the region\u2019s countries The Iranian people have never accepted its rule &quot;Iran\u2019s economy is on the brink of collapse and 70% of Iranian people are under the poverty line&quot; &quot;By breaching the JCPOA, the regime has become internationally isolated and under harsh sanctions&quot; Uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon against the regime\u2019s indirect rule are threatening its \u201cstrategic depth\u201d What is the result? &quot;1- Massive defections in the regime\u2019s ranks &quot; &quot;2- Continuous popular uprisings in Iran that have undermined the pillars of the dictatorship&quot; &quot;In November 2019, the Iranian people staged an organized uprising against the entire regime and destroyed thousands of the regime\u2019s centers of suppression and corruption&quot; The regime killed over 1,500 protesters within a few days to save its dictatorship But the Iranian people\u2019s will to overthrow the regime has not subsided Two months later, another uprising flared in January 2020 after IRGC shot down a Ukrainian plane The Iranian people torched the regime&#039;s symbols In this situation, strategic emergence of democratic alternative NCRI and PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units\u2019 activities and their bonds with the people have pushed the regime toward its collapse So\u2026 Iranian regime\u2019s political, economic, social, regional and international situation reveals one undeniable truth: the Iranian regime is instable, and it is on the brink of collapse.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In February 1979, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/khomeini-s-legacy-is-a-broken-iran-only-regime-change-can-fix\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ruhollah Khomeini\">Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a> and the mullahs hijacked the Iranian people\u2019s revolution, that had sought freedom and democracy. Khomeini instead established a religious regime. February 11 marks 41 years since the regime seized power.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/25820-iran-40-years-after-theocrats-usurped-power\" rel=\"noopener\">The 40-year-old reign of the regime<\/a> has only brought oppression, torture, execution, massacre and destruction of natural resources and the environment for the Iranian people and war, terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism for the Middle East and the world. Yet, this regime has never experienced a strategic stability. The Iranian people have never accepted the regime\u2019s rule, and other nations have recently and constantly risen against the regime\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime\u2019s situation within the last year is the essence of its rule. The regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and its president, Hassan Rouhani, have clearly stated that their regime is at the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/27342-why-is-iran-at-the-brink-of-downfall-this-february\" rel=\"noopener\">most crucial situation<\/a>\u201d and \u201chardest economic and political situation.\u201d According to the regime\u2019s experts, social accreditation of the regime has reached zero, its economy is destroyed, and unbridled poverty, high prices, unemployment and inflation have forced over 70 percent of the population under the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/26830-daily-increase-of-poverty-and-anger-of-iranian-people\">poverty<\/a> line. The regime has prepared a budget for next year, whose numbers have been described as \u201cimaginary.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why Is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> at the Brink of Downfall This February? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RI12ys8H1T\">https:\/\/t.co\/RI12ys8H1T<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShamElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShamElections<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1225147143054352386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Increasing comprehensive sanctions, the death of Rouhani\u2019s only achievement, the 2015 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/non-nuclear-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran nuclear deal <\/a>with world powers (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA), the regime\u2019s rejection of the terms of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/27313-iran-regime-s-deadlock-over-elections-and-fatf\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Action Task Force (FATF)<\/a>, and the expulsion of the regime\u2019s diplomats for their involvement in terrorism demonstrate the regime\u2019s deadly international isolation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EDITORIAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Regime\u2019s Supreme Leader at the Heart of the Regime\u2019s Deadly Crises <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SFMqXW1VuA\">https:\/\/t.co\/SFMqXW1VuA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1224393342076751873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These situations have resulted on the one hand in massive defection within the regime\u2019s ranks, and on the other hand in warnings by its analysts and officials over the Iranian people\u2019s uprising, a danger which threatens the regime in its entirety. The infighting and battle over more share of power at the regime\u2019s highest echelons have reached an unprecedented peak. These infightings went as far as some of the regime\u2019s factions describing Khamenei himself as the root of all the regime\u2019s problems.<br \/>\nIn an unprecedented approach, the Iranian people rose up to torch the regime in its entirety, and they literally torched and destroyed hundreds of the regime\u2019s plundering and suppression centers. According to credible sources, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian regime killed at least 1500 protesters<\/a>. Yet the Iranian people\u2019s demand to overthrow this regime is like fire under the ashes. This was demonstrated during the second wave of the Iran protests in January, two months after the November protests, over the downing of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/27198-u-s-confirms-iran-regime-s-role-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-airplane\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian airliner<\/a> and the death of all 176 passengers aboard by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27210-the-reluctant-confession-of-irgc-s-aerospace-force-commander-continuation-of-the-regime-s-lies-and-deception\" rel=\"noopener\">regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Reluctant Confession of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a>\u2019s Aerospace Force Commander, Continuation of the Regime&#8217;s Lies and Deception <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UBmrOgfA75\">https:\/\/t.co\/UBmrOgfA75<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkranianPlaneCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkranianPlaneCrash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Internet4Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Internet4Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1216133018575941633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, the uprising by the people of Iraq and Lebanon against the Iranian regime\u2019s indirect reign over their countries seriously threatened the regime\u2019s so-called \u201cstrategic depth.\u201d<br \/>\nIn such circumstances, the powerful and strategic emersion of a democratic alternative, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, and the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"MEK Iran\"> People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a>, particularly the activities of the MEK\u2019s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/27273-the-mek-resistance-units-represent-the-nucleus-of-the-campaign-to-unseat-the-mullahs\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>,\u201d heralds the downfall of the regime and pictures the future of Iran. Khamenei and other regime officials have repeatedly spoken of this fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> Resistance Units Represent the Nucleus of the Campaign to UNSEAT the Mullahs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pz9esuuLYi\">https:\/\/t.co\/pz9esuuLYi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAllProtesters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeAllProtesters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopIranBloodshed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopIranBloodshed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1220475726677336064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The facts listed below draw a comprehensive image of the Iranian regime\u2019s political, economic, social, regional and international situation. The result of these facts reveals one undeniable truth: the Iranian regime is no longer stable, and it is on the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH NEW FACT SHEETS IN COMING DAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nationwide Protests, One Year on<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_Protests_2019-2020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Iran_Protests_2019-2020.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran witnessed <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">series of <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">protests in November 2019<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/27206-anti-regime-protests-by-university-students-in-tehran-over-the-downing-of-ukrainian-plane\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">January 2020<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">that were unprecedented in the past<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> four decades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shaking the regime in its entirety, the uprising in November quickly erupted in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at least<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 191 cities. Assessments indicate that it was the most important challenge the Iranian regime has ever faced.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a>-Over 1,500 Killed in the Iranian People\u2019s Nationwide Uprising Names of 504 Martyrs Released <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LaYUg8obtv\">https:\/\/t.co\/LaYUg8obtv<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAllProtesters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeAllProtesters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopIranBloodshed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopIranBloodshed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1206310554803019778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rotests <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sparked by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gas price hike, however, due to the explosive situation of the society, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dramatically expanded all over the country in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">just 24<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> hours. Demanding regime change, Iranian people chanted against the Supreme Leader and the regime in its entirety.