{"id":302854,"date":"2023-03-02T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302854"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:24:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302859\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302859\" title=\"iran school poisoning 01032023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1.jpg\" alt=\"iran school poisoning 01032023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran-school-poisoning-01032023-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food poisoning and gassing of students is turning into a major crisis in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Uprising at a Glance \u2013 Day 168<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thursday, March 2, 2023 \u2013 8 PM GMT + 1<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Days<\/strong>: 168<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protests<\/strong>: 282 cities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatalities<\/strong>: 750+ estimated deaths, 664 identified by MEK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detentions<\/strong>: 30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its 168<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0day on Thursday as protests in many cities are escalating following a growing number of gas attacks targeting mostly all-girls schools in Tehran and other cities. At least 58 schools in 10 cities across the country have been targeted in a string of mysterious gas attacks, leaving hundreds leaving hundreds of schoolgirls poisoned and sent to medical centers to receive aid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 2 &#8211; Karaj, west of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Ambulances and firetrucks were sent to the Technical University campus to transfer a number of poisoned students to medical centers.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranianSchoolgirls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranianSchoolgirls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QqvgNbJb4F\">pic.twitter.com\/QqvgNbJb4F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631362493833695232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports from Karaj, west of the capital Tehran indicated that a technical college campus was the target of yet another poisonous gas attack today. Ambulances and firetrucks were dispatched to the scene to transfer a number of students for medical attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 2 &#8211; Karaj, west of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Reports indicate the Technical University dean was not allowing the poisoned students to be transferred for medical care. The campus reported a gas attack today.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranianSchoolgirls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranianSchoolgirls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YjteW5Gdhm\">pic.twitter.com\/YjteW5Gdhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631363742830059533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A similar gas attack was also reported on Thursday in the city of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631365295234498560\" rel=\"noopener\">Ardabil<\/a>, northwest Iran, where more than 40 schoolgirls were poisoned after their school came under a new gas attack today. Many were transferred to medical centers to receive attention. People staged a protest, chanting \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631366259190423554\" rel=\"noopener\">Death to the dictator<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631368776733319170\" rel=\"noopener\">in Isfahan<\/a>, central Iran, women marched while chanting anti-regime slogans, including: &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631370034458284032\" rel=\"noopener\">Death to Khamenei<\/a>!&#8221;, &#8220;Death to the Basij!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last night in Karaj, defiant youth targeted a base of the regime&#8217;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and torched a poster of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 1 &#8211; Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters attacked a base of the regime&#39;s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and torched a poster of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4FQwM8HshH\">pic.twitter.com\/4FQwM8HshH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631044138367070208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also last night, residents of the capital&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631034142753427456\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehranpars<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631031553777348610\" rel=\"noopener\">Sa&#8217;adatabad<\/a> districts and in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631032813574135808\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashhad<\/a>, the capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, chanted anti-regime slogans, including, \u201cDeath to Khamenei!&#8221;, &#8220;Death to the dictator!&#8221;, &#8220;Death to the child-killing regime!&#8221; and &#8220;Khamenei, you murderer! We will bury you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another development, today, in Gachsaran, southwest Iran, workers of the local petrochemical site of the Tian Industrial Company were on strike seeking answers to their demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March 2 &#8211; Gachsaran, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Workers of the local petrochemical site of the Tian Industrial Company were on strike today seeking answers to their demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sivWVhW0vA\">pic.twitter.com\/sivWVhW0vA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1631367517481607168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">US House Foreign Relations Committee Chair Asked Blinken to Refer Iranian Regime&#8217;s Dossier to UNSC<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302870 size-medium\" title=\"Michael McCaul\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Michael-McCaul-300x168.webp\" alt=\"Michael McCaul\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Michael-McCaul-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Michael-McCaul-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Michael-McCaul.webp 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a letter to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Mr. Michael McCaul, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives, called