Spring of freedom

Steel mill retirees rallying in Isfahan, central Iran  IRAN NEWS 3/10/2019 Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, March 10, 2019  - Following a week of a variety of  protests  reported from dozens of cities across the country, especially a  three-day nationwide teachers strike , Sunday witnessed more such rallies in a number of major Iranian cities. A large number of retired steel mill workers rallied in Isfahan, central Iran, protesting not receiving their insurance pensions and New Year bonuses from March 2018. Gathering outside the Isfahan Province governor’s office, a large number of state police and plainclothes agents were also dispatched to the scene to create a climate of fear and intimidate the protesters. Steel mill retirees rallying in Isfahan, central Iran – March 10, 2019 In Ahvaz, southwest Iran, part-time drivers of the National Drilling Company rallied outside the company office, protesting a six-month delay in their paychec...

Strikes, protests in the cities of Tehran, Karaj, Dezful, Neyshabur, Borujerd & Shush – Iran As the mullahs’ regime seeks to at least temporarily recover from the resignation crisis of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad  Zarif , protests are being reported by people from all walks of life throughout the country. In Karaj, west of Tehran, rail workers rallied to express their protests over not being paid for several months and strongly criticizing officials’ hollow promises. The protests are happening in parallel to similar protests by  railway workers in different cities . Rail workers protesting in Karaj, Iran – February 27, 2019 In Tehran, students of Sharif Industrial University were seen protesting in some of the largest dormitories of this campus, demanding measures to provide security in and around the campus and bus transfer services from dormitories to the college campus. Youths in Dezful, southwest Iran, held a rally outside mayor’s office and rais...

Asodallah Asadi – Paris bomb plot. European intelligence services have evidence that Asadollah Asadis, an Iranian official under diplomatic cover, was involved in last year’s plot to bomb a rally outside Paris. The  evidence  against Asadollah Asadis comes from his contacts with the regime officials as recorded chats, that were collected by European intelligence services.  “According to the western official, the intercepts provide strong evidence of Mr. Asadi’s involvement in the foiled plot to bomb the Paris gathering called ‘Free Iran 2018 / The Alternative’ rally.” European security officials intercepted communications that suggest that under diplomatic cover, Asadollah Asadi was not only involved in the terror plan. Asadi also coordinated the plot’s efforts with colleagues back in Iran. The question is who was chatting with Asadollah Asadi in Iran? Asadollah Asadi, currently in detention in Belgium, provided a Belgian-Iranian couple with 500 grams of ...

Protests in different cities of Iran  Protests are reported from numerous cities across Iran on Sunday. More than 150 volunteers of medical sciences in  Tehran’s Azad   University  held a rally outside the regime’s Majlis (parliament) protesting their limbo education status. Tehran  – college students holding a protest rally Tehran – college students holding a protest rally Clients of the Padideh credit firm rallied today outside the regime’s Ministry of Interior, protesting the theft of their assets and finances. They were seen chanting: “Police should arrest the thieves” The regime’s state-backed institutions have a long and corrupt history. Tehran-Clients of the Padideh credit firm rally outside the regime’s Ministry of Interior Tehran-Clients of the Padideh credit firm rally outside the regime’s Ministry of Interior Tehran’s municipality employees rallied outside the regime’s City Council, protesting the officials’ re...

Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi Alaeddin Borujerdi, a senior member of Majlis (parliament), is the latest in a series of high-profile Iranian regime officials to warn about the upcoming conference in Warsaw, Poland, in which the U.S. will host officials from several countries to discuss the destructive role of the Iranian regime in the Middle East. Like his peers, Borujerdi is revealing his true fears. “[PMOI/MEK] is part of the American puzzle against the Islamic Republic in the Warsaw security conference. Recently, we’ve seen European countries take measures against the Islamic Republic under pressure from the U.S.,” said Borujerdi, who previously served as the Chairman of the Foreign Policy and National Security of the parliament and is a close confidant to Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Among the measures Borujerdi warns against is the relocation of members of PMOI/MEK from Iraq to Albania and recent measures by European countries to counter the terrorist activ...

Protests in Tehran, Mashhad and Ahvaz  On Monday, several cities across Iran witnessed protests by angry people whose rights have been trampled by the Iranian regime and its affiliated companies and organizations. Tehran: demonstrations by customers of Saipa vehicle manufacturer In Tehran, angry customers of Saipa, an Iranian vehicle manufacturing company, held demonstrations in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Commerce. The protesters are demanding the delivery of their purchased vehicles, which have been delayed for more than a year. Some of the customers of Saipa made their purchases in 2016 and have not yet received their vehicles. Protests over undelivered purchases and hiking prices of Saipa have been ongoing for several months. Saipa is one of Iran’s largest auto manufacturers and a publicly traded company. Its main shareholder is an investment company owned by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Commerce. That’s why the customers...

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. For decades, Tehran’s theocratic rulers have gone to great lengths to m ake inroads in Western media outlets once notable for upholding commitments to journalistic independence. These efforts have been so successful that many such organizations are now threatened from within by assets – often disguised as journalists – portraying Iran as the victim of US-led interference and even a looming war. These instruments of propaganda are used to demonize the regime’s opponents at key moments and stave off basic freedoms that would cause the regime to collapse like a house of cards. Many of these so-called  journalists  of Iranian origin previously worked for Iran's state-controlled media, and some parrot the regime’s talking points as if they are still on the payroll. Most have found comfortable homes in left-leaning media outlets in the West, including  MSNBC , ...