Iran: Deplorable Conditions for Children

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Whatever the case, the people of Iran are determined to see the clerical regime collapse so that the future is brighter for all. When this happens, International Children’s Day can truly be celebrated in the way it should be.

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International Children’s Day in Iran is celebrated on 8th October. However, this is not a day of celebration given the appalling conditions for children in the country.

The situation of children across the world are monitored by UNICEF and five key areas are examined – the survival and development of children, basic education standards, gender equality, the protection of children from violence, abuse, and rape, and finally immunity to AIDS.

According to these five factors, the situation of millions of children in Iran can only be described as catastrophic.

Firstly, the situation of children in the country is of no significance to the clerical regime. This is evidenced through numerous actions, such as the use of children to fight in the regime’s battles such as the Iran-Iraq war during the eighties.

The regime has also allowed the forced marriage of children and continues to execute Iranians that were minors at the time of their crime. Children have also been tortured by authorities in front of their parents.

There are several internationally recognized norms and laws related to the safety, protection, and treatment of children, but the Iranian regime systematically ignores these.

Iran is governed by the “absolute rule” of the Supreme Leader. This leaves no room for democracy, with people being obliged to submit to and obey the regime’s laws and obligations, no matter how medieval and out-of-date they may be.

The basic care of children, their status with regards to health and education, and so on, is not something that the regime cares about or concerns itself with.

This has recently been evidenced through the regime’s decision to reopen schools despite warnings from scientific and medical experts that said this would lead to a massive surge in the number of cases of COVID-19. It was only the massive opposition from parents across the country that forced the regime to retreat. Over 121,600 people have died of the coronavirus in Iran, according to reports by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran).

The regime’s reaction to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development shows just how the Iranian government treats the issue of children and education. The agenda contains a number of sets of goals. The member states of the United Nations have a responsibility to guarantee “inclusive and quality education for all” and they must “promote lifelong learning” for all. It is very clear that this relates to everyone regardless of ethnicity, gender, or age.

The Supreme Leader was outraged at the National Education Act, saying that “Islam is the benchmark” and that education “is not a place where the deficient, destructive, and corrupt Western lifestyle can infiltrate!” He said that the UNESCO 2030 agenda is not like the agenda of his country and therefore Iran will not “surrender and submit” to it.

The agenda was enthusiastically adopted by the majority of countries. Priorities include the elimination of violence in classes, the refusal of gender segregation, and human rights for children.

In Iran, there is a huge workforce of children. Some of these children are peddlers, some are orphans, some have been deprived of education for a whole host of reasons. Some children are quite simply “working children” because they have no choice due to circumstances. Many children across the country cannot afford to go to school.

With the ever-increasing social problem of child laborers in many of Iran’s cities, the question is why the regime is turning a blind eye to such horrors in its midst.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI): Iranian children are the hungriest, the most innocent, and the most oppressed sector of Iranian society. Their conditions are tantamount to organized crime by the mullahs’ religious dictatorship.

The (PMOI / MEK Iran), is opposed to the regime’s oppression of women, including child marriage. The MEK and the Iranian Opposition offer a democratic alternative to the religious dictatorship, in which men and women can have equal representation in government. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Opposition, has a ten-point plan to restore democratic rule to Iran after the fall of the mullahs’ regime and to ensure that child marriage is a thing of the past.

MEK Iran (follow them on Twitter and Facebook)

and People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran – MEK IRAN – YouTube

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