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The high volume of the protests forced the regime to dispatch <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> its<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> suppressive forces, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in particular the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">streets<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> killing people in cold blood.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chairman of the Parliament&#8217;s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Security Committee <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mojtaba Zolnour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> admitted that there had been harsh c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lashes <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">between angry protesters and security forces in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">800<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> locations across the country<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, including<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">147<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> points just in the capital Tehran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Senior<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> commanders of the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26779-iran-s-regime-is-the-world-s-foremost-threat-to-peace-and-security\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">IRGC<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> who had been dispatched to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cenes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> later compared the conflicts with the harshest scenes <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran-Iraq war saying<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> &#8220;God saved the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Confronting the bloody suppression, the protesters, mainly from the low sectors of the society, defended themselves<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> setting fire to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">some 900<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> gas-stations, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> governmental <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">banks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, many governorate buildings, and state seminaries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One day after <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beginning of protests, the top officials of the regime, including the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/157-human-rights\/26923-khamenei-s-mouthpiece-iran-protests-leaders-to-face-execution-by-hanging\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Supreme <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Leader,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> stressed on the role of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the People\u2019s Mojahedin, or<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Mujahedin-e <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khalq<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (PMOI\/MEK)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and its Resistance Units in organizing and leading the protests.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Khamenei\u2019s Mouthpiece: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> Leaders to Face Execution by Hanging<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmn2YTv5mZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jmn2YTv5mZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Internet4Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Internet4Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1197170705865068545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In order to cover the dimension of suppression and prevent <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">expan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sion of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the protests throughout the country, in an unprecedented measure, the Iranian regime shut down the Internet for more than a week.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Relying on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vast social network, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEK announced the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">death toll<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">daily bas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/27084-mek-at-least-1500-protesters-killed-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Based on the MEK<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> information, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">some<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 1500 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">protesters were <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">killed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 4000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">injured, and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">another <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">12000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were arrested<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">death toll was <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">later confirmed by the top officials of the US and Reuters. Reuters referred to three sources in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Interior Ministry. Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> regime not only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has not<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">provide<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> any information about the victims of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran protests, but <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">prevent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the issue <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from being raised <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in public; however, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so far the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\/27023-names-of-victims-of-november-2019-protests-crackdown-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MEK has revealed the names of more than 750 martyrs<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In fear of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a new bout of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> protests and eruption of the society, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime prevented the families to h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">old <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mo<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">u<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rning ceremonies for the victims.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">November 2019 uprising happened less than two years after <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nationwide uprising in January 2018 that erupted in<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">140 cities across the country. This indicates the deteriorating situation in Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ian<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> society<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that will result in an <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">end<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> rule, inefficiency of suppression as it was before, and uncontrollable situation for the regime.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Protesting against<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">downing of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ukrainian airliner by the IRGC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which left<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 176<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> people dead<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in January 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> once again Iranian people flooded t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">streets in Tehran and cities of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ninety provinces<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in Iran. This time, college students representing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">middle class in Iran were in the front line. The slogans were focused on the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the IRGC that represent the regime in its entirety.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chanting &#8220;down with the tyrants, b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e it <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Shah <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Leader (referring to the Supreme Leader)&#8221; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Neither <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rown, nor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> turban<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ullahs are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">goners<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8221; protesters showed that the Iranian people see the future in denying the dictatorship in any form<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> demanding democracy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A large crowd of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtesters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtesters<\/a> join the students from Amir Kabir University in detesting the tyrants, be it the Shah (the previous tyrant) or the current Supreme Leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a>. January 11, 2020, Hafez Street (AmirKabir Univ)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqtVNenTVa\">pic.twitter.com\/bqtVNenTVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1217916340343844871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Demanding regime change in Iran is the common point of the protests in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By chanting &#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eformists! Hardliners! <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GAME IS OVER!\u201d in January 2018 protests, Iranian people disavowed the regime in its entirety. In August 2018, a prominent theoretician of the Iran regime, Saied <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hajjarian<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, said: &#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f there will be a situation like other democratic countries in Iran, h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">olding <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">transparen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> election<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> without interfer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ence by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the government and taking off the cover of greenery, there would be none of us, neither you nor me, there will be neither hardliners nor reformist.