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Iran facing escalating isolation as UNGA 2019 kicks off

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Iran facing escalating isolation as UNGA 2019 kicks off U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Reporting by PMOI/MEK New York, September 23, 2019 —The 2019 United Nations General Assembly in New York begins this week and the Iranian regime is experiencing an unprecedented atmosphere of international isolation. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo conducted a number of interviews on Sunday setting the stage on how the United States will be expressing its position vis-à-vis Iran, specifically highlighting the fact that Washington is at the beginning of its sanctions campaign targeting the mullahs’ regime and the  terrorist-designated  Revolutionary Guards ( IRGC ). Secretary Pompeo also used strong terms in reference to Iranian regime Foreign Minister  Mohammad Javad Zarif . “There is ample evidence that he has lied,” Sec. Pompeo said to CBS’ Face The Nation in regards to Zarif’s denial of Iran’s role in the  September 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities...

Iran: Feeding the “wheat mafia” in the name of self-sufficiency

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Iran: Feeding the “wheat mafia” in the name of self-sufficiency The policies of Iran’s regime are destroying the country’s agriculture industry Analysis by PMOI/MEK Iran, September 23, 2019 —For the past few years, the government of Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani claims to be producing the necessary wheat for Iran’s consumption. However, statistics published by state-run institutions show that self-sufficiency in terms of domestic wheat production is nothing but another ruse by the Iranian regime alongside other propaganda. The  Resalat  newspaper wrote on August 6 that the regime’s Agriculture Minister has disallowed the import of wheat since January 2016, according to article 16 of the Agriculture Improvement Act, except temporarily for exports according to customs laws. However, since 2016, about two to three million metric tons of wheat are imported into the Iranian market every year under different pretexts, including “for export” or “guarantee...

Iran: Fake statistics published by officials, once again

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Iran: Fake statistics published by officials, once again Iran’s regime can be described as one of the godfathers of fake news and statistics Reporting by PMOI/MEK Iran, September 22, 2019 —Last Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s administration published a report that claims increases in earnings of Iranian families have surpassed increasing living costs, putting ordinary Iranians in a better economic position, both in urban and rural areas. The report and its statistics are so ridiculous that even state-run Iranian media have a hard time swallowing it. The  Siasat-e Rooz  newspaper, close to the faction of Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani, writes: “Over the past few days, a report was published about the survey of earnings and costs of urban and rural families in 2017-2018 that according to experts had strange results. According to this report, the survey shows that in 2017-2018, urban families had on average 43.4 million tomans in earnings a...

Maryam Rajavi Urges Students to Rise up and Liberate Iran From Mullahs’ Occupation

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Maryam Rajavi Urges Students to Rise up and Liberate Iran From Mullahs’ Occupation Written by Staff Writer on  23 September 2019 . Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi has sent a message to Iranian students on the occasion of the new Iranian academic year which begins on Monday. Mrs.  Rajavi , President-elect of the  National Council of Resistance of Iran  (NCRI), saluted all students, teachers, and professors in Iran. She wished them great progress in obtaining awareness and freedom and in overcoming the ignorance, reaction, oppression, and repression reigning the country. Maryam Rajavi ✔ @Maryam_Rajavi  ·  22 Sep 2019 Replying to @Maryam_Rajavi Such beautiful future is very distant from today’s abysmal situation in # Iran , but it is achievable, and I urge every one of you, the aware and freedom-loving students and youths who seek equality, to join the struggle to achieve it. # FreeIran Maryam Ra...