In a statement, the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) quoted the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as saying that 527,500 people had died as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak in Iran as of March 29.
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 527,500 Coronavirus Infection Is on the Rise Again
Iran’s Human Rights Violations are Systemic, According to the UN Special Rapporteur
On March 17, during the 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, presented his report, which listed numerous cases of terrible human rights violations in Iran and called for an independent investigation into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and the crackdown on the November 2019 uprising, as well as an end to systemic impunity.
Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman made an appeal to the UN Member States to seek accountability for the 1988 massacre while presenting his latest report (A/HRC/49/75) before the annual UN Human Rights Council session on Iran.
Iran: Mullahs’ corrupt Regime is Stifling Iran’s Economic Recovery
The Iranian regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, asserted in his Nowruz speech that the rise of “knowledge-based production” will solve all of the country’s economic issues. “To achieve economic growth and change the economy, we must go toward a knowledge-based economy,” he said, declaring the new Persian year as the year of knowledge-based production.
Iran: Human Rights Experts Testify Against Hamid Noury Over 1988 Massacre
Professor Eric David, a renowned international human rights law expert and president emeritus of the Centre for International Law at the Free University of Brussels, provided his expertise on this topic during the trial of Hamid Noury, an Iranian regime operative for his role in the summer 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, continued in Stockholm on Thursday, March 24. Another international law expert and one of the founders of the Justice for Iran movement, Shadi Sadr, testified on Wednesday.
Iranian Literature Scholar and MEK Supporter Passes Away
Dr. Manouchehr Hazarkhani, one of the most prominent literary academics and Chair of the National Council of Resistance of Iran NCRI’s Culture and Art Committee, died on March 18 in a hospital on the outskirts of Paris.
Since his college days, Dr. Hazarkhani has been a supporter of the oil nationalization campaign led by the late Iranian Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Mossadeq. He continued his education in France, earning a PhD in medicine from the University of Montpellier and then studying pathology at the Paris Medical School.
Iran’s FM Demands that the US Withdraw the Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorists
Iranian party would re-enter the Vienna discussions with the goal of adopting a draft agreement soon after the Nowruz holiday, or Iranian New Year, last Sunday.Iranian party would re-enter the Vienna discussions with the goal of adopting a draft agreement soon after the Nowruz holiday, or Iranian New Year, last Sunday.
Iran’s Sharp Increase in Executions Highlights the Appalling State of Human Rights
Between 9 and 17 March, at least 19 convicts, including a woman and an Afghan national, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison for murder and drug offenses. 15 more inmates are scheduled to be executed before April 4.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) condemns the executions and urges for a response from the western powers. Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “The international community should not pave the way for further executions by the government of the Islamic Republic by its silence during the negotiations for the revival of the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of action] JCPOA.”
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Accountability Over Human Rights Crimes
As part of its 49th session, the United Nations Human Rights Council undertook its annual evaluation of the human rights situation in Iran on March 17. During the session, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, voiced grave concern over ongoing human rights violations in Iran and emphasized the need for accountability for crimes committed by regime authorities.
Iran: MEK Resistance Units mark Nowruz with Anti-Regime Activities
As Iranians welcome the start of the new Persian calendar year and century, the mullahs’ regime has left little for the Iranian people to celebrate and rejoice about. From surging costs and rising inflation to an increase in executions and persecution of protestors, the regime has done everything it can to take smiles off Iranians’ faces and dreams from their hearts.
In defiance of the mullahs’ persecution, members of the Resistance Units, the MEK’s internal network, are celebrating the new year and century by reiterating their determination to overthrow the mullahs’ tyranny and establish freedom in Iran.
Iran’s Groundwater Continues to Intensify as a Result of the Mullah’s Destructive Policies
On the eve of International Water Day, which is titled ‘Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible,’ many environmental experts predict that the country’s groundwater conditions will deliver a bitter, fragile, and tragic future if current trends continue.
Iran would have a cumulative tank shortfall of 140 billion cubic meters by March 2022. The term “cumulative tank deficit” simply signifies that the country has extracted more water than has reached subsurface aquifers. There is now a massive and huge debt owed to these aquifers.