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rejecting both <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the past (monarchy) &#8211; and the present (theocracy), Iranian people <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">called for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a better and different future in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">January 2020 uprising.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Iran\u2019s Economy in Crisis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"40_years_of_economic_downfall_in_Iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/40_years_of_economic_downfall_in_Iran.jpg\" alt=\"40 Years of Economic Downfall in Iran\" width=\"800\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The following facts reflect the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/25853-40-years-of-economic-downfall-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">critical condition of Iran\u2019s economy<\/a> in the past year:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">40 Years of Economic Downfall in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>\nThere are many problems that have been caused by the Iranian Regime\u2019s corruption and mismanagement, but today, we\u2019re going to look at just one: the economy<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4cIpuzJCf9\">https:\/\/t.co\/4cIpuzJCf9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jg3MsgLJPV\">pic.twitter.com\/jg3MsgLJPV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1095419358212435969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2019<\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">International Energy Agency<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, December 2019: Iran\u2019s export of crude oil dropped to 300,000 b\/d. It was 2.5 million b\/d in early 2018.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jahan <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">San\u2019at<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, state-run media on industry, <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhaan.net\/Archive\/1398\/10\/13981018\/JahanSanat749711097104494856169509.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">8 January 2020<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: To be realistic, the export of crude oil in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">next Iranian calendar year starting on March 20 will not exceed 300,000 b\/d if the current situation continue<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/iran\/publication\/economic-update-october-2019\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">World Bank<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, October 2019: Iran\u2019s GDP dropped by about 8.7% in 2019 compared with 2018. This is the lowest in the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/datamapper\/NGDP_RPCH@WEO\/OEMDC\/ADVEC\/WEOWORLD\/IRN\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">International Mon<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">e<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">t<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ry Fund<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 15 October 2019: Iran\u2019s economic growth in 2019 would be -9.5% and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">would<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> be second to Venezuela. According to the report, Iran\u2019s economic growth in 2018 was 4.8%.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhaan.net\/Archive\/1398\/05\/13980510\/KayhanNews75979710412149534885255.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kayhan<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> state-run daily, 1 August 2019: Official figures show that Iran\u2019s economy in 2018 shrunk by about 5%. International institutions predict 6% negative growth for the current Iranian year. In other words, in the past two Iranian calendar years ending in March the economy shrunk by about 10%.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian people\u2019s state of economy\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amar.org.ir\/news\/ID\/11597\/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-1398\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Statistical Center of Iran<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 22 November 2019: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nnual inflation rate by mid-November compared to the same period last year was <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">41.4%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rice rise for red meat, chicken and fish was more than 80%, food stuff close to 59%, fruit close to 60%, vegetable about 71%, and clothes and shoes about 51%. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhaan.net\/Archive\/1398\/10\/13981011\/SiasatRuz831059711597494849168505.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Siasat<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">-e <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rouz<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> state-run media, 1 January 2020: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nnual inflation rate for food and drinks in December 2019 was 57%.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhaan.net\/Archive\/1398\/10\/13981009\/SiasatRuz831059711597484857168504.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Siasat<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">-e <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rouz<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">30 December 2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: In <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">previous Iranian calendar year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the annual inflation rate for food and drinks was close to 55%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and some experts estimated the poverty line to be about 3.5 to 4 million Tomans ($1=4,200 Tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at the government rate<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">). With the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">start<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of new sanctions and economic problems these estimates went up to about 5 to 6 million Tomans. By revelation of government evaluations under the condition of subsidies, the poverty line went over 8 million Tomans. In April 2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the minimum <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wage<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">working-class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> family of 3.3 reached 1.5 million Tomans.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amar.org.ir\/news\/ArticleType\/ArticleView\/ArticleID\/12649\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Statistical Center of Iran<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, January 2019: 26 percent of youths between 15 and 24 are unemployed. It is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">38.3% <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">among women between 15 and 24.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Misery Index<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (unemployment rate + inflation rate): In 2018 = 29% and in 2019<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">=<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">39%<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foreign Trade<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofarda.com\/a\/Iran-export\/30408900.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Radio <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Farda<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Radio Free Europe, Persian section), 31 January 2020:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s trade exchanges with China and South Korea dropped by 34% and 60% respectively in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Japan\u2019s export to Iran dropped 11<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fold<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> compare<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with 2018 to $66 million<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and its imports from Iran dropped 3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fold to $1.16 billion.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 11 months of 2019, Europe\u2019s imports from Iran was about 620 million <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">euros<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fold drop compared to 2018.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 11 months of 2019, exports from 28 EU nations to Iran dropped by 2.4 folds to 3.577 billion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> euros<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trade exchange between Iran and Turkey in 2019 was 40% of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2018 and half of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2017.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Budget<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhaan.net\/Archive\/1398\/10\/13981018\/JahanSanat749711097104494856169509.pdf\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jahan-e <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">San\u2019at<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, state-run industrial media, 8 January 2020: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Government\u2019s budget of 485,000 billion Tomans face<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a deficit of 224,000 billion Tomans.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Siasat<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rouz<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, state-run media, 11 January 2020: This year\u2019s budget is known to be a fictitious <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e the government has only tried to balance its income with the expenses. Next year\u2019s budget is an extremely critical one for the system and the government\u2026 in the absence of any source, if the budget deficit is compensated by the Central Bank\u2019s sources, the cash rise will whirl more rapidly leading to more inflation. Appropriate economic decisions can help us through this dangerous turn<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> otherwise the county will fall on dangerous tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Institutionalized Corruption<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The_Black_Hole_of_Corruption_and_Embezzlement_in_the_Iranian_Regime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Black_Hole_of_Corruption_and_Embezzlement_in_the_Iranian_Regime.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Hole of Corruption and Embezzlement in Iran\u2019s Regime \" width=\"800\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/27030-the-black-hole-of-corruption-and-embezzlement-in-iran-s-regime\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Embezzlements<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and plundering of national wealth are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">two well-known characteristics of the Iranian regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ll <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> its<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> officials and affiliates are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">involve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in corruption<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">holds the top position in corruption, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has even <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spoke<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ydra of corruption.