The latest results from Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) tests reveal an alarming decline in the educational standards of Iranian students. Ranking among the lowest in the world, Iran’s education system is a cause of great concern.
The demonstrations, a weekly occurrence, are a response to their steadily declining living conditions and the government’s persistent refusal to address their grievances.
The clerical leaders, who have long claimed their authority by citing the Quran and emulating the Prophet Mohammad, found themselves in a precarious situation as their people rebelled against their misused religious authority.
In a recent unanimous resolution, the House of Representatives of the United States has strongly condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran for its long-standing human rights abuses, focusing particularly on the massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and the repression of uprisings in 2018, 2019, and 2022. The resolution reaffirms the United States’ commitment to justice for the victims.
In a compelling address at the international conference held by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), former Canadian Treasury Board President and Minister, Tony Clement, vociferously criticized the Iranian government’s track record in handling domestic protests and crises.
In an emotionally charged address at the international conference held at the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) headquarters on July 3, Ambassador Zorica Maric-Djordjević, Montenegro’s Special Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, called for global action against Iran’s ongoing human rights abuses and state-sponsored terror.
Pierre Sané, the founder and president of the Imagine Africa Institute, former UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, and former Secretary General of Amnesty International, has appealed for increased international solidarity to address ongoing human rights abuses in Iran.
High-ranking officials strive to suppress their involvement in what several human rights experts consider a “genocide”. The driving fear behind these attempts is not international retaliation but the wrath of the Iranian populace.
Khomeini could not have predicted the global justice movement this act would spark, which is now, 35 years later, echoing in the British Parliament.
The situation is described as the country’s “80-year inflation record”, signaling historic economic distress.
