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Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 170
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Saturday, March 4, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 170
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 664 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 170th day on Saturday as parents and locals gathered outside the regime’s Education Department in various districts of Tehran and other cities, protesting poisonous gas attacks targeting their children and warning regime officials that their children are their red lines.
March 4 – Pakdasht, Tehran Province, #Iran
Reports indicate three schools – Emamat, Al-Qadir, and Bahar – were the latest targets of regime operatives using poisonous gas against the students.#IranianSchoolHolocaust pic.twitter.com/I2xedAG56m— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
There are numerous reports of the latest string of gas attacks targeting schoolgirls in different cities across Iran:
- Dozens of schoolgirls fell ill after poisonous gas attacks targeted the all-girls Esmat School in Malard, Seyed Jamaledin Assad Abadi school in Tehran’s Abdol Abad district, Towhid School in Shahriar, Emamat, Al-Qadir, and Bahar, Bagher al-Olum, Om Abiha, and Assadian schools in Eslamshahrand Parand in Tehran Province.
March 4 – Tehran, #Iran
People are rallying outside the District 5 Education Dept. protesting the recent poisonous gas attacks targeting all-girls schools.
"Our enemy is right here! They lie in saying its America!" they're chanting.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/GHUQX31hYq— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
- People rallied outside Tehran’s District 5 Education Dept., protesting the recent gas attacks. “Our enemy is right here! They lie in saying it is America!” and “Incompetent officials, shame on you!” they chanted. They also gathered outside Tehran’s District 7 Education Dept, and Tehran’s District 2 Education Dept., chanting, “We don’t want incompetent officials!”
March 4 – Tehran, #Iran
People are rallying outside the District 7 Education Dept. protesting the recent poisonous gas attacks targeting all-girls schools.
"We don't want incompetent officials!" they're chanting.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/hgIF8rW7S1— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
- People in Tehran protested the gas attacks. “Basij and IRGC, you are our ISIS!” and “We don’t want a child-killing regime!,” they chanted.
- Parents of schoolkids gathered outside Ardabil’s Education Department in northwest Iran, where gas attacks targeted at least seven all-girls schools and left more than 400 schoolgirls ill.
March 4 – Ardabil, northwest #Iran
Parents of schoolkids are gathering outside the city's Education Department following the recent poisonous gas attacks that targeted at least seven all-girls schools and left more than 400 schoolgirls ill.#IranianSchoolgirls pic.twitter.com/fPB3wzqElf— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
- Parents in Isfahan, central Iran, rallied outside the city’s Education Dept. “Acid attacks and poisonings are both crimes!”, “Secure schools is our right!” and “We don’t want incompetent officials!” they chanted.
March 4 – Isfahan, central #Iran
Parents are rallying outside the city's Education Department protesting recent poisonous gas attacks targeting schools. They're chanting:
"Secure schools is our right!"
"We don't want incompetent officials!"#IranRevolutionpic.twitter.com/E0dTIDsVHM— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
- The all-girls Masoumeh School in Tabriz, an all-girls school in Hamadan, and all-girls Valiasr School in Zanjan, all in northwest Iran, three all-girls schools in the city of Rasht, and one in Lahijan, northern Iran, and Ketabchi School in the city of Kashan, were targets of poisonous gas.
March 4 – Tabriz, northwest #Iran
The all-girls Masoumeh School was targeted by regime operatives using poisonous chemical gas, leaving many students ill.#IranianSchoolHolocaust pic.twitter.com/yTx6CqS7BY— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
- Regime plainclothes agents in Kermanshah, western Iran, attacked parents concerned about their children following the recent poisonous gas attacks targeting schools.
March 4 – Kermanshah, western #Iran
Regime plainclothes agents attacked parents concerned about their children following the recent poisonous gas attacks targeting schools.#IranianSchoolHolocaust pic.twitter.com/Rpc1xMXyXg— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 4, 2023
UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET
Security Forces in Iran Killed Two Years Old Boy
The brutal security forces in Iran and members of the special unit killed a two-year-young child named Amir-Ali Musa Kazemi in Varzaneh, Isfahan province, on March 2.
According to local reports, on Thursday evening, a family who was traveling from Naeen city to Varzaneh city with their twin boys for holidays was confronted by special units who suddenly jumped in front of the car. As the driver instinctively and shocked stepped on the gas pedal, security forces fired without warning, striking the head of one of the twin boys and killing him right away.
A report by the head of the judicial organization of the regime’s armed forces in Isfahan province stated: “Regarding the reason for stopping the car by the law enforcement agents of Varzane city, the police were informed that the car was suspicious and the police took action accordingly.”
Upon investigation, no prohibited items were found in the vehicle.
Lithuanian FM: “Growing Consensus” for EU To Designate IRGC as Terrorist Group
There is a “growing consensus” among European Union member states to designate the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization over its military support for Russia in the war in Ukraine, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told Axios.
Why it matters: Until recently, most of the EU focus was on Iran’s nuclear program and not on the IRGC military activity abroad. But the bloc has been seriously alarmed by Iran’s move to supply Russia with drones for its war in Ukraine, as Axios previously reported.
- Iran has acknowledged it delivered some drones to Russia before the war started, but denies doing so after the invasion began. That’s despite growing evidence to the contrary.
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
An Italian Parliamentary Delegation Visits Ashraf-3
A delegation of members of the Italian Parliament headed by Senator Giulio Terzi, the head of the Senate European Union Affairs Committee and the country’s former foreign minister, met and held talks with the NCRI President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Other members of the delegation were Ms. Stefania Ascari from the Judicial Committee and Mr. Emanuele Pozzolo from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament.
Mrs. Rajavi expressed her appreciation for the efforts of Senator Terzi and members of both houses of the Parliament of Italy in supporting the Iranian people’s uprising and democratic revolution, as well as their efforts to protect the PMOI/MEK against ground and missile attacks in Ashraf and Liberty over the past years.
Iran’s Baloch Launch New Protests, More School Poisonings Reported
Authorities have dispatched many of their security units to the streets of Zahedan and were severely disrupting internet connections throughout the city in attempts aimed at preventing anti-regime rallies.
The 2022 Uprising in Iran for an Alternative to the Mullahs Regime
Protecting the demands and achievements of the 2022 uprising is a national call for vigilance against thieves. The current situation demonstrates that the uprising’s path, focusing on the rejection of any kind of dictatorship, is a correct and purposeful path, and the efforts by the reactionary-colonial front to divert the uprising from its path are indicative of their collective fear of sharpening and clarifying the two fronts of the people and the anti-people witnessed by Iranian and consequently world’s awakened consciences.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – March 3, 2023