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Hundreds of innocent Iranians inflicted with HIV due to authorities’ negligence

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Hundreds of innocent Iranians inflicted with HIV due to authorities’ negligence Analysis by PMOI/MEK Iran, October 18, 2019 — The town of Lordegan in Charmahal Bakhtiari province, southern Iran, erupted in protests in early October after 300 locals became inflicted with HIV following the use of contaminated needles and the negligence of the Iranian regime’s Health Ministry officials. A crowd of residents, mostly women, held a  protest gathering  outside the governor’s office and the Health Ministry’s office in Lordegan. In response, senior regime officials had the audacity to even blame the residents themselves, saying an HIV crisis in this area has a long history. > “The people of Chenar Mahmoud are scared,” one villager said. “Many refrain from taking blood tests out of fear of finding out they have been infected. Every family of two or three has become inflicted with the virus. Anyone who has taken the test has turned out to be positive. And no one asks t...

EDITORIAL: Khamenei’s Well-Founded Fears

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EDITORIAL: Khamenei’s Well-Founded Fears Published on  11 October 2019 . Last week, the Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei broke his 40-day silence on the crises facing his regime. In a meeting with commanders of the terrorist Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on October 2, Khamenei expressed “utter satisfaction” with their actions and described them as his “dear children.” While trying to be circumspect, Khamenei confessed to a wave of defections in the ranks of the IRGC and called on his commanders to be ready for “big incidents,” a euphemism for the tougher times that his regime will soon face. Recent events show Khamenei’s fear to be well-founded. His regime is indeed running headlong toward “big incidents” on various fronts. THE  LORDEGAN  HIV CRISIS Last week, news broke that Iranian health ministry workers had infected hundreds of residents in  Lordegan  county, Charmahal, and Bakhtiari province, with the HIV virus as a result o...

Lordegan AIDS crisis: Iranian regime continues suppression and arrest of locals

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Lordegan AIDS crisis: Iranian regime continues suppression and arrest of locals Iranian security forces suppress protests in Lordegan, where hundreds of citizens have been infected with the HIV virus Iran, October 10, 2019 —The situation remains tenuous in Lordegan county, Charmahal & Bakhtiary province, which has been grappling with an AIDS crisis in the past week. According to reports by the locals, security forces have a heavy presence in the city and are strictly controlling all movements. The regime’s suppressive forces arrest anyone they deem suspicious and have established an environment of fear in the city. According to the locals, the regime’s security forces have arrested between 150 to 200 people and have transferred all of them to Shahrekord, the province's capital. Protests erupted in Lordegan after news broke that health ministry workers had  infected hundreds of residents in Chenar Mahmoudi village with HIV virus  by using contaminated syri...