for the nuclear file of the Iranian regime to be referred to the Security Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter reads in part: &#8220;I urge you to seek swift and significant action at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting in response to Iran\u2019s apparent noncompliance with its Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)-related commitments. Responding to Iran\u2019s violations of its NPT-required Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement is crucial due to Iran\u2019s dangerous and provocative nuclear escalation, including its failure to notify the IAEA of &#8216;substantial&#8217; changes to some of its centrifuges and enrichment of uranium particles to 83.7% purity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;For these reasons, I urge the administration to seek a formal finding of Iran\u2019s noncompliance with its NPT-related Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, and a referral of Iran to the United Nations Security Council at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Iran has tested our patience for far too long and must be held to account for its ongoing intransigence in order to maintain the integrity of the IAEA as an international organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FINAL-3.1.23-Letter-to-Blinken-on-Iran-IAEA12.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Full text of the letter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 700 !important;\">UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran-supported Groups Continue To Engage in Dangerous and Destabilizing Activity Across the Middle East &#8211; Us Department of State<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-245759 size-medium\" title=\"US State Department (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"US State Department (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/US-State-Department-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 27, the US State Department released its annual report on countries that support terrorism to be presented to Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report reads in part: \u201cTerrorist groups continued to operate and maintain safe havens in the Middle East and North Africa throughout 2021.\u00a0 ISIS and its affiliates, al-Qa\u2019ida (AQ) and affiliated groups, and Iran-backed groups continue to pose the greatest terrorist threats to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIran-supported groups continue to engage in dangerous and destabilizing activity across the Middle East, with Iran using the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and its proxies and partners to advance its interests abroad.\u00a0 Iran continued to acknowledge the active involvement of the IRGC-QF in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, the latter in support of the Assad regime.\u00a0 Through the IRGC-QF, Iran continued its support to several U.S.-designated terrorist groups, providing funding, training, weapons, and equipment to various groups within the region.\u00a0 Among the groups receiving support from Iran are Hizballah, Hamas, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Ashtar Brigades and Saraya al-Mukhtar in Bahrain, Kata\u2019ib Hizballah and Asa\u2019ib Ahl al-Haq in Iraq, and Hizballah al-Hijaz in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 Iran also provided weapons and support to other militant groups in Iraq and Syria, to the Houthis in Yemen, and to the Taliban in Afghanistan.\u00a0 Iran-backed militias continued sporadic attacks on Embassy Baghdad and bases hosting U.S. and other Defeat-ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress Calls for Sanctions on Iran\u2019s Parliament<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257222 size-medium\" title=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png\" alt=\"washington-freebeacon-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washington-freebeacon-logo.png 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A bipartisan coalition in Congress is pressuring the Biden administration to sanction nearly all of Iran\u2019s parliament amid the government\u2019s crackdown on anti-regime protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of 290 members of Iran\u2019s parliament, 227 should be sanctioned for providing the legal framework for Tehran\u2019s security forces to murder, torture, and imprison dissidents who have been protesting across Iran for months, according to a group of 26 representatives and senators from both parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Islamic Republic of Iran lacks democratic legitimacy, and the members of its parliament are not true democratic representatives of the Iranian people,&#8221; the lawmakers, led by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), wrote in a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FINAL-Letter-to-Blinken-and-Yellen-re.-Sanctions-on-Majles-Members_Final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0sent Wednesday to the State and Treasury Departments. &#8220;We urge you to take further actions\u2014and encourage international partners to join us\u2014to impose much clearer costs on the Iranian regime for the execution of protesters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/congress-calls-for-sanctions-on-irans-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maryam Rajavi: Baroness Boothroyd, a Great Friend of the Iranian People and Resistance, Will Be Forever Remembered in Our Country\u2019s History<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302856 size-medium\" title=\"Betty Boothroyd British parliament 1024x683 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Boothroyd British parliament 1024x683 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Betty-Boothroyd-British-parliament-1024x683-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My heart goes out to the family, friends, and colleagues of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betty_Boothroyd\" rel=\"noopener\">Baroness Boothroyd<\/a>. Her loss is felt keenly by the British people and Parliament, and especially by those in the Parliamentary British Committee for Iran Freedom and the International Committee of Parliamentarians for a Democratic Iran. Baroness Boothroyd was a paragon of courage, nobility, and unwavering commitment to freedom. Her remarkable forthrightness and passionate spirit never failed to inspire me.