{"id":236201,"date":"2021-03-12T03:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T08:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236201"},"modified":"2023-03-04T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:46:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 12, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236208\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-236208\" title=\"Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Protests in several Iranian cities (March 2021)\" width=\"799\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Protests-in-several-Iranian-cities-March-2021.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests in several Iranian cities (March 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals set fire to marine police boats in Kuhestak, southern Iran<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_236250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236250\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-236250\" title=\"locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran.jpg\" alt=\"locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/locals-set-fire-to-marine-police-boats-in-kuhestak-southern-iran-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local Baluch community youths set fire to boats belonging to the regime\u2019s marine police in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, southern Iran \u2013 March 12, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime authorities in the town of Kuhestak of Hormozgan province in southern Iran opened fire on a number of fuel traders on Friday, leaving two Baluchi community locals killed and injured. In response protesters took to the streets and clashed with authorities in the port of Kuhestak. The regime\u2019s security forces opened fire on the protesters, leaving a third protester injured with a gunshot wound to his leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Angry over authorities opening fire on local fuel traders, people have expanded their protests to various parts of this town and even set several police patrol boats on fire.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/kuhestak-clashes-protesters-security-forces-20210312\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Locals set fire to marine police boats in Kuhestak of southern Iran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HiRwVy7v0d4\" 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%2FHiRwVy7v0d4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiRwVy7v0d4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-03-12T16:01:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_HiRwVy7v0d4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHiRwVy7v0d4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Locals set fire to marine police boats in Kuhestak of southern Iran<\/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\/HiRwVy7v0d4\" 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%2FHiRwVy7v0d4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Locals set fire to marine police boats in Kuhestak of southern Iran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"March 12, 2021\u2014Regime authorities in the town of Kuhestak of Hormozgan province in southern Iran opened fire on a number of fuel traders on Friday, leaving two Baluchi community locals killed and injured. In response protesters took to the streets and clashed with authorities in the port of Kuhestak. The regime\u2019s security forces opened fire on the protesters, leaving a third protester injured with a gunshot wound to his leg. Angry over authorities opening fire on local fuel traders, people have expanded their protests to various parts of this town and even set several police patrol boats on fire. People were still in the streets in the afternoon hours and the atmosphere is reported to be very tense. Reports indicate several other protesters have been injured as a result of the security forces opening fire. One report indicates anger is escalating among the local population, leaving authorities extremely concerned and already scrambling to cut-off or severely slow internet connections to prevent reports of this incident from leaking to the outside world.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Marine police opened fire on fuel traders, leaving two killed and injured<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 12 &#8211; Kuhestak, southern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Marine police opened fire on fuel traders, leaving two killed &amp; injured. Outraged locals began clashing with the police &amp; authorities opened fire on the protesters, leaving one injured. Protests expanded &amp; locals set authorities&#39; boats ablaze. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OLhWEjru6t\">pic.twitter.com\/OLhWEjru6t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1370353943465717765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Eight Rallies and Strikes on March 10<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236219\" title=\"Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10.jpg\" alt=\"Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iranians-Continue-Protests-at-Least-Eight-Rallies-and-Strikes-on-March-10-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, March 10, the people of Iran staged at least eight rallies and protests in different cities over officials\u2019 failure to meet their inherent demands. Most of the protests took place in southern provinces like Khuzestan, Hormozgan, and Sistan and Bluchestan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Water and sewage staff, college students, contract forces of Power Company, green-space workers, lost shareholders, and oil workers held these rallies in various cities of the country. They expressed their anger over the regime\u2019s failure to meet their demands.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-eight-rallies-and-strikes-on-march-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 518 Cities Exceed 229,600<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236194\" title=\"Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Infographi coronavirus death toll March 11 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Infographi-coronavirus-death-toll-March-11-2021-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) announced on Thursday, March 11, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 518 cities had surpassed 229,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 53,911, Khorasan Razavi 15,070, Isfahan 14,870, Khuzestan 12,615, Mazandaran 9,747, Lorestan 9,623, West Azerbaijan 8,608, Golestan 5,965, Hamedan 5,338, Central Province 4,683, Kermanshah 4,629, Yazd 4,177, Kurdistan 3,962, Semnan 3,720, Ilam 2,356, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,845, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,729.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-in-518-cities-exceed-229600\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Coronavirus Update<\/p>\n<p>More than 229,600 people have died of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in 518 cities checkered across all of Iran&#39;s 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p>Full Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j2jPdPmMP4\">https:\/\/t.co\/j2jPdPmMP4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GxfWIcpTX7\">pic.twitter.com\/GxfWIcpTX7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1370106250948534278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"post_title\">Iran: Labor protests in several cities over unpaid wages, poor working conditions<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Labor protests in several cities over unpaid wages, poor working conditions<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQjOhw6Dmj\">https:\/\/t.co\/WQjOhw6Dmj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1370088886781800455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Water and sewage workers in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province gathered in front of the provincial governor\u2019s office on Wednesday and protested the government neglecting their demands. These workers have held protest rallies several times before and are saying that during the hard times imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, they are hard pressed to provide the most basic needs for their families.