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Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has said elections have failed to bring “capable and deserving” officials into office. “Many perceive the current electoral methods as ineffective in bringing in capable and deserving leaders for the nation,” Molavi Abdulhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of the southeastern city of Zahedan, said on March 8.  Zahedan is the capital of …

Iranwire – An Iranian Baluch fuel carrier was killed on March 7 after a chase with the border forces of the Islamic Republic in southeastern Zahedan.  Haalvsh news agency which covers news in the Baluch-dominated areas in Iran has identified the victim as Behzad Najafi.  Haalvhsh reported police forces chased Najafi’s vehicle which caught fire after being struck by gunfire. …

Iranwire – Border forces of the Islamic Republic in the western Kurdistan province have shot and seriously injured five kolbars amid an escalation of violence against the transborder porters.  Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that the forces on March 6 directly fired at the kolbars near the border of Hengejal and threatened them with death before forcing them to call …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s so-called “elections” stand out as a grotesque parody of democracy. Yet… the mainstream Western media persistently mislabel these charades as “elections,” thereby bestowing legitimacy upon a regime entrenched in authoritarianism and dictatorship. For decades, Iranians have endured oppression, censorship, and violence at the hands of a regime that masquerades as a legitimate government while trampling on their …

CHRI – Peaceful Protesters Subjected to Excessive Force, Torture, Rape, and Arbitrary Executions  Call to Action: UN Human Rights Council Members Urged to Extend Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur Mandates March 8, 2024 – Grave human rights violations perpetrated by the government of Iran since the outbreak of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in September 2022, which include atrocities that …