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Iran Protests: Nationwide Demonstrations Against Executions, Low Wages, and Poor Living Conditions

NCRI | Sedighe Shahrokhi | 10/22/2024

Iran witnessed a surge of protests today as people across multiple cities took to the streets to voice their grievances against government policies. From calls to end executions to demands for better pensions and working conditions, the demonstrations highlight growing discontent across various segments of society.

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Iran is increasingly desperate, retired US general says

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Politico | By David Cohen | 10/06/2024

“Iran is the country that’s in a corner,” former CENTCOM commander Frank McKenzie said.

Iran is driven by desperation in its current conduct, the former commander of American forces in the Middle East said in an interview Sunday.

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Thousands Rally Outside United Nations in New York to Denounce Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian and Support Regime Change in Iran

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by OIAC | October 5, 2024

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, thousands of Iranian Americans and their supporters from across 40 U.S. states held a large rally outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City to call on the international community to stand with the Iranian people and recognize their right to overthrow the clerical regime.

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One Month of Nurses’ Protests in Iran

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One Month of Nurses’ Protests in Iran

Iran Focus | By Esmaeil Mohades | August 31, 2024

It has been a month since the protests by nurses and healthcare workers began. Instead of addressing the nurses’ demands, the Iranian regime has resorted to suppressing them. Labor and professional organizations have now expressed solidarity with the nurses’ protests and strikes.

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Prisoners in 19 Iranian prisons have declared a hunger strike

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Iran Human Rights Monitor | August 27, 2024

Two members of the Italian Parliament and a group of prisoners from Tehran’s Greater Prison joining the ‘Tuesdays Against Execution’ campaign.

The ‘No to Executions on Tuesdays’ campaign has entered its 31st week with a significant escalation as prisoners in 19 Iranian facilities have declared a hunger strike. On August 27, 2024, … Continue Reading

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