Among the documents, a confidential letter from Mohammadí Golpayegani, head of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office, to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, details directives for significant budget increases to various religious institutions and projects, marked for “urgent action.”
Last week, the head of Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, infamous for executing tens of thousands of dissidents during the clerical dictatorship, sentenced three women associated with the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to lengthy prison terms. Forough Taghipour, Marzieh Farsi, and Zahra Safaei received sentences of 15 years, 5 years, and 15 years in prison, respectively, for their support of the PMOI.
A significant aspect of these crises is the profound environmental degradation that has unfolded, with dire consequences for Iran’s natural landscapes and its people. Rivers and lakes have dried up, northern forests have faced extensive degradation, and groundwater reservoirs have been alarmingly depleted, leading to land subsidence across various regions. This environmental catastrophe has made certain areas uninhabitable, forcing mass migrations away from the affected regions.
The PMOI’s network of activists inside Iran, are reflecting the true voice of the Iranian people with their activities across the country. Their message: It isn’t time for elections, it is time for a revolution.
Led by Deputy Director Alireza Jafarzadeh, the conference unveiled internal documents indicating a growing inclination among Iranians to boycott the regime’s elections. Notably, the absence of various regime factions during the electoral proceedings was emphasized.
On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, she was arrested by security forces at the house of one of her friends in Fardis Karaj and taken to Evin Prison in Tehran.
Despite the internal crisis ignited by the revelations, Khamenei emphasizes the importance of elections as a fundamental pillar for reforming the country.
This move highlights the regime’s ongoing suppression of opposition voices and raises serious human rights concerns.
The seizure of 600 servers by the dissident group Ghiam Sarnegouni, meaning “Rise to Overthrow” in Persian, has unveiled documents that lay bare the exclusion of parliament members from Iran’s decision-making process. Instead, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Parliament and a figure previously embroiled in corruption scandals, is portrayed as a key facilitator for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) within the legislative arm.
This network, implicated in the illicit procurement of goods and technology, has been found to support entities linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and Hezbollah, both of which are designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States.
