Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, September 15, 2020—A group of students at Tehran University held a protest rally on Sunday, September 13, simultaneously with the beginning of the new school year.
The students held several placards and chanted slogans protesting the country’s poor social and economic conditions.
College students protest in the cities of Tehran and Tabriz—September 13, 2020
Workers of the Qazvin Counter Manufacturing Factory holding a protest gathering—September 14, 2020
Two representative of the Qazvin Counter Manufacturing Factory workers’ were arrested on Monday, September 14 following a protest rally held by the workers in front of the Qazvin courthouse the day before.
On Thursday, August 20, Qazvin Counter Factory workers went on strike and held rallies protesting their poor living conditions. It should be noted that these workers have regularly protested and demanded from company officials to pay their delayed paychecks. They have also complained about the incompetence of officials in charge of the factory since March.
MS patients protesting medicine shortages in a rally in Tehran, Iran—September 13, 2020
Patients suffering from Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I), along with their families, gathered in front of the Food and Drug Administration on Sunday, September 13, protesting being denied access to medicine. This rally was held in the Iranian capital Tehran.
“My son has taken medicine for about six years. However, we no longer receive his medication for about two years now and we were finally told that my child would have to be tested to confirm his illness. Now, after two years, they still have not given us the result. This is while, in addition to the approval of my child's doctor, he even has clinical signs of this illness,” said a mother in this gathering.
It is worth noting that due to the lack of allocating currency to the people’s medical needs, patients have faced difficulties in procuring their necessary medicine and the lack of continuous medicine has deteriorated their illness.
MS patients protesting medicine shortages in a rally in Tehran, Iran—September 13, 2020
MS patients protesting medicine shortages in a rally in Tehran, Iran—September 13, 2020
Poverty has forced tens of thousands of Iranians, many with college degrees, to resort to working as porters
The regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) shot and killed a kolbar (porter) on Monday, September 14, at the Oshnavieh border are in western Iran.
The Guards tortured the kolbar, Salahaddin Issazadeh, after he was tortured and then he was shot in the head at point blank range, according to a report.
The IRGC members also shot and wounded two other porters in the border areas of the cities of Baneh and Nosud.
