Timeline of monthly protests in Iran- 2018

Timeline of monthly protests in Iran- 2018

There were 643 protests in January. The most important protest movements were attributed to the

uprising of the Iranian people in January, which began in protest to the high prices in Mashhad, and then

spread across the entire country including to 142 cities. The protests targeted the entire system of the

Velayat-e faqih.

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A Viable Democratic Alternative to the Iranian Regime

Maryam Rajavi By Ken Blackwell One could easily argue that Iran’s ruling theocracy is facing the greatest internal threat to its rule since the 1980s. In the beginning of this year, the country was rocked by a mass uprising. The chain of protests was a major step forward for the domestic Resistance movement in the sense that it extracted political activism from farmers and the rural poor, despite the fact that these groups had long been thought to tolerate or even support the clerical regime. The December-to-January uprising was comprised of protests in upwards of 140 cities and towns spanning the entire country. And this diversity has remained on display in the ensuing months, as activist networks and entire populations continue to organize more localized demonstrations, in keeping with the call-to-action issued in March by Maryam Rajavi , the president of the NationalCouncil of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) , a coalition headed by the principle Ira...

Iran news in brief, February 1, 2018

Iran news in brief, February 1, 2018 1- Facebook, Twitter take down disinformation campaigns linked to Iran Facebook says it has removed almost 800 “coordinated, inauthentic” pages, groups, and accounts directed from Iran that were part of a manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries. The world's biggest social network said on January 31 it coordinated closely with Twitter to discover the accounts, which exhibited “malicious-looking indicators.” The pages, 783 in total, were part of a campaign to promote Iranian interests abroad by creating fake identities as residents of those nations, Nathaniel Gleicher, head of cybersecurity policy at Facebook, said in a statement. Also on Thursday, Twitter said it had suspended 2,617 malicious accounts tied to Iran since August. 2- Germany, France, Britain to launch mechanism for trade with Iran Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran a...

Iran news in brief, January 28, 2018

Iran news in brief, January 28, 2018 Free Iran Rally – Paris 8 February 2019 The French Committee in Support of Human Rights in Iran (CSDHI) is calling for a major demonstration on Friday, February 8, 2019, against serious and massive human rights violations in Iran and the terrorist acts of the Iranian regime on European soil against its opposition. This initiative is supported by several district mayors of Paris, numerous human rights associations and the French Committee in support of Human Rights in Iran (CSDHI). No Standard Heating for 136,000 Classrooms in Iran The heating systems in 136,000 classrooms across Iran do not have the required standards, the Islamic Republic's Deputy Minister of Education has said. Mehrollah Rakhshani Mehr asserted on Saturday, January 26: "As most of these classrooms are located in the province of Sistan & Baluchestan and other regions with no gas pipelines, it is impossible to upgrade their heating system for the mom...

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