\u201d<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Below are some facts among hundreds<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">of others <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">about the regime\u2019s corruption.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Every <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dollar i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> equal to 4200 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tomans<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">at the government <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rate and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is about 12500 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the free market<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Black Hole of Corruption and Embezzlement in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regime <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2pbyfKMzoF\">https:\/\/t.co\/2pbyfKMzoF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1202947895324004355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/four-khamenei-linked-institutions-own-60-percent-of-iran-s-national-assets-says-politician\/30177579.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Radio <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Farda<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, September 2<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2, 2019<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Behzad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nabavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, [a government minister in several administrations]: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Behzad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nabavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has said four financial institutions linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei control 60 percent of Iran&#8217;s national wealth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nabavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alef.ir\/news\/3980626106.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in an interview with conservative website Alef<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fin Tehran, published September 21 that 60 percent of Iran&#8217;s national assets are held by the Executive Headquarters for the Imam&#8217;s Decree (EHID), the holy Shrine of Imam Reza in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mashad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Astan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qods<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">), and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostazafan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Foundation which operate directly under Khamenei and his office, and the IRGC&#8217;s Khatam <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ol-Anbia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Headquarters which is indirectly supervised by Khamenei as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian armed forces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These institutions operate outside the purview of the presidential administration and the Iranian Parliament (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Majles<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nabavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> told the website.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:360,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">run ISNA news agency, <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">August 27, 2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali Rabie<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">[government spokesperson<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">]: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEvery Tuesday I meet with all the state<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> organization<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> measure the public opinion. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The polls obtained by these <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">centers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> show <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that 91<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> percent of the people believe <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">there is corruption [within the regime].<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run ISNA news agency, August 31, 2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sadegh<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ziba<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-Kalam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> [one of the strategists close to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">faction of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has a share of only 13% of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the 6 billion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">allocated in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cultural budget. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">87% of this budget is for the institutions, organizations and foundation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s that are completely independent <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from the government and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">do not answer to the parliament and the executive branch.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">J<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uly <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15, 2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u0648<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Sai<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Namaki<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime\u2019s minister of <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">health<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> wrote on his Instagram:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cM<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">edical equipment worth <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.3 million dollars<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve vanished<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and it is not even clear who took <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it and what they <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">imported<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">in return <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and gave to who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559737&quot;:144,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ate-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khaneh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Melat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> news agency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, August 25, 2019:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s rating in comparison with the last year<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">has decreased by two scores from 30 to 28<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The cor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ruption in Iran has increased in 2018, in comparison with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">previous <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">year.\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran&#8217;s position in 2017 was 130 out of 176 countries, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and in 2018 it has lowered to 138 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">out of 180 countries in the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tate television, August <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">15, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alireza <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zakani<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> [former member of parliament]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> conversation with the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">directors <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS): <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a matter of billions of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">money. Let\u2019s talk about this. I have nothing to do with someone who had a moral misconduct.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run Tehran News <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">July 19, 2017<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abbass<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Akhundi<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hassan Rouhani\u2019s Minister of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Urban Development, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dubbed \u201cbillionaire minister\u201d:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cDuring the privatization of factories and production lines, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">100 billion dollars was wasted <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the government\u2019s debts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run Jahan-e <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sanat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily, December 7, 2019: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c A simple calculation shows <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that all the damages <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the public fund, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">made by the rioters [<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">during the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran protests in November 2019]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">is not even comparable with only one embezzlement out of hundreds<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, made by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">those <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the top <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">managing and executive <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rank<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">within the last few years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BBC website \u2013 January 19, 2018<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assadollah<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gharakhani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the spokesperson of th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e parliament\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Energy Commission: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOne of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">managers at Rouhani\u2019s ministry of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oil, who was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> suspected for having 100 billion dollars of embezzlement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, ran away from Iran with his wife, 3 hours after he was summoned [by the court].