By appointing Ebrahim Raisi as president of his regime, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the mullahs ruling Iran, sought to silence and intimidate the country’s restive society and, given the people’s poor economic conditions, have Raisi make hollow promises to overcome Iran’s social crises, if only for a short time.

It has been a year since Khamenei appointed Raisi as the regime’s president. Iran’s society has not been quieted; in fact, since Raisi took over as president, the number of protests has increased. Every day, people from all walks of life, including retirees, pensioners, and teachers, demonstrate. They are chanting “Death to Raisi!” in a direct attack on the regime’s upper echelons. Major protests over water shortages in Khuzestan, Isfahan, and Shahr-e Kord prompted Khamenei to issue a stark warning to his regime’s ranks and files on March 10: “The enemy is focusing its efforts and is extremely effective and influential.”

“While Raisi was celebrating his first year in office, protesters across the country were chanting, “Raisi, you liar!” “Where did your promises go?”

“The people wanted us to fight poverty, corruption, and discrimination,” regime president Ebrahim Raisi said to a group of regime loyalists in Varamin on June 18, the anniversary of the sham presidential elections of 2021. In the same speech, he claimed, “We remain loyal to our commitments.

Thousands of people have been admitted to hospitals across the region due to respiratory problems, and airports, schools, and government offices have been closed as a result of the ongoing storms.

Parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have been engulfed by an unusually high number of dust storms containing particulate matter (PM) in recent months. Thousands of people have been admitted to hospitals across the region due to respiratory problems, and airports, schools, and government offices have been closed as a result of the ongoing storms. Mismanagement of natural ecosystems, agricultural areas, misuse of water resources, ongoing drought, and the effects of climate change are being blamed by officials and experts in the region for the increasing frequency and intensity of dust storms.

SDG2 is a 300-page report with nine chapters that examine the Iranian regime’s behavior 26 years after the Beijing Conference on Women’s Rights.

SDG2 is a 300-page report with nine chapters that examine the Iranian regime’s behavior 26 years after the Beijing Conference on Women’s Rights. This report examines the Iranian regime’s actions in relation to the United Nations’ Second Sustainable Development Goal, also known as SDG2. SDG2 aims to achieve “zero hunger.” It is one of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The retirees and Social Security Organization pensioners have previously held weekly rallies, but this is the first time they have gathered for several days in a row. Despite the regime’s heavy security measures, the protests continue.

On Wednesday, June 15, Social Security retirees and pensioners took to the streets for the ninth day in a row to protest the government’s destructive policies and lack of response to their unmet demands regarding low wages and pensions, insurance issues, and poor living conditions. Tehran, Ahvaz, Dorud, Kermanshah, Shush, and other cities have reported protests. Retirees and pensioners have been staging regular protests as their living conditions worsen due to the deteriorating economy, rising inflation, and skyrocketing prices of food staples such as bread, milk, dairy products, eggs, poultry, and cooking oil.

In Tehran, automotive parts vendors in Cheragh-Bargh Street went on strike and marched towards Lalehzar, urging other bazaar merchants to strike.

Bazaar merchants and shopkeepers in various cities protested high prices and plundering increases in taxes today, Saturday, June 18. In Tehran, automotive parts vendors in Cheragh-Bargh Street went on strike and marched towards Lalehzar, urging other bazaar merchants to strike. The shops of Kashani shopping center in Tehran also went on strike today. The repressive State Security Force (SSF) tried to break the strike forcefully. The protesting bazaar merchants shouted “Disgrace, disgrace” in response to the attack by regime agents. SSF agents arrested several bazaar merchants.

“The arrest and conviction of Mr. Sadeghi and Ms. Mosanna, as well as the seizure of Mr. Sadeghi’s property, appear to be justified for their family affiliation with an alleged member of People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK),” the four UN Rapporteurs said.

Four UN Rapporteurs wrote to Iran’s clerical regime, alleging that two political prisoners, Fatemeh Mosanna and her husband, Hassan Sadeghi, had their rights violated. The four UN Rapporteurs addressed Ebrahim Raisi’s government, giving them a 60-day deadline to respond to violations of the two political prisoners’ right to property and housing. According to UN rules, this letter, dated April 7, 2022, was made public and published on the UN website after a two-month delay.

26 Bahai citizens, including 14 Bahai women, were sentenced to 85 years in prison, exile, and deportation by the First Branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court on May 29.

26 Bahai citizens, including 14 Bahai women, were sentenced to 85 years in prison, exile, and deportation by the First Branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court on May 29. In addition, for the next two years, these individuals must report to the provincial Intelligence Department on a daily basis. Each of the defendants, Yekta Fahandej Saadi, Lala Salehi, Bahareh Nowrouzi, Rezvan Yazdani, and Mojgan Gholampour, received a five-year sentence. Their passports have been revoked for two years, and they are unable to leave the country.

Iran’s state media reported on May 28, that over 5,000 newborn babies had been discovered across the country in less than ten days.

Hundreds of heart-breaking videos of newborn infants abandoned on the streets in plastic bags in a dozen Iranian cities have recently circulated on social media. These babies were later transferred to local hospitals, but their fate is unknown. Iran’s state media reported on May 28, that over 5,000 newborn babies had been discovered across the country in less than ten days. This tragedy occurred during the approval and promotion of the so-called “Youth Population Plan” by the Iranian regime.