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JVMI: LIVESTREAM – “Iran: Trampling Human Rights”
LIVESTREAM – "Iran: Trampling Human Rights" – Virtual conference on 11March2021 at 14h00 CET calling on UN Human Rights Council to set up a Commission of Inquiry into #1988Massacre of thousands of political prisoners. Simultaneous with 46th HRC session. https://t.co/mdWBlT7ZNV
— JVMI (@jvmifoundation) March 11, 2021
Washington Free Beacon: UN Investigator Finds Iran Responsible for ‘Egregious’ Human Rights Abuses
A United Nations investigator on Wednesday said Iran has committed “egregious” human rights violations.
U.N. special rapporteur Javaid Rehman told members of the U.N. Human Rights Council that Iran has overseen a brutal crackdown on political and religious freedom since protests in 2019 and urged member states to hold Tehran accountable, according to Voice of America. Rehman said that Iran killed at least 304 Iranians during the 2019 demonstrations, which protested against the hardline regime.
Tehran, the Capital of Iran: Poultry have become scarce
Tehran, #Iran
The lines for chicken are so long that some people have brought chairs for the long wait.
Poultry in addition to cooking oil, eggs and other basic necessities have become scarce in Iran because of the regime's mismanagement and corruption. pic.twitter.com/3ku9vXCVFe— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) March 11, 2021
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 518 Cities Exceeds 229,000
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on March 10, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 518 cities had exceeded 229,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 53,821, Isfahan 14,825, Khuzestan 12,535, Mazandaran 9,722, East Azerbaijan 8,848, Qom 8,490, Gilan 8,131, Fars 6,792, Alborz 5,698, Kerman 5,059, Semnan 3,690, North Khorasan 3,493, Zanjan 2,490, Hormozgan 2,485, and Bushehr 2,314.
Near Chahbar, southeast Iran: Regime authorities attacked the tent of a Baluchi family
Regime-affiliated forces on Tuesday tore a tent in which a woman lived with her 4 young children in Chabahar, SE #Iran
They confiscated the family's meager belongings. The children have recently lost their father. 60MLN Iranians suffer from poverty & this is how they're treated. pic.twitter.com/869BMkP7Bq— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) March 10, 2021
Head of Iran’s Prisons: Prisoners can be used as “cheap labor”
In a visit with the East Azerbaijan Governor on March 5, the Head of Iran’s Prison Organizations said prisoners were cheap labor and could be used by the private sector.
“Prisoners are cheap labor and can be used by the private sector”, Mohammad Mehdi Haj Mohammadi said in comments carried by the state-run ISNA News Agency, adding that it would be a “win-win” situation for both prisoners and the private sector.
Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Eight Rallies and Strikes on March 9
On Tuesday, March 9, citizens in Iran held at least eight rallies and protests in different cities over officials’ failure to meet their inherent demands.
Railroad workers, stockholders, teachers, oil forces, creditors, landowners, and medical staff held these rallies in various cities of the country. They expressed their anger over the regime’s failure to meet their demands.
Iran news in brief, March 11, 2021
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