<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rad<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Farda<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 July 14, 2019<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Political prisoner, Reza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">olpour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> says he <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shared the cell in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ard <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Evin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Prison<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rasool <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Danialzadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who told him that he [<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Danialzadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">] had given a 1,100-meter penthouse in Flora Tower to Akbar Tabari and a 700-meter apartment to Abbas Jafari-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dolatabadi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the former prosecutor of Tehran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rasool <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Danialzadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was charged with having 2600 billion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> debt to various banks. Yet, his name was mentioned in the case of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hossein Fereydoun<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hassan Rouhani\u2019s brother. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">alzadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> had <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gifted<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a 16 bill<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> apartment to Aza<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ghafouri<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hossein Fereydoun<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s wife.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyhan<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily \u2013 November 26, 2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The fuel smuggling damage is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">100 billion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a day, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3 t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rillion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a month, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">36 t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rillion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a year and around 144 t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rillion<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in 4 years. In a nutshell<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in four years, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fuel smugglers earned <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as much as the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> subvention given to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the entire population<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> per month.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run Arman daily \u2013 December 19, 2019:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abdolnaser<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hemmati<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ead <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">central Bank<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: We paid <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">22 billion currency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, yet <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">11 billion of it has not yet returned. Where did the rest of this money go?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mehr<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> news<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">agency \u2013 November <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">22, 2019:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brigadier General Farzad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Esmaili<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Senior Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief in Military Affairs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: from 1979 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to 1991<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> there w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not even a single misuse of funds in the country. But since <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">then, we have witnessed over 4 t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rillion<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">dollars<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">financial abuse, which <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">un<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">related to the sanctions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Farhikhtegan<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> news agency \u2013 December 18, 2019<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The information <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">available<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from 15 banks, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">specified that the number of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">facilities and huge commitments <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of 456<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ndividual<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or entit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is around <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">363 t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rillion<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which is equivalent to the govern<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ment\u2019s budget in the upcoming year. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Governmental <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">companies, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">such as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the National Iranian Oil Compan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y, Social Security Organization<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Social Security Investment Company hold the record of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> receiving <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">banking facilities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. They do not use these facilities <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to provide working capital for their production units<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cover their current and administrative costs. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The facilities of most of these banks are mainly about 20 to 30 major corporations and individuals<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mahmoud <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sadegi<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, member of the regime\u2019s parliament <\/span><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mah_sadeghi\/status\/1221779026638966784?s=20\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wrote on <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">witter on <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">January<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">27<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2020<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn this election, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mediators<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> [at the Guardian Council] have<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> increase<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the price of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[approving candidates]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> during vetting <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as much as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4 billion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a parliament we\u2019ll have.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Increasing Regional and International Isolation of Iran\u2019s Regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The_Iranian_regime_has_no_way_out_of_the_deadlock_of_the_Iranian_peoples_uprising_and_the_economic_crisis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Iranian_regime_has_no_way_out_of_the_deadlock_of_the_Iranian_peoples_uprising_and_the_economic_crisis.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Regime\u2019s Economic Suffocation and Global Isolation \" width=\"800\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since the United States withdrew in May 2018 from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement with world powers, formally known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/27298-iran-s-regime-further-breaches-jcpoa-eu-must-adopt-a-firm-policy\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)<\/a>, and it imposed serious comprehensive sanctions, especially on oil, against the Iranian regime, the regime has faced an unprecedented wave of sanctions, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/27325-iran-regime-s-economic-suffocation-and-global-isolation\" rel=\"noopener\">isolation <\/a>and international pressure. This process has intensified, especially in the economic and political field, between 2019 and January 2020. Tehran has not experienced such an international isolation for decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regime Further Breaches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JCPOA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JCPOA<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> Must Adopt a Firm Policy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khjR2OfWJ7\">https:\/\/t.co\/khjR2OfWJ7<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranDeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1221856808618340352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In the early hours of January 8, 2020, the regime shot two missiles and downed a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/27198-u-s-confirms-iran-regime-s-role-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-airplane\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian airliner<\/a> with 176 passengers aboard. Subsequently, with a vast campaign of lying and publishing false information, under the supervision of the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, all the government officials from different faction pointed to a technical defect as the