\u00a0Baroness Boothroyd deemed the massacre of political prisoners on Khomeini\u2019s fatwa as one of the most heinous unpunished crimes since World War II. She firmly believed that justice would one day be served for the victims of this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/betty-boothroyd-british-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Popular Protests Escalate in Iran as the Country\u2019s Economy Nosedives<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302857 size-medium\" title=\"Iran Protests March 1 2023 696x321 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-1-2023-696x321-1-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests March 1 2023 696x321 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-1-2023-696x321-1-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-1-2023-696x321-1-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Iran-Protests-March-1-2023-696x321-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More people from all walks of life are taking to the streets in Iran as the country\u2019s economy is in shambles, making it extremely difficult for ordinary Iranians to make ends meet and put food on the table for their families. In parallel fashion, concerns among regime officials are escalating over these dilemmas erupting into a new wave of massive protests engulfing the regime and rendering a security crisis for the mullahs\u2019 entire apparatus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People throughout the country are specifically holding the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/a-look-at-irans-revolutionary-guards\/\">IRGC<\/a>) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-popular-protests-escalate-in-iran-as-the-countrys-economy-nosedives\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heartbreaking Tragedy: Mother of 2 Young Kids Executed in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302858 size-medium\" title=\"Execution of a mother EN min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Execution-of-a-mother-EN-min-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Execution of a mother EN min\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Execution-of-a-mother-EN-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Execution-of-a-mother-EN-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Execution-of-a-mother-EN-min-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Execution-of-a-mother-EN-min.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mother of 2 young kids was executed Monday in prison in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.\u00a0Leila Bameri had a son and a daughter, seven and five years old. Originally from a village in Kerman, Leila Bameri was charged with drug trafficking and had been jailed for three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leila Bameri was executed on Monday, February 27, 2023, without having a final visit with her family and children and without their information. Her family was informed on the phone only after the execution. Ms. Bameri was buried on Tuesday, February 28.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/03\/01\/mother-of-2-young-kids\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Economy Does Not Resemble a Flourishing Economy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-256677 size-medium\" title=\"rial-currency-exchange-rate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rial-currency-exchange-rate-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"rial-currency-exchange-rate\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rial-currency-exchange-rate-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rial-currency-exchange-rate-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rial-currency-exchange-rate.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The economic advisor to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi recently revealed a forecast for macroeconomic indicators until the end of the year, which has raised numerous questions and objections.\u00a0Despite the regime\u2019s relentless advertising and state-run media propaganda claiming an improved economic situation, while even some of them falsely portray the country\u2019s economic situation as flourishing, the reality in the country\u2019s markets points to an inflation rate of at least 50 percent and an exchange rate setting new records each day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/irans-economy-does-not-resemble-a-flourishing-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">52nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-302855 size-medium\" title=\"UNURC52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UNURC52-300x150.webp\" alt=\"UNURC52\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UNURC52-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UNURC52-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UNURC52-696x348.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UNURC52.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">February 27<sup>th<\/sup>, marked the opening of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, a UN body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights around the world. The HRC session runs from February 28th to March 25th and a range of human rights issues around the world are discussed. Traditionally, the opening session features speeches from high-level officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surprisingly, the Iranian regime\u2019s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was invited to the Council. His presence at UN Human rights Council was faced with Iranian protestors, outside the UN building, who viewed his presence at the HRC as an insult to the more than 700 victims of the recent protests in Iran, hundreds tortured and thousands imprisoned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/52nd-session-of-the-human-rights-council\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Zurich, Switzerland&mdash;February 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fFTN9gXPiqk\" 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%2FfFTN9gXPiqk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fFTN9gXPiqk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M8S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-01T16:52:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fFTN9gXPiqk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfFTN9gXPiqk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/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\/fFTN9gXPiqk\" 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%2FfFTN9gXPiqk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Zurich, Switzerland&mdash;February 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Revolution Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 28, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally and book exhibition in solidarity with the nationwide Iranian Revolution.