The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported that the price of fruit in Iran has risen sharply. The price of tomatoes has risen by 50 percent in the last week alone.
The head of the Fruit and Vegetables Sellers Union, Seyed Hossein Mohajeran, in an interview with the state-run Mehr news agency on Sunday 17th April, said that these prices are even reflected in the wholesale section of the Iranian bazaar in Iran.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported that Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh, a former General of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and former governor general of Yazd Province, was injured during clashes south of Aleppo in Syria. Fallahzadeh served as Governor of Yazd, central Iran, for a period of six years during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday 17 April that the Iranian regime will collapse as soon as Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is toppled. Mrs. Rajavi said that the mullahs’ regime rests on three main pillars.
Firstly, the obtaining of a nuclear bomb. Secondly, “absolute domestic repression”. And, finally, the export of terrorism and extremism abroad.
The mother of dissident Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti who was killed by the mullahs’ regime in 2012 is reported to be suffering from a major nervous breakdown since 4 April. Ms. Gohar Eshghi is said to be under immense psychological pressure following the death of her son who was murdered under tortuous conditions at the hands of the Iranian regime.
The well-known Iranian actress, Azar Mehdi Gholi-Khani, known also as Thuraya Hekmat, died on Friday 8 April, aged 62. The cause of death has been acknowledged as convulsion and blood clots in her brain. Hekmat had reportedly suffered a brain stroke and went into a coma just four days earlier on Monday 4 April.
An article on the website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) highlights the poor living conditions many people in Iran are subjected to.
Morteza Mir-Bagheri, the Iranian regime’s Deputy Interior Minister, has admitted that in 1,200 towns in Iran the rate of unemployment has reached 70 percent. He also acknowledged that the rate of unemployment is between 40 and 60 percent in 420 counties across Iran.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have published an article about former U.S. governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge’s opinion on Islamic extremism.
He said that the help of moderate Muslim groups, particularly dissidents in Iran, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, is absolutely essential in fighting the war on Islamic extremism. These are the ones who are not only “natural enemies” of Islamic extremism, but they are also the most frequent victims.
The morality police in Iran are stepping up their efforts to punish women they believe are not veiled correctly.
The International Business Times reported that more and more “morality stations” have been set up since the beginning of April. Once woman has apparently had her car impounded because the morality police found her veil improper, or too loose.
The International Committee “In Search of Justice” published a new report (found here) regarding the recent elections in Iran.
The report highlights that the elections, held on 26th February 2016, were portrayed in a positive light in western media. It was seen as a time of hope and social progress and it was expected that an improvement in human rights would follow suit.
Harriet Sinclair has written an article for the International Business Times about the backlash Iran is facing because of the disturbingly high rate of juvenile executions. Although international charities and organisations have managed to raise awareness of the issue to a certain degree, it appears that disapproval inside Iran is increasing. Sinclair states that, according to recent Amnesty International reports, over 70 juveniles have been executed in the last ten years and the number of young people on death row is rising.