main reason for the plane crash. After the revelation of information by different countries, including the United Kingdom and the U.S., as well as the publishing of footage showing missiles hitting the passenger jet, on January 11 the regime was forced to admit that the airliner was shot down by missiles. The regime\u2019s action and its campaign of misinformation and lying was followed by an international abhorrence towards the regime and its further international isolation. The Foreign Ministers of Canada, Ukraine, UK, Sweden and Afghanistan, that lost their citizens in this incident, demanded \u201cindependent and clear international investigations\u201d and said the regime should accept the full responsibility and pay the compensation. Yet regime has been hindering this process by not handing over the airplane\u2019s black box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">U.S. Confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Regime&#8217;s Role in Shooting Down Ukrainian Airplane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdpHeStIVL\">https:\/\/t.co\/kdpHeStIVL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranPlaneCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranPlaneCrash<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1215646156333682689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>On January 14, 2020, the Foreign Ministers of three main European countries, France, Germany and the UK, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear\/europeans-trigger-dispute-mechanism-in-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZD13A\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement announced<\/a> their intention of activating the trigger dispute mechanism of the JCPOA to settle the dispute over the regime\u2019s non-compliance under the terms of the JCPOA. This is while the mullahs\u2019 regime tried for over a year to convince Europe and put it in front of the US, particularly against the increasing sanctions and the U.S. policy of \u201cmaximum pressure.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Europeans trigger dispute mechanism in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Irannucleardeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Irannucleardeal<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#France<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Britain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Britain<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Germany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Germany<\/a> formally triggered the dispute mechanism in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s nuclear deal.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F0E4HIxFzs\">https:\/\/t.co\/F0E4HIxFzs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1217101314792087552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>On September 23, 2019, following the attack by the Iranian regime against Saudi Arabia\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/26991-khamenei-deadlock-from-aramco-to-november-2019-uprising\" rel=\"noopener\">Aramco <\/a>oil installations, leaders of France, Germany and the UK jointly condemned the Iranian regime for this attack.<\/li>\n<li>Following the regime\u2019s refusal to sign the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/27289-iran-s-regime-and-its-deadlock-in-adopting-the-cft-2\" rel=\"noopener\"> Financial Action Task Force (FATF)<\/a> and Palermo treaties, despite four extension of the deadline, each time for four months, with October 2019 as the last extension, the FATF declared for the last time that the final deadline for the regime to follow international standards is in February 2020. After this time, this institution will request its member states to take necessary measures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regime and Its Deadlock in Adopting the CFT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IoZ4j3UT0w\">https:\/\/t.co\/IoZ4j3UT0w<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2020<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1221133219531231232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In January 2020, the Organizing Committee of the World Economic Forum, which is annually held in Davos, Switzerland, refused to invite the regime\u2019s foreign minister, Mohammad <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/26715-a-look-at-the-record-of-iran-regime-foreign-minister-javad-zarif\" rel=\"noopener\">Javad Zarif<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>January 15, 2020 \u2013 The Albanian government declared it was expelling two Iranian regime diplomats. Previously in December 2018, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/25664-expulsion-from-albania-of-the-mullahs-ambassador-and-intelligence-ministry-station-chief-is-a-necessary-step-in-countering-terrorism-and-the-religious-dictatorship-ruling-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Albanian government expelled the Iranian regime\u2019s ambassador<\/a> and the station chief of the regime\u2019s the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), who was operating under diplomatic cover in Tirana. During the same year, some European countries, including the Netherlands and France, expelled the regime\u2019s diplomats for their involvement in terrorist activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Expulsion From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Albania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Albania<\/a> of the Mullahs\u2019 Ambassador and Intelligence Ministry Station Chief Is a Necessary Step in Countering Terrorism and the Religious Dictatorship Ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bORaXrLaA2\">https:\/\/t.co\/bORaXrLaA2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w32K33vQh8\">pic.twitter.com\/w32K33vQh8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1075846381804380162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In an exculsive report, Reuters reported that Panama, Togo and Sierra Leone have removed their flags from 60 Iranian oil tankers. Within the last seven months, Panama removed its flag from 55 Iranian vessles, Togo from at least three and Sierra Leone from one Iranian vesel. These vessels created a vast part of the Iranian oil tanker fleet.<\/li>\n<li>January 2020 \u2013 the U.S. government refused to grant a visa to Zarif for participating in a United Nations Security Council session in New York.<\/li>\n<li>February 2020 \u2013 Saudi Arabia refused to grant a visa to the Iranian regime\u2019s delegation headed by Hossain Jaber Ansari, deputy foreign minister, to participate in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation\u2019s session, over Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cDeal of the Century.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Radio Farda\u2019s website \u2013 July 8, 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian Supreme Court has sentenced six people to long prison terms on charges of &#8220;espionage\u201d for Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Arabic-language daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, a professor at Al-Azhar University has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five others each to 25 years in prison. They gave the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) confidential information about the security, political and military situation in Egypt between 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Social<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> environmental disasters and <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum dwellers<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"environmental disasters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hambastegimeli.com\/images\/storiesnew\/Iran\/Environment\/environment.gif\" alt=\"Iran environmental disasters\" width=\"528\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The social and environmental disasters in Iran are another <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ominous <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">result of the Iranian regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">40-year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> rule in Iran. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The facts listed below shed light <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on the dimension<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of these disasters <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the destitut<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the mullahs\u2019 regime has imposed on the Iranian people.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run ISNA news agency \u2013 July 25, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alireza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Razm<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-Hoss<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i the governor <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of Khorasan Razavi province,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> northeast <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the beginning of the revolution, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">74<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">% of the Iranian population lived in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">villages. According to the national polls <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in 20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">16, our urban <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">community hosts 74% of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the country\u2019s<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">population. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The question <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is why this has happened? <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">do <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we have 25 million <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian people <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">living in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">suburbs:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and why <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">30<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">% of Mashhad\u2019s population <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dwellers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Hamdeli daily \u2013 December 8, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSuicide in public, even <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mass suicide has <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">become common<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The highest rate of suicide is among <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people from 15 to 24 years of age. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The suicide rate in the country has \u201cslowly increased\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from 94 persons out of 100<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">to 125 persons <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">2016<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to 201<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Over 40% of the population are grappling with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">psychological problems<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and these psychological problems, disappointment and feeling of re<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aching the end of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> road ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> increased<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">the number of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">suicides in Iran.