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UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST
Saturday Protests in Iran
A group of municipal workers in Yasuj gathered in front of the regime governor’s office in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to protest and demanded payment of five months’ due salary.
September 4 – Yasuj, southwest #Iran
Municipality workers held a rally protesting officials' refusal to provide answers to their demands.#IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/81nFxAHtSj— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 4, 2021
Today, a number of candidates for the Qeshm Refinery Heavy Oil Recruitment Test held a protest rally in front of the Taban Energy Pasargad Company building to protest the uncertainty of their employment status.
Also, a number of municipality workers from Ahvaz held a rally in front of the city council building in protest of their sudden dismissal after 4 to 6 years of service.
Scammed Cryptoland users hold a protest rally to pursue their complaints and determine the status and the loss of their assets.
Workers of the Majidiyeh Port, southern Tehran, went on strike on Saturday, demanding their rights. The striking workers have no place to rest in hot and sultry weather.
Northwestern Railway workers working as road workers in the Takestan Railway Area under the supervision of a contractor are protesting the working conditions and their unpaid wages.
UPDATE: 4:00 PM CEST
Despite Thousands of Iranian Deads, The Regime is Producing Vaccines For Russia
On September 4, Javan daily, a Revolutionary Guards’ affiliated newspaper quoted Kariminia, Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Biological Defense as saying: “A contract for the monthly production of 2 million doses of Sputnik vaccine in Iran was signed between Actoverco and Sputnik Russia, and this contract was widely reported by the media and all over the country. But in July, Dr. Raisi, the ministry’s deputy health minister, announced that the Russians had screwed us. But why don’t you complain to the international authorities? Why don’t you tell the truth to the people?”
But as a matter of fact, the Russians did contract the Actoverco company to produce the Sputnik vaccine in Iran and deliver it to Russia, not Iran! In fact, Russia has outsourced the production of the vaccine.
UPDATE: 12:00 PM CEST
Yemeni FM: The Iranian Regime Backed Houthis Don’t Want Peace to Succeed
Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak blamed the failure of peace efforts and the settlement of the conflict in his country in the past years on the Houthi militias’ ties with the destructive plans of the Iranian regime in the region.
On Friday, September 3, Al-Sharqah Al-Awsat quoted Ahmed bin Mubarak as saying: “Houthi militants rejected the idea of peace from the beginning. They are working to achieve this by intensifying military operations in a number of provinces, including Ma’rib, as the largest concentration of refugees in militant-held areas.”
Iran Must Halt Execution of Kurdish Prisoner: Un Rights Experts
🇮🇷 UN experts appeal to #Iran to halt imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death sentence amid serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention. Learn more: https://t.co/ZJDaS6aBL1 pic.twitter.com/cECws89535
— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) September 3, 2021
The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday. Their appeal follows serious concerns that Heidar Ghorbani did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention. He was arrested in October 2016 in connection with the alleged killing of three men affiliated to Basij paramilitary forces and no information was provided to Mr. Ghorbani’s family on his whereabouts until three months later.
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Iran: COVID-19 Fatalities Surpass 403,000
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, September 3, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 403,000. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 94,646, Khorasan Razavi 30,485, Isfahan 26,570, Khuzestan 24,791, Mazandaran 15,610, East Azerbaijan 14,428, Fars 14,404, West Azerbaijan 14,178, Lorestan 13,915, Gilan 13,910, Alborz 11,748, Qom 11,210, Kerman 10,457, Golestan 9,525, Hamedan 7,778, Central Province 7,583, Kermanshah 7,038, Hormozgan 6,990, Yazd 6,923, Kurdistan 6,297, North Khorasan 5,254, Ardabil 5,020, Qazvin 4,434, Zanjan 4,030, and South Khorasan 3,636.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 403,000 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/xGjebv8GTY pic.twitter.com/VYL31lLhZ1
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 3, 2021
Un Workgroup Calls for Investigation Into the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Political Prisoners
The international community must investigate the fate of political prisoners executed by the Iranian regime in 1988, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances stressed in its latest report to the UN Human Rights Council.
“The Working Group reiterates the concerns expressed about the ongoing concealment of burial sites of those forcibly disappeared and allegedly executed between July and September 1988 across the country,” the report reads in part. “The Working Group recalls that an enforced disappearance continues until the fate and whereabouts of the individuals concerned are established and joins the call for an international investigation into the matter.”
Middle Eastern Conference in Iraq, Regime Not Impressed
The Iraqi government held a conference on August 28 aiming to reduce tensions in the region,’ ‘respecting the sovereignty of the Iraqi government,’ and remove ‘Iraq from an arena of confrontation between foreign powers. Attendants to the conference included the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, France, the Prime Minister of the UAE, and foreign ministers of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Kuwait. The Iranian regime was not impressed about the occasion and chose to send their foreign minister rather than their president, but they still made sure that they were at the center of the summit.
Raisi Will Not Change Anything for Iran
Although Ebrahim Raisi’s government has just started, some accuse him of empty promises and consider his claims, like those of other presidents of Iran’s regime, unattainable. The faction affiliated with the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in the 2021 elections tried to declare that Ebrahim Raisi is different from the previous presidents, and he can fulfill his promises soon. But now, although not much time has passed since he took the office, some from both factions have accused him of giving empty promises, without any difference from previous governments.
U.S. ‘Can’t Wait Forever’ for Iran on Nuclear Talks, Envoy Says
Bloomberg- The Biden administration “can’t wait forever” for Iran to decide it wants to restart talks on returning to the 2015 nuclear deal that former President Donald Trump quit in 2018, the top U.S. envoy for the negotiations said.
The U.S. still hasn’t received any indication that Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, is prepared to commit to a seventh round of talks to come back into compliance with the accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, envoy Robert Malley said Friday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
Three Political Prisoners in Qarchak Prison Re-Summoned and Questioned
Three political prisoners in Qarchak Prison were interrogated again regarding their statement against the regime’s sham election, fresh reports from this prison say. The three political prisoners are affiliated with the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Forough Taghipour, Parastoo Mo’ini, and Marzieh Farsi were summoned to the 7th Branch of the Prosecutor’s Office of Shahr-e Rey on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – September 3, 2021
