Hypocrites or acolytes – Is the West getting down on Iran?

Facts Box | December 1, 2022

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  Jina Mahsa Amini’s death sparks protests
  
  

  
  
  
  

  16 September 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini She was arrested in Tehran by Iran’s morality police for not wearing the hijab properly in public. He died in police custody the same day. In his Kurdish hometown of Saqqez, the first protests broke out the next day at his funeral. From there, the protests quickly spread to Iran.

  For the first time, an Iranian general has spoken of multiple deaths in connection with the ongoing system-critical protests in the country. General Amir-Ali Hajjizadeh, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Division (IRGC), made a speech about at least 300 dead, according to a video released by the Tabnak online portal on Tuesday. He also talked about the martyrs, namely the killed security forces and police officers. The Revolutionary Guards are the elite unit of the Iranian armed forces and are more important than the traditional army.

  So far, human rights activists in particular have documented the number of deaths. For example, the US-based organization Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) estimates, at least, as a result of the suppression of protests. 450 protesters were killed. Among them should be 64 children. It is also said that 60 security guards were martyred..

  Image source: ap

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  What are the Kurdish people fighting for?
  
  

  since his death Kurdish Jina Mahsa Amini Protests were held in Iran’s Kurdistan province. The people of the Northwest are fighting for their rights and against the mullah regime. Calls for regime change are increasing in Iran. Contrary to international perception, the current protests are not just aimed at violating women’s rights under the government of the Islamic Republic. Ethnic groups in the country are also fighting against the regime. This is also true for the Kurds, who make up about ten percent of Iran’s population. Still, about half of the political prisoners and executed belong to the Kurdish population. For decades, they have faced persecution and discrimination in Iran. In the province of Kurdistan in the northwest of the country, thousands of people are protesting the systematic oppression of the country’s nearly ten million Kurds.

  
  Layout Tekkal will protest in Iran

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  Tehran’s Influence on Iranian World Cup Fans
  
  

  A large number of pro-regime supporters from Iran went to Qatar to turn the game against the USA into a propaganda show. Iranians who criticize the government are being repressed.

  
  Historical game: Iran – USA

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  The UN Human Rights Council voted on the resolution
  
  

  of the UN Human Rights Council. decision against Iran accepted. The aim is to investigate the violent actions of the Iranian government against the protest movement.

  
  Investigating Violence in Iran

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  Iran nuclear deal ‘realpolitik mistake’
  
  

  Iranian-German writer Navid Kermani says that only external pressure can change everything in Iran. Chancellor Scholz “stands silently on the side of the regime”.

  
  Iran nuclear deal ‘realpolitik mistake’

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  Vienna Nuclear Agreement
  
  

  Here you will find information from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Vienna Nuclear Agreement regarding the Iranian nuclear program.

  Vienna Nuclear Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program

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  Qatar announces gas supply agreement
  
  

  Qatari state energy giant Qatar Energy has reached a gas supply agreement with the federal government. Robert Habeck and the gas industry are satisfied. Qatar Energy announced on Twitter that it has reached an agreement on the delivery of liquefied gas to Germany. The contract will run for 15 years and should begin in 2026. Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sharida al-Kaabi said when the contract was signed in the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday, the gas must be sold through the American energy group ConocoPhilipps, which will deliver it to Brunsbüttel. Up to two million tons will be delivered annually.

  Qatar is one of the world’s largest LPG exporters. The rich emirate has the world’s third largest gas reserves after Russia and Iran. Qatar shares world’s largest gas field with Iranlocated on the coast of the country.

  Qatar announces gas supply agreement

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