The Iranian regime’s state television Channel 1 and the Quran Channel were both disrupted on Thursday, January 27. A cross-out image of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is followed by photographs of Massoud Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s leader, and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Audio slogans such as “Death to Khamenei!” and “Viva Rajavi!” followed the images.
One of the most contentious issues in Iran’s state-controlled media is the four-decade practice of giving government jobs to relatives, family members, and others connected to the governing class. Saeed Mohammad, the former chief of one of the most corrupt economic powerhouses, the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, which is part of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was one of the most contentious instances. Ebrahim Raisi named him as the President’s counselor on free trade, industrial zones, and special economic zones. In that capacity, Mohammad is involved in the purchase and sale of oil, as well as money laundering and other previous corrupt activities.
“As we speak there are around five million single mothers across Iran; 52 percent lack any insurance and pensions. Furthermore, 38 percent are considered among the society’s lower third; 19 percent, meaning around one million people, are not receiving any support at all.”
These were the statements of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), during a session on Tuesday, January 25th, which raised serious worries among regime officials.
In early November, a tragic incident enraged the Iranian public over the fate of female workers in Iran. Marzieh Taherian, a female textile worker, was killed when her head became trapped inside the spinning wheel.
The incident alone is enough to bring to light the trampled rights of female workers in Iran. Many young women are forced to work in order to support their families. Many others, such as Marzieh Taherian, must work at night. Just the day before this heinous incident, Marzieh had complained about the difficulties she was having working the night shift. She, on the other hand, did not live to hear her response.
On January 17, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), organized a conference was hosted in Auvers-Sur-Oise. With Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI’s President-elect, as keynote speaker, the conference gathered international dignitaries, including Guy Verhofstadt, the former Prime Minister of Belgium; Fredrick Reinfeldt, former Prime Minister of Sweden; John Bercow, former Speaker of the UK House of Commons; and Franco Frattini, former Foreign Minister of Italy.
Azimeh Nasseri, a Kurdish activist from Bukan, was sentenced to pay a 6 million Tomans fine and to three months in prison by the 101st Branch of the Criminal Court of Bukan.
Azimeh Nasseri was apprehended by IRGC Intelligence agents in Bukan on July 27, 2021. They detained her for nearly 40 days before releasing her on temporary bail of 200 million Tomans pending the outcome of her case.
Despite the fact that Golaleh Moradi, a Kurdish activist, has been detained for nine months, she remains in limbo in Urmia’s Central Prison. Ms. Moradi has not had a trial and is not represented by a lawyer.
The Iranian regime has launched a drone attack on its Middle Eastern neighbours while trapped in the nuclear talks, which are on the edge of failure. In this recent attack, the regime used their Yemeni proxy organization, the Houthis, to attack Abu Dhabi’s airport in the United Arab Emirates.
This is just the most recent in a series of attacks that have been disrupting the region for years.
The regime plunders the wealth of the Iranian people in order to keep spreading terrorism around the world and to keep the Middle East at war. These crises are intended to engage the international community and the region, and they also serve as a form of insurance for the regime. This is despite the regime’s assertions of fresh and developing contacts with the ‘East,’ which, even if it succeeds in securing a favourable outcome during the Vienna nuclear talks, is confirmation of its worldwide isolation and weakness.
In an effort to increase the population, the Iranian regime has committed to spending roughly $800 million in 2022 to induce more childbirth. This is despite the regime’s refusal to provide resources to address more fundamental crises, such as access to water, and the fact that the majority of Iranians are now living in poverty.
Ali Khamenei, the regime’s supreme leader, has often underlined the theocracy’s intention to boost the number of marriages and the fertility rate in recent years.
Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic regime’s previous Supreme Leader, emphasized that “keeping the state is one of the most fundamental religious and intellectual tasks” after usurping power in Iran in 1979. He made it clear that the necessity to protect clerical rule meant that religion and state should be perpetually inseparable.
Separation of religion and state demands were regarded as anathema under Khomeini’s presidency and those of his successor, Ali Khamenei. The mullahs understand that a split like this, which has been advocated over the world since at least the Enlightenment, will hasten the regime’s demise.
According to account information by the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran), as of Monday afternoon, local time, over 500,000 people have died of the new coronavirus in 547 cities spread throughout all 31 provinces of Iran. The regime’s official death toll is 132,251, which is around a fourth of the true amount.