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran Suicide in public\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Suicide_in_public_01.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Suicide in public\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Khaneh-e Melat news agency \u2013 December 12, 2019\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alireza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mahjoob<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, member of regime\u2019s parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201cWe lack <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">classrooms for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">70,000<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">students. This number<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">simultaneously <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increases <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increase of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dwellers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> population in Tehran.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Resalat daily \u2013 December 4, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the statistics announced, over 15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">homeless <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">live <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the city of Tehran and over 50<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Tehran province. Grave<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">dwellers still <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">exist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hey have only left their graves<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have gone<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on top of the hills <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">other places.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Ana news agency \u2013 March 1, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hadi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Kiadaliri, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Head of the regime\u2019s forestry<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> association: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Forests in northern Iran have had over 52% <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">destruction. With such circumstances <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we should say all the forest in northern Iran are destroyed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">few years<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">there won\u2019t be any trace of them.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[180],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[4]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Resalat daily \u2013 January 18, 2020\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kord<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, member of the regime\u2019s parliament from <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">districts of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Khash, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marivan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mirjaveh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kurin<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nosrat-abad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sistan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Baluchestan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> province: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since 2014, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">heavy storms, heavy rainfalls, flood, snowfall, cold and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> frost ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> caused<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> billions of dollars of damages <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the inhabitants of these villages. This <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while 95% of them are living under the poverty line.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Etemad<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily \u2013 December 29, 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mohsen <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Safaii<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Farahani [close to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">faction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani]: according to the Central Bank\u2019s report<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, there has been over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">billion<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">apital <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">utflow<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> within the first six months of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2017<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has said there <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over 4 million Iranians l<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ving abroad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> capital of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1500 to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2000 billion dollars. The statistics of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">buying property in Turkey and Georgia by Iranians <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the last two years is very much high. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These are all dangerous and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">raise the alarm.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOver 35% of the university graduates are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> rejected by the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">work environment<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and this means crises. This means we have <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over 300<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> educated people full of hopes and dreams who enter the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">working environment. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now in 2019, over 70% of the society has difficulties in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">answering their daily <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">needs,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Siasat<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-e <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rooz<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily \u2013 December 30, 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The minimum wages of a labor family <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3.3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has increased from 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">11<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">million<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oman<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">92) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2019 to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.5<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">million<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">125)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Yet the poverty <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">line in Iran has reached 8 million <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">666<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran slum dwellers\" src=\"https:\/\/fa.iranfreedom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87-min.jpg\" alt=\"Iran slum dwellers\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Iran daily- December 15, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pirouz<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hanachi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Mayor of Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">announced <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">18% increase <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum dwellers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">capital. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOver 70% of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inhabitants <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of Tehran Urban Complex<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum dwellers<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">immigrated<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from provinces such as Lorestan, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ilam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kermanshah<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and Khuzestan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Between <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2011 and 2015<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">some <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">330<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people have come to Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and we should expect the same quantity to come and this <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">population growth <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">continue<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. In a nutshell<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">living in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slum<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s will increase in the future.