By Navid Felker
On Friday 15th November, thousands of Iranians took to the streets in response to the regime’s announcement that fuel prices were going to dramatically increase. Since then, the protests have spread and it has turned into the most significant uprising in since the regime took power four decades ago. What started off as a protest for a specific economic issue evolved into (yet another) loud call for regime change.
By Armin Baldwin
A 13-year-old girl is confirmed dead and five women have been arrested in the ongoing Iran protests.
The 13-year-old girl, who has not yet been named, was killed in Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, alongside three young men. She was shot in the head from behind.
By Atousa Pilger
Javad Zarif, Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister visit to Institute for Strategic Studies MED in Rome that was planned on 6 and 7 December is canceled, reported the Italian news agency Kronos on December 2, 2019.
By Azita Carlson
Iraq’s parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi following weeks of unrest. It is unclear who will take over from Mr. Abdul Mahdi. The parliament speaker said President Barham Saleh would be asked to name a new prime minister.
Analysis by StopFundamentalism.com
By Armin Baldwin
Iran has witnessed a widespread protest movement since Friday November 15, 2019. Protests that began with fuel price hike which immediately turned into a massive protest that no longer had the color and smell of gasoline and took a completely anti-regime form.
Since then, there has been a brutal crackdown by security forces that has left
Iran committing crimes against humanity
By Navid Felker
According to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) number of victims killed by the Iranian regime’s security forces and snipers rises to 750.
Iran Protests started on November 15 in over 190 cities. In these protests more than 4000 are injured and twelve thousand arrested. The MEK Iran published so far the identities of 194 martyrs killed in Iran Protests 2019.
By Atousa Pilger
The Iraqi people’s uprising is continuing to unprecedented levels, the highest religious figure in Iraq Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on the parliament to reconsider its support for the government, and the Iranian regime-linked Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has announced his resignation.
All of this is very troubling for the mullahs in Iran, who have seen protests against their interference in Iraq and Lebanon for two months, and domestic protests against their regime as a whole for just over two weeks.
By Armin Baldwin
Reports from inside Iran indicate that protesters that have been arrested and detained during the current uprising that started on Friday 15th November are being subjected to torture. The detained protesters are being tortured into making false confessions.
The opposition networks inside the country have been able to pass information across to its networks outside the country despite the massive internet shut down.
By Armin Baldwin
According to the sources affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), inside the country, the Iranian regime has reportedly killed more than 600 people during the uprising so far, wounded more than 4,000 and arrested more than 12,000. Besides, the regime is still maintaining the internet blackout in many areas.
By Atousa Pilger
The Quds city in western Tehran witnessed massive violent repression in the days of the uprising. After the price of gasoline went up, people took to the streets and started protesting. They rallied in front of the governorate. Meanwhile, Quds governor Leila Wasiqi said security forces had the permission to prevent people from entering the governorate
