At a conference in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 January, cross-party MPs and Members of House of Lords discussed the future UK Policy on Iran following the recent protests in the country.
Written by Hamideh Taati on 22 January 2020.
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JANUARY 22, 2020:
UPDATE ON IRAN PROTESTS:
IRAN: POSTING MESSAGES, POSTERS OF RESISTANCE’S LEADER MASSOUD RAJAVI IN TEHRAN, 22 CITIES
Uprising has shaken regime to its foundations
On Monday and Tuesday, January 21 and 22, 2020, Resistance Units posted banners carrying pictures and messages of Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the Leader of the Iranian Resistance, in several locations in Tehran, including Boustan Saba, Mokhberi Intersection and Marzdaran Street, and in Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, Karaj, Arak, Zanjan, Rasht, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Qom, Ardebil, Ahvaz, Yazd, Hamedan, Gorgan, Abhar, Kashan, Neishabour, Dehdasht, Rafsanjan, Sabzervar and other cities
IRAN: PROTESTS, STRIKES REPORTED IN NUMEROUS CITIES.
Iran, January 22, 2020—Employees and workers of the Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex in southwest Iran launched a strike on Tuesday, January 21, in the so-called Bandar-e Khomeini (formerly known as Bandar-e Shahpour), protesting not receiving their wages and responses to their demands.
#Iran: Protests, strikes reported in numerous cities#IranProtestshttps://t.co/fP8dSwgIPD
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 22, 2020
IRAN NEWS IN BRIEF, JANUARY 22, 2020
Iranians and MEK Supporters Hold Rally in Different Countries, Mark Resistance Leader’s Freedom from Shah’s Prison.
Cross-Party Members of Parliament Strongly Support Iran Protests.
Albanian Anti-Terrorism Units Expel Two Iranian Regime Agents.
MARYAM RAJAVI, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RESISTANCE OF IRAN (NCRI), ADDRESSING THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE MAIN IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP, THE MUJAHEDIN-E KHALQ (MEK) AT ASHRAF-3, ALBANIA ON JANUARY 19, 2020.
The event marked the freedom of the Iranian Resistance’s Leader Massoud Rajavi, who was among the last group of political prisoners released four days after the Shah fled Iran. Mr. Rajavi was imprisoned in 1971
GREAT MARCH TOWARDS FREEDOM.
Maryam Rajavi’s messages and speeches to the annual gatherings of Iranian Resistance at Ashraf 3 – Albania July 2019
Great March towards Freedom, is a new book compiling a selection of Maryam Rajavi's messages and speeches to Free #Iran rallies and gatherings at Ashraf 3 in June and July 2019 #FreeIran2020 https://t.co/4rh7mVwxMz pic.twitter.com/bGRz1YnNti
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 22, 2020
UPDATE ON IRAN PROTESTS:
CROSS-PARTY UK MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT STRONGLY SUPPORT IRAN PROTESTS.
At a conference in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 January, cross-party MPs and Members of House of Lords discussed the future UK Policy on Iran following the recent protests in the country. The cross-party speakers stressed that the waves of popular protests across Iran since December 2017 with chants targeting the regime, its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), are the public rejection of the ruling theocracy and a nationwide demand for change and a democratic, free Iran. They strongly supported the protests which continue across the country despite authorities’ brutal response with the IRGC and Security Forces killing at least 1,500 protesters and arresting thousands of others.
The British MPs strongly supported the Iran Protests which continue across the country despite the regime’s brutal response with the IRGC and Security Forces killing at least 1,500 protesters, arresting 12,000 and injuring 4,000 of protesters.
The British #MPs strongly supported the #IranProtests which continue across the country despite the regime’s brutal response with the #IRGC &Security Forces killing at least 1,500 #protesters, arresting 12,000 &injuring 4,000 of protesters.#FreeIran2020 https://t.co/PTUNhjcQ6V pic.twitter.com/BikbWXFsOd
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 22, 2020
#UK Gov. should stand W/the Iranian people &the #NCRI, recognizing their democratic aspirations &their right to #RegimeChange for a better future”,the Rt Hon David Jones MP, former Secretary of State for Wales,said. He also stressed the role of organizing the recent #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/Xmtcoyh5SP
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 22, 2020
MPs and Peers in a cross-party conference call on the UK Government to support #IranProtests & stand with the #Iran people and their just Resistance Movement led by Mrs. @Maryam_Rajavi for a #FreeIran2020 @BorisJohnson @foreignoffice @DominicRaabhttps://t.co/JPc5b4grHB pic.twitter.com/gSTnIzahc6
— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) January 21, 2020
Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE:
I've applaud the commitment to secular government given by @Maryam_Rajavi & #NCRI.
I'm confident that before too long the tyranny of Mullahs will be replaced by a true democracy that respects human rights, gender equality & freedom of belief for all. pic.twitter.com/uafjupPHqG— Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) January 21, 2020
Iranians, MEK Supporters Commemorate the Last Group of Political Prisoners’ Freedom in 1979, Express Solidarity With Iran Protests
#Iranians& #MEK supporters in the #Netherlands,#Germany,#Sweden,#Denmark,#US,#Canada& #UK held gatherings demanding #FreeAllProtesters. They also urged the international community to dispatch a fact-finding mission to #Iran in order to #StopIranBloodshed.#FreeIran @Masoud_Rajavi pic.twitter.com/IX8Ee4XpRF
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 22, 2020
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020, marks the 69th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 724 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
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