More than a month and a half have gone by since the start of the new school year, and daily news and rumors continue to circulate about the regime’s decision to reopen schools, even as the number of cities classified as red cities as a result of the coronavirus infection.
Between September 23 and October 7, a total of 253 protests were reported around Iran, with people from all walks of life taking to the streets to voice their concerns about the country’s current social and economic issues.
Following the first global broadcast, the news of the drone strike on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s residential house has gained significant attention in Iran’s state-run media. The Iranian dictatorship and its proxy forces in Iraq were named as the main perpetrators of the terror assault by the majority of the international media and even certain government authorities.
The 36th session of the trial of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official, for torturing inmates and playing a role in the extrajudicial murders of 1988 was held in the western Albanian province of Durres on Thursday, November 11. Noury was apprehended by Swedish authorities on November 9, 2019.
The trial of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prisons officer charged with his role in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political detainees, entered its 36th session on Thursday. In 2019, Swedish authorities imprisoned Noury. The trial was moved to Albania on Wednesday, where members of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) live, at the request of the prosecutor. MEK members make up the majority of the massacre fatalities from 1988.
On November 5, the Iranian Friday Prayer leaders attempted to portray the retaking of an oil tanker by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a triumph for the regime. One of them, preacher Mohammad Ali Al-Hashem, described the incident as a success because “one bullet hit seven targets.”
In Iran, youth depression is on the rise. Severe economic challenges, as well as social and class disparities, are among the reasons for depression, which has been exacerbated by the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
The regime increased the number of executions and the pressure on political prisoners on the approach of the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprising. Meanwhile, under the guise of enforcing the regime intensified its persecution of women.
The main resolution approved at the most recent meeting of Iran’s Supreme Employment Council was the creation of 1.85 million new jobs until the spring of 2023. The government is sceptical of this resolution since many government experts claim that, given the country’s economic circumstances, the government does not have the resources to make such a choice.
The Majlis (parliament) held an unusual discussion on Tuesday about the Iranian regime’s disastrous handling of the COVID-19 outbreak and its inevitable consequences.
