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Maryam Rajavi’s Message on International Human Rights Day
Congratulations on World #HumanRightsDay, heralding an end to the oppression of human kind &violations of their rights. Today is the day to pay tribute to all defenders of human freedom &dignity who have kept aflame human rights in the fight against tyranny. #StandUp4HumanRights pic.twitter.com/srVYwwjyly
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) December 10, 2020
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Kish Island, Iran: 3rd day of protests by taxi drivers
Dec. 10 – Kish Island, S #Iran
3rd day of protests by taxi drivers to demand that Snapp! (Iran's version of Uber) leave the island. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/HfD19EGA9I— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) December 10, 2020
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
The official UN Experts’ report on the 1988 massacre is a major step forward in the Call-for-Justice Movement
Maryam Rajavi: The mullahs ruling Iran, particularly Khamenei, Rouhani and Raisi must face justice
The communication by UN official experts on the massacre of political prisoners in Iran as a “crime against humanity,” which calls for a “thorough and independent investigation” into all cases, culminates the roaring blood of martyrs who adhered to their principles, and is a major step forward in the Call for Justice Movement after 32 years.
The UN official report underlines that the Iranian regime has refused to uphold its obligations under international human rights law. This underscores the need to refer the dossier of this ongoing crime against humanity to the UN Security Council, and to prosecute the perpetrators and masterminds of the great crime of this century.
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 465 Cities Surpassed 180,700
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on December 9, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus fatalities in 465 cities had exceeded 180,700. The number of victims in Tehran is 44,591, Isfahan 10,500, Khuzestan 9,390, Lorestan 7,345, Mazandaran 6,857, West Azerbaijan 6,793, Gilan 5,961, Fars 5,352, Alborz 4,810, Kermanshah 3,846, Kerman 3,774, Central Province 3,668, Yazd 3,202, Kurdistan 3,151, North Khorasan 2,813, Semnan 2,709, Ardabil 2,157, South Khorasan 1,666, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,284.
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Persecution of human rights defenders and execution of women in Iran
The main forms of violence against women in Iran are carried out by state agents and sponsored by the state. On the final day of 16 days of activism to eliminate violence against women, coinciding with the World Human Rights Day, we will briefly review arbitrary arrests, persecution of human rights defenders, civil rights activists and women political prisoners as well as the execution of women in Iran.
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Summary of Repression and Human Rights Violations in Iran – November 2020
The following is a round-up of the human rights situation in Iran for the month of November 2020, based on information from activists and state media, collected by Iran News Update.
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UPI: Iranian regime uses media to demonize opposition
A French daily newspaper, founded by the famous philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1973, is the latest to join the ignoble list of so-called left-wing media organs to demonize the main Iranian democratic opposition movement.
A Nov. 26 article trotted out the Iranian regime’s greatest hits about the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), like calling them an “Islamic-Marxist group” who “sided with Saddam Hussein” that has “been on the lists of terrorist organizations in the United States and in Europe for years.” All lies and all tired and weary propaganda that is fed into the system by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, a sinister KGB-style organization that is itself on the U.S. and European Union terrorist lists.
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Iran news in brief, December 10, 2020
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Read more: Iran News in Brief – December 9, 2020
