Spring of freedom

Hassan Khomeini  Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Iranian regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, delivered a speech recently warning about the utter crumbling of the mullahs’ apparatus. “There is no guarantee we will remain and others will go. If we don’t follow the rules, they will take your place,” he said. “We must beware of the day that our posts are changed and roles are completely transformed.” It is worth noting that Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian regime president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also made  startling remarks  in a speech on Thursday, December 27, with state media. “In my opinion, the collapse has already happened in content. It’s only in physical appearance that the collapse has not happened, and I deem it very probable that it will happen,” said Rafsanjani, who is also a former member of the Iranian regime’s parliament. Rafsanjani also admitted that despite the high tension between the people and the regime and the ongoing pr...

Student protests in Tehran (Archive) On Monday, the students of Azad University’s Science and Research branch in Tehran held demonstrations in protest to last week’s  tragic bus incident , which left ten dead and dozens injured. The protesting students sat in the middle of the street and blocked the road. At the same time, college students of Tehran University rallied and held a march on Monday outside the campus, protesting crackdown measures against college students of Azad University’s Science and Research branch. The students were chanting, “No fear, we’re all together” and “Incompetent officials, resign, resign.” Reports also indicate protesters clashing with oppressive security forces as authorities are taking measures to prevent the rally from expanding. “Coward, coward,” are other chants heard from the protesters against authorities. Sources say regime agents sought to arrest a woman who was saved by other protesters. College students protesting outsid...

Protests by the teachers of Isfahan In the final week of December, the teachers of Isfahan held demonstrations in front of the offices of the education ministry in protest to their deteriorating working conditions. In the second day of the demonstrations, Iranian security forces  attacked the teachers with batons and pepper spray  to disperse them and to prevent the protests from continuing. The teachers were demanding the release of their imprisoned colleagues and improvements to their working conditions, including an increase in wages. Like many other segments of the country’s population, Iran’s teachers are faced with increasingly difficult economic conditions which stem from the corrupt policies adopted by the ruling regime. After four decades of unfulfilled promises by Iranian officials, the teachers see demonstrations and strikes as the only way they can achieve their goals. As a result, the regime’s repressive measures are becoming increasingly ineffective in ...

On December 28, 2017, the massive demonstrations that rocked Mashhad, quickly spread from the north east province of Khorasan to 142 cities in Iran. The demonstration, initially in protest to high prices, quickly changed course in as little as 24 hours with protesters directly targeting the whole Iranian regime in its entirety.   Angry protesters all over Iran chanted against the leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei and its president, Rouhani, demanding regime change.   Despite the ensuing waves of suppression and the arrest of activists and protesters and the increased number of the execution of prisoners, the protests continued the whole year round indicating that the regime had failed to contain the fury of Iranians. Contrary to 2017, when only a few cities witnessed protests, it is now difficult to find a city in Iran that has not erupted in protests this year. Various sectors of Iran’s society including workers, teachers, students, bazaar merchants, tru...

By INU Staff INU- This week the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, expelled the Iranian ambassador and another diplomat for plotting “terrorist attacks” said Secretary of State Pompeo, who commended Mr. Rama. As well, President Trump thanked Mr. Rama for “steadfast efforts to stand up to Iran and to counter its destabilizing activities and efforts to silence dissidents around the globe.” Members of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) have made their home in the Albanian capital of Tirana under UN supervision in 2016, after leaving Iraq. Because of this, the regime in Iran is prepared to take risks. In fact, the regime appointed a new ambassador, who is believed to be a member of the Intelligence Ministry (MOIS). It is also believed that a special section within the embassy was created to organize operations against the MEK. Senior regime officials admit that the MEK has successfully led daily anti-regime protests in the co...

Students held a large gathering today in the campus of the Tehran Azad University’s Science and Research Department in protest to the unaccountability of university officials on the death of 10 people killed in a bus  accident  in the mountainous regions of the capital. The bus was carrying 30 students along a mountainous road within the science research campus of the Islamic Azad University in northwestern Tehran when it came off the road and hit a concrete column on Christmas day. The protesters chanted against university officials demanding their resignation. “Velayati shame on you, abandon the university,” they chanted addressing Ali Akbar  Velayati , the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the  Azad Islamic University . The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and MP, who currently holds 37 official simultaneous  posts including 23 educational/medical positions, nine political positions and 6 cultural positions, is reportedly close to Iran’s Supre...

Security forces attacked a peaceful teachers’ gathering today in the central city of Isfahan with tear gas and pepper spray. Reports on social media indicate that as many as 40 to 50 teachers were detained in the gathering, though the figures are still not exact.    From the very beginning of the gathering outside the city’s Education Department, security forces and riot police were dispatched to the area and shot tear gas into the peaceful teachers’ gathering. Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi  ·  Dec 27, 2018 Replying to @HeshmatAlavi Dec 27 - Isfahan, central # Iran State police fire tear gas & pepper spray into a rally of teachers protesting low wages, poor living conditions & skyrocketing prices. # IranProtests Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi Dec 27 - Isfahan, central # Iran State police heard threatening to fire more tear gas into the crowd of teachers holding a peaceful rally. Source says a large numbe...

Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian regime president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani  In an interview with Mostaghel, a state-run news outlet, Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian regime president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, stressed that the regime has collapsed in all but its outward appearance. “In my opinion, the collapse has already happened in content. It’s only in physical appearance that the collapse has not happened, and I deem it very probable that it will happen,” said Rafsanjani, who is also a former member of the Iranian regime’s parliament. Rafsanjani also admitted that despite the high tension between the people and the regime and the ongoing protests of all walks of life in Iran, the regime has only responded by arresting and imprisoning the protesters. “Presently, if you look at any domain, some of the activists of that domain are in prison, including workers, teachers, truck drivers, women’s rights activists and environmental act...