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Zurich, Switzerland\u2014February 28, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held a rally and book exhibition in solidarity with the nationwide\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/03\/zurich-switzerland-february-28-2023-mek-supporters-held-a-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/43253\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Geneva: Protest Rally by Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Against the Presence of Iran\u2019s Regime FM at the UN Human Rights Council<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Geneva, Feb 27: Protest Rally by MEK Supporters Against the Presence of Iran&amp;#039;s Regime FM at the UN\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kXeh_yE8Ymw\" 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%2FkXeh_yE8Ymw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXeh_yE8Ymw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-28T06:25:11Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kXeh_yE8Ymw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkXeh_yE8Ymw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Geneva, Feb 27: Protest Rally by MEK Supporters Against the Presence of Iran&#039;s Regime FM at the UN<\/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\/kXeh_yE8Ymw\" 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%2FkXeh_yE8Ymw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Geneva, Feb 27: Protest Rally by MEK Supporters Against the Presence of Iran&amp;#039;s Regime FM at the UN\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Geneva, February 27: Protest Rally by Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Against the Presence of Iran&#039;s Regime FM at the UN Human Rights Council. The demands of the demonstrators were: Amir Abdollahian&#039;s presence at the United Nations is an insult to the victims of human rights violations in Iran! No to Amir Abdollahian! Stand against the suppression of demonstrations! The United Nations is not a place for Amir Abdollahian, the representative of the dictatorial regime of Iran&#039;s mullahs! The presence of the foreign minister of the mullah dictatorship at the UN is an insult to the human rights and democratic rights of the Iranian people. The perpetrators and those who ordered the killing of 750 demonstrators of the recent nationwide uprisings of the Iranian people should be accountable and tried. Iran&#039;s regime holds the record for executions in the world, stop the execution of prisoners and demonstrators Don&#039;t make human rights a victim of appeasement with the regime of murderers of Iranian people. No to Shah, No to Mullahs, Towards a democratic republic with the separation of religion from the state. Moreover, in the protest rally in Geneva, Iranians chanted slogans against the presence of the terrorist foreign minister of the criminal regime of Mullahs in the United Nations Human Rights Council. The slogans included the following: Death to Khamenei, death to the dictator, death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or be it the leader (Khamenei), We swear by the blood of our comrades, we will stand until the end. The terrorist minister should be fired. From Kurdistan to Tehran, I sacrificed my life for Iran. Kurdistan, Kurdistan, the graveyard of Fascist!\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Geneva, Switzerland\u2014February 27, 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0To coincide with the UN Human Rights Session, freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">NCRI\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">MEK<\/a>) held a protest rally against the presence of Iran\u2019s regime FM to address the opening of the UN Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters urged the international community to take a firm policy against the regime\u2019s human rights violations and recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/geneva-protest-rally-by-freedom-loving-iranians-and-mek-supporters-against-the-presence-of-irans-regime-fm-at-the-un-human-rights-council\/43199\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 25, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;February 25, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_I8e7ZKfFuG4\" 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%2FI8e7ZKfFuG4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8e7ZKfFuG4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-28T06:42:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_I8e7ZKfFuG4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FI8e7ZKfFuG4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 25, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution<\/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\/I8e7ZKfFuG4\" 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%2FI8e7ZKfFuG4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg, Sweden&mdash;February 25, 2023: MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 25, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters Demonstrated in Support of the Iran Revolution\u2014#No2ShahNo2Mullahs\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 25, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong>Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held a rally in Gothenburg and expressed solidarity with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external\">nationwide Iran protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freedom-loving Iranians came together in Gothenburg to show solidarity with the brave protesters on the streets of Iran for a democratic and secular republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/gothenburg-sweden-february-25-2023-freedom-loving-iranians-and-mek-supporters-demonstrated-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution\/43224\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also, read<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-march-1-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 1,<\/strong><strong>\u00a02023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET Iran Uprising at a Glance &ndash; Day 168 Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":302859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-302854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","9":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News in Brief \u2013 March 2, 2023 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET 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