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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n Since Ebrahim Raisi took office as the president of the regime, the number of people living below the poverty line in the country increased by 18 million, a state-run website has reported.<\/p>\n According to Modara on July 26<\/a>, the parliamentary research center had previously reported that between the years 2011 and 2021, around 11 million people were added to Iran’s impoverished population. The report highlighted that the poverty rate in Iran has been steadily rising since 2006 and surpassed 30% after 2018, which means that nearly one-third of the country’s population was living below the poverty line.<\/p>\n The source also added that the devaluation of the currency, coupled with soaring inflation rates and a series of government economic policies, resulted in a significant increase in povertyization, pushing more and more people below the poverty line in the country.<\/p>\n According to the report, these statistics were covered by the media and the Mehr News Agency reported at the beginning of the Raisi government term, in July 2021, that 10 million Iranian households were below the poverty line. In conclusion, during Ebrahim Raisi’s two-year tenure, at least 18 million individuals have been added to the people living below the poverty line.<\/p>\n Under the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010,<\/em> anti-terrorism executive orders, the Global Magnitsky executive order, and other laws permitting sanctions on corrupt foreign officials, the top leaders of the Islamic regime, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi, and their respective offices are subjected to U.S. sanctions. This is due to their sponsorship of terrorism that threatens Americans and ongoing efforts to actively repress and brutally assault Iranian protestors.<\/p>\n U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the\u00a0Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act<\/a><\/em>. This bipartisan legislation would require an assessment of whether or not sanctions should be imposed on top leaders of the oppressive Islamic regime, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and the President of Iran, due to human rights violations in Iran.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Iran has a long history of brutal repression, and the government is known for imposing increasingly sophisticated internet shutdowns to crack down on protests. In 2022, Iranian authorities imposed unprecedented shutdowns across the country, part of an escalating wave of digital repression responding to protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini on September 16, 2022, while she was in the custody of Iran\u2019s \u201cmorality police.\u201d<\/p>\n After the news broke, dozens of people gathered in the streets of Amini\u2019s hometown, Saqqez, in the Kurdistan Province, to mourn her death. Authorities quickly shut down the internet in Kurdistan and disrupted access to Instagram and WhatsApp nationwide.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1929, one gram of pure gold was valued at three Iranian rials.\u00a0Ninety-two years later, the value of the rial had declined by 6 million times and reached 18 million rials to one gram of gold in February 2022. In comparison to the U.S. dollar, it has declined as much as 16,000 times.\u00a0These figures were reported by the Majlis Research Center this July. Today, in the uproar of economic and political crises of the regime, the regrets of the past years have turned into the regrets of the past days, and every day, the situation grows worse for the people of Iran.\u00a0Mehdi Pazuki, an economic expert, has recounted the devaluation of the rial in economic terms, and how it turned from a high value to one of the least valuable currencies in the world.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Amnesty International\u2019s report focuses on the clerical regime\u2019s stepped-up efforts since mid-April to double-down on \u201coppressive methods of policing and\u00a0severely oppressing<\/a> Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws.\u201d\u00a0The AI\u00a0detailed report<\/a>\u00a0exposes the Iranian authorities\u2019 \u201cintensified nationwide crackdown<\/a> on women and girls who choose not to wear headscarves in public.\u201d\u00a0Amnesty International also cited official announcements since April 15, 2023, indicating that \u201cmore than a million women have received text messages warning that their vehicles could be confiscated after they were captured on camera without their headscarves.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Ever since the dispute over the Arash-Anem joint oil-gas field reignited after the Saudi Foreign Minister\u2019s visit to Tehran, questions have arisen about whether this field was included in the reconciliation efforts between Iran\u2019s regime and Saudi Arabia. The gas-oil field, known as \u2018Al-Durra\u2019 in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, was originally discovered by the Japanese in 1965. It is believed that approximately 40% of the Arash or Al-Durra field falls within Iran\u2019s territorial waters, while the remainder lies within the territorial waters of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. However, no clear boundaries have been established regarding ownership of this valuable resource. In 2003, Tehran authorities halted development operations in the field, and ever since, fruitless disputes over its ownership have arisen every few years, leading to no resolution.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Five Kurdish citizens started a hunger strike in the Central Prison of Ilam five days ago. They are Mehrdad Qaisarbaigi, 34 and married, Ayoub Geravand, 36 and married, Younes Geravand, 26, Navid Mohammad Nejad, 26 and a Wushu martial arts instructor, and Shahriar Faryadian all of whom come from the city of Sarableh, in the western province of Ilam. These individuals were transferred to the detention facility after spending a week in the custody of the Department of Intelligence in Ilam. The city\u2019s prosecutor has refrained from addressing their case, despite numerous requests from the detainees\u2019 families.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n Iranian regime President\u00a0Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0claimed that the regime\u2019s exports had increased by 30-40 percent in the past year and reached $53 billion in 2022. However, in the spring of this year, the regime\u2019s customs office announced that it had $14 billion in imports against $12.5 billion in\u00a0exports<\/a>. According to Saeedi, a member of the regime\u2019s Majlis (parliament), \u201cRaisi only presents statistics in such a way that many suspect these statistics are being made up in another country. Is this statistic related to our economic situation or are they creating them from elsewhere?\u201d according to a report by the state-run Etemad newspaper on June 27, 2023.\u00a0Ebtakar, another state-run newspaper, wrote on June 6 that according to statistics from the World Bank, which was estimated by doctored data provided by the regime, the real economic growth of Iran in 2022 was 2.9% and this figure would decrease to 2.2% for 2023.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n In 1988, the founder of the mullahs\u2019 regime, Ruhollah Khomeini, orchestrated a\u00a0brutal massacre of political prisoners<\/a>\u00a0associated with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). His intention was to eliminate his main opposition and any potential alternative once and for all. Little did he anticipate that this heinous crime against humanity would ignite a justice-seeking movement that would endure for decades and extend across the globe.\u00a0Under Khomeini\u2019s\u00a0fatwa<\/a>, anyone expressing support for the\u00a0MEK\u00a0<\/a>was to be annihilated, and the names of these freedom fighters were to be erased from history everywhere. During July and August 1988, thousands of political prisoners were executed daily in Iranian prisons, known as the\u00a01988 massacre<\/a>. This atrocity led to the death of over 30,000 political prisoners, primarily comprising MEK members and supporters.<\/p>\n18 Million Iranians Pushed Below Poverty Line During Raisi’s Term<\/h3>\n
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\nRubio, Padilla Introduce Bill to Impose Economic Sanctions on Iranian Regime<\/h3>\n
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\nAccess Now – Internet Shutdowns in 2022<\/h3>\n
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\nThe Value of the Rial Is a Symbol of the State of the Mullah\u2019s Rule<\/h3>\n
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\nStand With Iranian Women and Girls, Grant Them Refuge \u2013 Amnesty International<\/h3>\n
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\nIran\u2019s Oil and Gas Struggle: Impacts of the Arash Field Dispute<\/h3>\n
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\nFive Kurdish Citizens Stage Hunger Strike on 5th Day in Detention<\/h3>\n
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\nNegative Growth In The Exports Of The Iranian Regime<\/h3>\n
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\nGlobal Echoes: Demanding Justice for the Victims of Iran\u2019s 1988 Massacre<\/h3>\n
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