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-pmoi-women-international-conference-ashraf-iranian-resistance\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">From the speech of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/span><\/b> <\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(NCRI) in Ashraf 3 Albania. <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">14 July, 2019<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over 62 percent of women above 10 years old are housewives. Women make up half of the workers of brick kilns in Iran. The average economic participation of women in the Middle East is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">22 percent. But this rate is only 12 percent in the cities of Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run IRNA- July 15, 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The parliament\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Research <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Center <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a report title<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Comparative Study of Environmental Economics from a Legislative and Regulatory Perspective<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> estimated that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inattention to the environment <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">brings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a yearly damage of 8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">43 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">billion <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dollars<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the Iranian economy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Bank reports, in 200<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">water damage to the Iranian economy <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reached <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">more than $3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> billion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the damages in land forestry <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> billion, and about $1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> billion<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of damage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">weather<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Deut<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">che<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Welle<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> July 16, 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Health Organization report<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2016<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">some <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">28<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Iranians lose their lives due to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">illnesses<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">caused by pollution<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">every year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run ISNA news agency \u2013 July <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Masoud <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tajrishi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Deputy Director of Human Environment<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the air in Tehran feels clean and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sky is blue, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ut the index of ozone pollutants has risen terribly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, reaching over 130 in two days in Tehran.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ozone<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> gas,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> density <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">above <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">100<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, has a very destructive effect on the mucus and respiratory organs of living organisms, causing asthma attack and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reduc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">es <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lung<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> function. About <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">40<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> percent of the ozone <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gas <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is absorbed into the nose and larynx, but about <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">60<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> percent reach the depth of the lung<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:375}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>State-run Etemad daily \u2013 February 3, 2020\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The number of marriages this year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reache<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> le<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ss than 500<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which is 50 percent less than <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">marriages in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2014.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State-run Arman daily \u2013 February 3, 2020\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the report announced by the relevant <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">official<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">organizations, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">around 120<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">near the<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian borders earn their living by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">working as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> porter<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran porters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Porters-Continue-to-Be-Persecuted-by-Iranian-Regime.jpg\" alt=\"Iran porters\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">Iranian Regime&#8217;s\u00a0Terrorism<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Terrorism is one of the main levers of the Iranian regime\u2019s foreign policy, and it has constantly used it in the past 40 years. The Iranian regime uses terrorism to eliminate dissidents and hostage-taking in its extortion campaign and keeping its balance in its relationship with other countries. The facts below are some examples of the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist activities in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>January 8, 2019 \u2013 The European Union placed Assadolah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat and citizen, born in Tehran, with the passport number D9016657, Said Hashemi-Moghadam, Iranian citizen born in Tehran with the passport number D9016290 and Internal Security Management of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security of Iran, on its terrorist list.<\/p>\n<h3>Germany\u2019s S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung \u2013 June 1, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>The assassination of the four exiled Kurdish-Iranian politicians in the \u201cMykonos restaurant\u201d in Berlin in 1992 almost led to the severing of all diplomatic relations between Iran and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The question is whether this lesson from the past still exists? Germany\u2019s officials as high as the Chancellor have this concern that Iran has dispatched its assassination squads. Everywhere in Europe, the secret services ask: is this the beginning? Is there a threat of Iran\u2019s new wave of assassinations amid tensions between Tehran and Washington?<\/p>\n<p>As the federal government said, in an unprecedented action, six ambassadors, including Germany\u2019s ambassador in Tehran gave a clear warning to the regime at its Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Weekly An-Nahar ol Arabi Magazine \u2013 September 9, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Former U.S. Defense Secretary James\u202fMattis\u202fin an interview with CNN on Sunday said\u202fIran\u202f\u201cis a country that uses terrorism, and that killed the former prime minister of Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was commander of Central Command, we caught\u202fIran,\u202fnot armed with a nuclear weapon, trying to murder an Arab ambassador two miles from the\u202fWhite House&#8230;,\u201d said\u202fMattis.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis is a country that uses terrorism, and that killed the former prime minister of Lebanon. They used terrorism trying to sow discord in Bahrain, and they have used terrorism all through the region, and in\u202fYemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Swedish newspapers \u2013 17 October 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Swedish newspapers reported an Iranian, who was spying for ten years for the Iranian regime (including in the Netherlands), was arrested seven months ago.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/2019\/10\/23\/do-kryenin-akt-terrorist-diten-e-nevruzit-ne-tirane-policia-zbulon-grupin-iranian\/\" title=\"Iranian terrorist network of the Qods force\">Albania\u2019s Top-channel TV<\/a> \u2013 October 23, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>The Albanian Chief of Police revealed the terrorist network of the Qods Force in Albania. Peiman Peiman heads this network and Alireza Naghashzadeh is a member of this network. This network was pursuing a terrorist plot in March 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Terrorist network of the Qods Force in Albania\" src=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-23-at-12.01.33-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Terrorist network of the Qods Force in Albania\" width=\"543\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Albanian media \u2013 January 15, 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Albania has expelled two Iranian diplomats of the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Albania, by the names of Mohammad \u2013 Ali Arzpeima Nemati, an agent of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and Ahmad Hossaini Alast, the embassy\u2019s cultural attach\u00e9, for having connections to the now-dead chief of the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Qods Force, and their participation in preparation for terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-individuals-sentenced-connection-work-behalf-iran\" title=\"Two Individuals Sentenced in Connection with Work on Behalf of Iran\">The US Department of Justice<\/a>, January 15, 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 39, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 60, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, have been sentenced to prison terms of 38 months and 30 months, respectively, for their criminal convictions relating to their conduct conducting surveillance of and collecting identifying information about American citizens and U.S. nationals who are members of the group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)..<\/p>\n<h3>Council of Foreign Relation interview with Brian Hook, U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Thursday,\u202fDecember 12, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Iran has been exporting ballistic missiles and rockets around the regime for many, many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Iraq War, Iran is directly responsible for the deaths of 603 American soldiers. And then if you take that number and multiply it by the usual factor that DOD uses, that means thousands and thousands of soldiers who are maimed.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013 Iran\u2014the regime has spent $16 billion in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen alone. And these money flows destabilize the Middle East, plain and simple.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video:&nbsp;Iranian regime&rsquo;s record by facts&nbsp; In February 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini and the mullahs hijacked the Iranian people&rsquo;s revolution, that had sought freedom and democracy. Khomeini instead established a religious regime. 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