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-kohgiluyeh-ahvaz-tehran-20210311\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian women\u2019s participation and decision-making in public life \u2013 Report to CSW65<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-236202\" title=\"Report-to-CSW65-First-page\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Report-to-CSW65-First-page.jpg\" alt=\"Report-to-CSW65-First-page\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Report-to-CSW65-First-page.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Report-to-CSW65-First-page-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Report-to-CSW65-First-page-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Report-to-CSW65-First-page-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWomen\u2019s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life\u201d is the principal theme in 65<sup>th<\/sup> meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in United Nations in March 2021. This study is a review of Iranian women\u2019s participation and decision making in public life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This subject would be assessed in Iran under the rule of current regime, knowing that the ruling religious fascism in Iran, since its inception, was founded on misogyny, marginalizing women, and turning Iranian women into second-class citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2021\/03\/11\/iranian-womens-participation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran HRM: Imprisoned civil activist Sepideh Qolian was transferred to Bushehr Prison<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imprisoned civil activist Sepideh Qolian was transferred to Bushehr Prison on Wednesday. She was serving a 5-year-sentence in Evin Prison.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPJtfy3zd7\">pic.twitter.com\/lPJtfy3zd7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1370108983835557888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video report: 42 Years of Misogyny<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_KVhQi4HaUrk\"><div id=\"lyte_KVhQi4HaUrk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FKVhQi4HaUrk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/KVhQi4HaUrk\" 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%2FKVhQi4HaUrk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: The next uprising will take the country by storm<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_236203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236203\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-236203\" title=\"e5c518c5-8d72-4aa4-b7c9-40b60173724e_690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/e5c518c5-8d72-4aa4-b7c9-40b60173724e_690.jpg\" alt=\"Protests in January 2020 in Tehran, young students call for the overthrowing of the regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei.\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/e5c518c5-8d72-4aa4-b7c9-40b60173724e_690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/e5c518c5-8d72-4aa4-b7c9-40b60173724e_690-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/e5c518c5-8d72-4aa4-b7c9-40b60173724e_690-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests in January 2020 in Tehran, young students call for the overthrowing of the regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1978, a year before the fall of the dictatorship of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then United States President Jimmy Carter called Iran the \u201cIsland of Stability.\u201d However, public outrage at decades of repression led to the 1979 anti-monarchy revolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, some media, under the influence of so-called \u201cIran experts,\u201d attempt to portray the Iranian regime as a stable power and a weight of balance in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But five nationwide uprisings since 2018 and continued anti-regime demonstrations across the country in recent years have revealed the baselessness of this illusion.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-west-policy-20210311\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Crises Are Mullahs\u2019 Fault, Say State Media<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236204\" title=\"Iran-poverty-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-poverty-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iran-poverty-1-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state-run media in Iran is starting to admit that the social and economic crises faced by the population are down to mismanagement by the mullahs and the country is ready to explode in rebellion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Reza Mahboubfar, a regime sociologist, told the state-run Eghtesad-e Pooya daily that there is a \u201cvery rapid spread of poverty\u201d in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/irans-crises-are-mullahs-fault-say-state-media\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran news in brief, March 12, 2021<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 12, 2021\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gqCDl6zn554\" 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%2FgqCDl6zn554%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqCDl6zn554\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" 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The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 61,016 around a third of the actual figure. While the head of the Tehran Covid-19 Task Force said on Wednesday that people cannot abide by health protocols or even purchase masks due to their poor economic conditions, and while nurses across Iran are in extremely dire circumstances, regime President Hassan Rouhani continued his series of lies on Thursday. \u201cToday all the medical necessities to tackle coronavirus, be it equipment needed for ICUs, ventilators or medicine, they are all provided by our own companies. We have no need to import them and, in some areas, we are even able to export them,\u201d Rouhani said on Thursday. \u201cThe government provided the necessary budgets. We even paid the debts to nurses that was related to last year,\u201d he added. Protests Continue Across Iran by All Walks of Life Water and sewage workers in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province gathered in front of the provincial governor\u2019s office on Wednesday and protested the government neglecting their demands. On the same day, water workers in Ahvaz held a protest rally in protest to not receiving their salaries and bonuses for three months. On Tuesday, workers of the national electricity company held a demonstration in front of the Majlis protesting their unpaid salaries. On Wednesday, a group of students of Tehran\u2019s Alameh Tabatabaei University held a demonstration, protesting to the regime\u2019s killing of the people of Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan province. The students planted saplings in solidarity with the Baluch people and in memory of the martyrs. 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