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Iran regime’s police hold a maneuver on eve of Nowruz
Fearing Iran’s restive society, the regime’s Police force held a maneuver on the Eve of the Persian New Year of 1400 in Tehran. This maneuver further confirms mullahs’ fear of another uprising. “Coinciding with the last day of [Persian New Year of ] 1399, the Tehran Police held a military maneuver on Saturday morning, March 21, 2021. This maneuver was held in the presence of the Chief of Police, Tehran Police Chief, and Tehran Governor Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandapi in Azadi Square. Greater Tehran police forces demonstrated their capabilities in Azadi Square,” wrote the state-run Fars news agency on Sunday, an outlet linked to the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET
Iran: Khamenei admits his regime is in a deadlock
In his yearly Nowruz address, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei implicitly admitted that his regime is in a bad situation by complaining that some try to “create a negative impression… and show that we are headed for a dead end.”
Of course, there’s no need to put a negative spin on the regime’s conditions to realize that it is in a bad situation. Khamenei’s own remarks clearly showed that at the beginning of the Persian calendar year, the mullahs’ regime is engulfed in a multitude of unsolvable crises. While in previous years, Khamenei openly endorsed the so-called “reformist” maneuvers by some of the factions of the regime, this time, he stressed the need to unify the entire regime around a hardline narrative.
Maryam Rajavi: The Iranian people’s nationwide boycott of the regime’s election is the flip side of popular uprisings
The Iranian people’s nationwide boycott of this election is the flip side of popular uprisings, and yet another response to the murderers of 1500 blood-drenched martyrs of November 2019. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/m0O7exP5Sa
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 22, 2021
Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities in 522 Cities Exceed 235,700
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on March 22, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 522 cities had exceeded 235,700. The number of victims in Tehran reached 54881, Khorasan Razavi 15,355, Khuzestan 13,439, Mazandaran 10,080, Lorestan 9,928, East Azerbaijan 9,248, Qom 8,605, Alborz 5,833, Hamedan 5,443, Semnan 3,975, Ardabil 2,937, South Khorasan 2,296, North Khorasan 3,578, Qazvin 2,669, and Zanjan 2,565.
MEK Resistance Units celebrate Nowruz across Iran
The supporters and sympathizers of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside Iran celebrated Nowruz across the country and pledged to continue the struggle to overthrow the mullahs’ regime in the coming year.
The internal network of the MEK, known as the Iranian Resistance Units, installed banners and posters of the Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Maryam Rajavi, in Tehran. “We will free our country from the mullahs,” and “The new year heralds the freedom spring in Iran,” the slogans read.
Iran’s Government Fears the Country’s Third Generation
In recent days, the Iranian state-run media showed their fear of Iran’s new generation. What is the nature of this fear?
The story began when the state-run daily “Sobh-e-Sadegh”, the Journal of the Political Deputy of the Revolutionary Guards, on March 7, under the title “The Z generation and the Future of Iran” investigated the characteristics of the new generation born in Iran from 2000 onwards.
Tehran Praises IRGC Missile Program After Report Whitewashes Strike on Civilian Flight
This week, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board of the Islamic Republic of Iran released its final report on the January 2020 incident that resulted in the death of all 176 people on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. The report was promptly rejected by foreign countries whose citizens and permanent residents were on the flight. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described it as demonstrating the regime’s impulse “not to establish the truth, but to whitewash the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Townhall: US-EU Talks Must Focus on Need for a Firm Policy Against Tehran’s Regional Threats
By Giulio TerziGiulio Terzi
In his first European trip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet European foreign policy leaders this week. A major topic of discussion will be the Iranian regime and how to deal with the threats it poses to regional and international peace and security.
Any potential negotiations with the Iranian regime should take into account its dangerous missiles program. It is evident that the Iranian regime’s activities since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have not demonstrated that the nuclear agreement has been successful. That is because the missile program is a critical issue on both sides of the Atlantic.
Iran news in brief, March 23, 2021
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