UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST
Missile Cities at the Cost of Iran People’s Starvation
Occasionally Iran’s Revolutionary Guards broadcast the news about one of its new so-called ‘missile cities,’ which mostly are based in underground facilities. The latest presentation of one such missile city was the presenting of a “missile equipment” silo by the IRGC’s marine forces with the presence of the Hossein Salami, the IRGC head.
UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST
Why Khamenei is afraid of US talks
To prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons, US President Biden has started negotiations with the regime’s representatives in Vienna. The meeting earned a backlash from the regime’s hardline faction including Ibrahim Raisi, Iran’s Chief Justice, who questioned the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the talks.
UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST
Rallies and protests in Tehran and Khuzestan
Tehran—workers of the Pars Metal company rallied in front of the company at the Tehran-Karaj road. They protested employers’ failure to meet their demands.
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Tehran—workers of the Pars Metal company rallied in front of the company at the Tehran-Karaj road. They protested employers' failure to meet their demands. pic.twitter.com/PHCrQUdOLq— Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) April 12, 2021
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Tehran—shareholders of the Tehran Stock Market rallied in front of the Bourse Organization, chanting against the government's failure and mismanagement.
Protesters pulled down the Bourse's flag as a sign of their fury. pic.twitter.com/Hky3UnElbd— Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) April 12, 2021
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Khuzestan—contract workers affiliated with the Agriculture Organization in Ahvaz staged a gathering in front of the Provincial Governorate protesting officials’ failure to allocate an adequate budget to the organization. pic.twitter.com/pqtRu5Oc14— Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) April 12, 2021
Iran’s 11th Majlis Pushes for Marginalization of Women Through its Population Growth Plan
Some 9 months have elapsed since the 11th Majlis began its term on May 27, 2020, in what is a male-majority parliament, with only 5.7 percent women’s participation. The few women who joined Parliament are mainly representatives from the fundamentalist faction – which is controlled by Khamenei and which represents the most reactionary and misogynistic attitudes and the cruelest policies. Thus, this parliamentary minority of women adopted the Population Growth and Family Support Plan – in reality, a euphemism for marginalizing women by having them stay at home.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
Iran: The Staggering Number of COVID-19 Death Toll in 535 Cities Exceeds 249,000
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More than 249,000 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 535 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/Dj4ahJITJq pic.twitter.com/vxP1n3EaaN
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 11, 2021
Iran: Retirees Protest for the Third Time in the Persian New Year in 27 Cities (20 Provinces)
On Sunday, April 11, 2021, in the third nationwide protest rally in the Persian new year (March 20, 2021) retirees and pensioners protested against the clerical regime’s oppression, the dire living conditions, low salaries and devastating high prices that have made it impossible for them and their families to survive in Tehran and 26 other cities.
Interim Session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the National Council of Resistance of Iran held its interim session in Paris with the NCRI’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. The session was held with virtual participation of members of NCRI and observers in 12 countries, including Germany, the U.S., Austria, the U.K., Italy, Belgium, France, Sweden, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ashraf-3 in Albania.
Opposition Supporters Call For Election Boycott Inside Iran
The campaign against the mullahs’ regime’s sham presidential elections is spreading throughout Iran. In various cities across the country, people spread slogans such as “Boycotting the election sham is a patriotic duty,” “No to the sham elections,” and “Our vote is the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime, yes to a democratic republic.”
Iran Government’s Behavior: Ask Me No Questions, and I’ll Tell You No Fibs
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani came once again to the stage. And this time with a strange plan which he called “National Plans of Knowledge-based and Technical” in his pocket. In what observers say is yet another lie, Rouhani said about these projects:
“These plans making us needless from the imports of many products. In the vaccine section, there is a major evolution in the country. In particular, we are among the firsts in some areas in West Asia.”
Iranian People Plan To Boycott The Regime’s Sham Presidential Election
The network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside the country, known as the Resistance Units, organized a vast campaign calling for the boycott of the upcoming sham elections. In various cities, huge handwritten posters were installed with the slogan, “No to the election of the mullahs, no to mullahs’ rule, yes to a democratic republic,” “Boycotting the election sham is a patriotic duty,” “My vote is regime change,” and “Democracy and freedom with Maryam Rajavi.” The Resistance Units took to graffiti spreading anti-regime slogans that targeted the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei. “Our vote is to overthrow the mullahs’ regime,” their posters read in part.
