NCRI – Following a major strike by Tehran's transit workers on Monday, January 30, Iranians residing in various countries across the world staged rallies in solidarity with their demands and grievances.

The strike in Tehran was brutally suppressed and the families of strikers were taken to detention centers to force them to give up. Among detainees were girls as young as 12 who went through a horrifying experience.

NCRI – At the end of a rally in Vienna today, Iranians called on the IAEA board of governors to refer the clerical regime to the UN Security Council for tough measures. The following is the declaration adopted by the demonstrators:

We are gathered here in Vienna today at a time when the medieval dictatorship ruling Iran is flouting the wide-ranging international consensus requiring it to halt its nuclear activities. The regime has resumed uranium enrichment in Natanz in a direct challenge to the world community and has clearly demonstrated its ominous ambitions for acquiring nuclear weapons.

NCRI - In a message to the gathering of hundreds of Iranians in Vienna before the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency today, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt tough measures against mullahs' regime in Iran. She also called for removal of the Iranian main opposition, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, from the US and the EU terror lists. Her call were supported by the participants and speakers in the gathering. The event took place while the governing board of the IAEA was discussing a draft resolution on the clerical regime's nuclear program. Excerpts of her message are as follows:

Demonstrators call for Security Council action on Iranian regime and adoption of comprehensive sanctions
         
NCRI - Hundreds of supporters of the Iranian Resistance staged a lively demonstration in front of the IAEA headquarters in Vienna today. The demonstrators called for an immediate review of the clerical regime’s nuclear file, human rights record, and sponsorship of terrorism by the UN Security Council to adopt comprehensive international sanctions.

Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said military force can be used as a "last option" in the fight against terrorism and warned Iran not to curtail cooperation with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog.
In a speech to Germany's diplomatic corps late on Wednesday, Merkel appeared to increase pressure on Iran just hours before a decision is to be taken on whether to report the country to the U.N. Security Council over its disputed nuclear program.