Spring of freedom

By INU Staff INU- Protests are growing on a daily basis in Iran, from steelworkers demanding better living conditions to cheated investors calling for Regime-backed companies to return their money to teachers calling for a reform of the education system. There is simply no denying that this really does seem like the last days of the Regime. Many in Iran and outside are acknowledging that the Iranian Resistance group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) are heavily involved in the planning of these demonstrations. Some regime officials, like the head of the Iranian judicial authority Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, are even reporting that the Regime must do something to prevent the MEK from turning these individual protests into an uprising that will unseat the mullahs, but it's far too late for that. The MEK, which works underground inside Iran to provide resistance to the Iranian Regime, has been leading these protests across Iran for nearly a year; at...

Truckers in cities across Iran are launching a new round of strikes Truckers in cities across Iran are launching a new round of strikes, protesting not receiving answers to their demands and seeking the release of their arrested colleagues. In Najafabad, central Iran, truckers are on strike according to a previously made announcement encouraging all drivers to park their vehicles and launch a nationwide protest movement. One driver says heavy trucks cannot be see on the Isfahan road, indicating all drivers are joining force to send a message to the authorities. One truck driver says heavy trucks cannot be seen on the Isfahan road Truck drivers  launching a 4th nationwide strike Najafabad, central Iran, truck drivers are on strike   Read more: Truck drivers across Iran were steadfast on their nationwide strike in their last round for 21 consecutive days back in early October. Reports indicated regime officials in the Ministry of Roa...

The family members all currently live in Iran, and all put their names to the letter, a potentially dangerous move. Almost 30 years have passed, and Iran’s government would like people to forget the atrocity it committed. But the memory only grows more bitter, even among those unborn in 1988. August 30, 2017 --  The families of political prisoners executed in the 1980s have appealed to the  United Nations  to publicize the truth about one of the Islamic Republic’s most horrific crimes against its people. Fifty Iranian citizens whose family members were killed in mass executions have written to Asma Jahangir, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran. They appealed to Jahangir to work with the U.N.’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to clarify what happened—and to force the Islamic Republic to acknowledge the crime. The letter demands those responsible for the mass executions be tried in a public court, and b...