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EU could be target of Iranian ‘dirty bomb’ terror attack
leaders warned
IRAN’s clerical regime could be planning to use a “dirty bomb” or small, tactical nuclear device in a future terrorist attack on European soil, EU leaders have been warned.
The international committee In Search of Justice (ISJ) has written to European Union leaders ahead of the trial in Belgium of Assadollah Assadi, a senior diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, for allegedly passing 500gms of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) – the potent explosive thought to have been used in the Manchester Arena bombing – to an Iranian couple from Antwerp.
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Townhall: Mandela’s Legacy for Iran
By Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela
My grandfather, Nelson Mandela, once said: “Since my release, I have become more convinced than ever that the real makers of history are the ordinary men and women of our country.”
This month, the ordinary men and women of Iran are commemorating the mass killings that tragically occurred in their country in November 2019. Almost a year ago, after two days of nationwide anti-government protests against the tripling of gasoline prices across Iran, security forces responded by opening fire on demonstrators. At least 4,000 people were injured and 1,500 killed – 400 of whom were women and 29 were children. The protestors were unarmed and largely unemployed or low-income youth.
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Iran worker burns himself to death in protest to not being able to afford mother’s treatment
An Iranian worker self-immolated outside the Kermanshah Workers’ Syndicate in western Iran on November 18 in protest to his medical insurance being cut off and his inability to pay for his mother’s cancer treatment.
The 45-year-old worker was transferred to the hospital but died from a cardiac arrest due to the severity of his burns, the state-run Mehr News Agency said.
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5 residents of Piranshahr were arrested without warrant
5 residents of Piranshahr were arrested without warrant &taken to an intelligence detention center in Urmia on Nov. 15. They are identified as Najmoddin Sokhanvar, Shouresh Abdollah Nejad, Salah Aji, Esmail Haji Abdollah & Ali Jola. It is not clear what their charges are. #Iran pic.twitter.com/yB318LosES
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) November 21, 2020
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UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 465 Cities Surpasses 161,500
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, November 20, 2020, that the number of Coronavirus fatalities in 465 cities had exceeded 161,500. The number of victims in Tehran is 39,651, Khorasan Razavi 11,780, Isfahan 9,115, Lorestan 6,755, Qom 6,600, Mazandaran 6,502, East Azerbaijan 6,159, Gilan 5,596, West Azerbaijan 5,493, Fars 4,442, Alborz 4,355, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,096, Central Province 3,078, Yazd 2,812, North Khorasan 2,583, Hormozgan 1,815, Ardabil 1,790, Bushehr 1,734, Qazvin 1,658, Ilam 1,545, Zanjan 1,530, Kurdistan 2,911, Kerman 2,769, Kermanshah 3,518, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,159.
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On World Children’s Day, listen to Iran’s child laborers
On #WorldChildrensDay, listen to #Iran's child laborers as they talk about the daily dangers they face just to make a few dollars to support their families.
All thanks to the regime's corruption and tyranny.
(Video from Tasnim state-run News Agency.) pic.twitter.com/tjzATwbTmO
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) November 20, 2020
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Astan-e Quds Razavi, A Pillar of Khamenei’s Economic Empire in Iran
The Astan-e Quds Razavi is the largest endowment organization in Islam’s world, whose custodian is directly appointed by the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This organization is also considered the longest-lasting organization since the martyrdom of Imam Reza about 1200 years ago.
Astan-e Quds’ formal resource is the people’s endowments and tithes. However, following the 1979 Revolution and the establishment of the religious government, this organization expanded its financial activities, making it the wealthiest institution after the oil company.
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Memorial ceremony for Mohammad Hashamdar, who was killed in November 2019 protests
Memorial ceremony for Mohammad Hashamdar, who was killed by a bullet in Behbahan, in Khuzestan, SW #Iran on November 16, 2019, during the bloody state crackdown on the #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/xcTVC4sT4Y
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) November 20, 2020
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Iran news in brief, November 21, 2020
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Saturday, November 21, 2020, marks the 365th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 828 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:
Number of uprising cities: 191
Number of martyrs: At least 1500
Number of injured: More than 4,000
Number of detainees: More than 12,000
Read more: Iran News in Brief – November 20, 2020
