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Locals in Iranian cities
have gathered for the second consecutive day protesting the 25-year Iran-China deal – March 30, 2021
UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET
March 30 – Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
Locals have gathered for the second consecutive day protesting the 25-year Iran-China deal.Protesters are seen chanting:
"We will be here everyday until the deal is cancelled!"#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/3fdjd5SY9r— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 30, 2021
March 30 – Rasht, northern #Iran
Locals rallying outside the provincial Governor's Office and protesting the 25-year Iran-China deal.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/9FpJNxbMKn— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 30, 2021
MEK’s network inside Iran calls for election boycott
The internal network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) organized a vast campaign across Iran calling for the boycott of the regime’s election sham.
The Iranian regime approaches the 2021 Presidential Election in June. For 42 years, Iranian authorities deceived society by putting up a show of “reformists versus hardliners.” However, in recent years, Iranian citizens have clearly announced that they see no distinction between these supposedly rivaling factions. In various anti-regime rallies and protests people frequently chant “Reformists, hardliners, the game is over.”
UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET
Reuters: Iran rejects ending 20% enrichment before U.S. lifts sanctions – state TV
Iran will not stop its 20% uranium enrichment before the United States lifts all sanctions, Iranian state TV quoted an unnamed official as saying on Tuesday in reaction to a U.S. media report that Washington would offer a new proposal to jump-start talks.
The Biden administration has been seeking to engage Iran in talks about both sides resuming compliance with the deal, under which economic sanctions on Tehran were removed in return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme to make it harder to develop a nuclear weapon – an ambition Tehran denies.
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Clerical regime auctions the Iranian people’s assets and resources in a 25-year contract with China
The anti-Iranian mullahs’ regime auctioned the resources and properties of the people of Iran in a 25-year contract with China to preserve the disgraceful rule of the Velayat-e Faqih.
The agreement dubbed as the “25-year Cooperation Document” was signed yesterday in Tehran. It has been even criticized by some state media and factions describing it as similar to the Turkmanchay Treaty.
Last year, I did emphasize that the lives and health of Iranians, their water and land, their culture and national resources do not have any value for Khamenei, Rouhani and other regime leaders. #Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 29, 2021
Therefore, the mullahs could not care less about protecting the Iranian people’s assets and resources. #Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) March 29, 2021
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 526 Cities Exceeds 239,600
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Monday, March 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 526 cities had exceeded 239,600. The number of victims in Tehran is 55,511, East Azerbaijan 9,468, Isfahan 15,580, Khorasan Razavi 15,535, Khuzestan 13,954, Mazandaran 10,210, Alborz 5,943, Kermanshah 4,799, Yazd 4,327, Kurdistan 4,142, Bushehr 2,429, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,930, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,829.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 239,600 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 526 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/0rFRGFeAKk pic.twitter.com/2yzpZqEVbE
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 29, 2021
Iran: Former regime official acknowledges systematic corruption
Azar Mansouri, a member of the Advisory Board of former regime president Mohammad Khatami, acknowledged systematic economic corruption in the Iranian regime, according to the state-run ILNA news agency.
On Saturday, March 27, Mansouri said, “Giving names to years and disregarding the true requirements has only given these nomenclatures publicity purposes and sometimes yielded reverse results. And the year 1400 is no exception to this rule.”
What does the China-Iran 25-year agreement mean for Iranians?
The Foreign Minister of Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement on March 7, which was aired live on state-run TV.
Mohammad Javad Zarif thanked his counterpart Wang Yi, who arrived in Iran on Friday to sign the agreement. According to the state-run ISNA News Agency, Zarif called China, “a friend in harsh times”, referring to the US-implemented sanctions on both countries.
Six Protests in Nowruz, Iranians Vent Their Anger at the Regime
From March 22 to 28, the people of Iran staged at least six rallies and protests in various cities despite the national holidays of Nowruz, the new year in the Persian Calendar. In other words, the regime’s horrible plundering and oppressive policies compelled citizens to take to the streets even during the holiday period.
Shopkeepers, petrochemical workers, poultry farmers, locals, Haft-Tappeh workers, and water staff staged these rallies. In some cases, protesters extended their rallies for several consecutive days as a sign of their determination to obtain their inherent rights. Furthermore, people in Khuzestan province had the lion’s share in the above-mentioned protests.
Iran news in brief, March 30, 2021
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