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Iranian people outraged by government's mismanagement of devastating floods

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Flash floods cause devastating damage in Shiraz While heavy floods have devastated several regions in Iran and the people cannot hold back their anger at the lack of relief and the role of the authorities in destroying the country's infrastructure - which have greatly contributed to worsening the consequences of this natural disaster – Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and other repressive bodies are mobilized to prevent popular protest movements instead of rescuing the affected population. At the same time, the regime is trying to hide the real number of victims. The Deputy Commander of the State Security Forces, IRGC General Ayoub Soleimani, said today: "Ensuring security is our most important task in the devastated areas (...) The deployment of fixed and mobile patrols, with the collaboration of Bassij (militia) and IRGC, as well as the installation of checkpoints in many places, are measures that must be taken with all the necessary means to prevent crimes and possible da...

Iran: Three public executions in Shiraz as the popular protests rise

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Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran On Wednesday morning of November 21, the inhumane clerical regime, in a brutal act, hanged three prisoners collectively in public in Shiraz on the Mullah-made charge of moharebeh (fighting with God). While in spite of arbitrary arrests and all kinds of suppressive measures, protests by the various strata of the population, including the strikes and demonstrations of brave workers of Ahvaz Steel and Haft Tappeh Sugarcane, have been spreading, the clerical regime has resorted to public executions in order to step up the atmosphere of terror and to prevent an outbreak of people's anger. The Iranian Resistance calls on the all international human rights advocates, in particular the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and the rapporteur on arbitrary executions, to condemn these brutal executions and to take immediate action to stop this medieval sentencing...

Strikes & protests in various cities across Iran

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Scenes of various protests and strikes across Iran  From the beginning of November, Iran has been the scene of numerous  protests and strikes . On Wednesday, truckers continued their nationwide strike in dozens of cities for the seventh consecutive day. Truck drivers in the cities of  Bandar Khomeini, Parvizkhan, Gorgan, Zanjan, Sirjan, Shiraz, Farough, Kazerun, Marvdasht, Mirjaveh, Yazd, Tehran, Bandar Abbas  & others were seen continuing their strike. This nationwide strike has currently reached 65 cities in 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces. Bandar Khomeini – Truck drivers’ strike   In a village school near the city of  Marivan , western Iran, students were complaining about the shortage and lack of necessary supplies, especially heating appliances. The students were holding signs reading, “We are cold.” Marivan, western Iran – Students complaining of their school being cold   Storeowners in the city of  Malard  joined the...