{"id":235944,"date":"2021-03-07T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235944"},"modified":"2023-02-15T22:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T21:20:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Retirees continue their protests for the seventh consecutive week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Retirees continue their protests for the seventh consecutive week<\/h2>\n

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Social Security pensioners held rallies in different Iranian cities like Kermanshah, Karaj, Shush and Tabriz. Some of the protesters were arrested by the Security Forces.<\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the NCRI, hailed the deprived and arisen pensioners in cities across Iran and called on the United Nations and Human Rights organizations to take urgent action to secure their release.<\/p>\n

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I urge all Iranian youths to support the protesters and I call on the United Nations and #HumanRights<\/a> organizations to take urgent action to secure the release of those arrested in the pensioners\u2019 protests in #Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n