Sunday, March 17, 2024

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Upon the orders from the Ministry of Intelligence, the Miandoab Revolutionary Court charged a Kurdish political prisoner, Soada Khadirzadeh, with assisting in the purchase of weapons in a new case. She is detained in Urmia Prison in northwestern Iran. Before this, she was sentenced to a total of 16 years and six months in prison for two sentences passed by the Mahabad and Piranshahr Revolutionary Courts for “accessory to murder” and membership in a dissident Kurdish group. The charge of “accessory to murder” was dismissed by the Supreme Court. According to informed sources, after Soada Khadirzadeh’s charge was dismissed, the family of the plaintiff, who are members of the Ministry of Intelligence, immediately filed a complaint and opened a new case against her to try to keep the imprisoned mother and her daughter in prison. The new case comes at a time when Soada Khadirzadeh, after serving two years and five months of her imprisonment and the dismissal of the charge of accessory to murder, should be alliable for parole or at least a prison furlough. But the 35-year-old mother, along with her one-year-old daughter, Solina, who was born in prison, is still detained in Urmia Central Prison. https://tinyurl.com/ymvncfks

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The State Security forces in Aligudarz-Iran took the life of another innocent young woman on Saturday morning, March 9. Negar Karimian was travelling with her family, when the SSF opened fire on their car, wounding her and her father. Negar, 21, died in a hospital three hours later due to the severity of her injuries. The State Security Force declared that they had opened fire by mistake. Negar Karimian’s family was returning from the burial of her uncle, traveling from Aligudarz towards Isfahan, where they live. Aligudarz is a city in the western Iranian Lorestan Province. Negar was buried on Monday, March 11, in Bagh-e Rezvan cemetery in Isfahan. https://tinyurl.com/2b577xpz

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In the upcoming Persian New Year, individuals caught not wearing a veil in public spaces will face a fine of 3 million tomans, apx $966 Canadians as announced by a member of the regime’s parliament from Isfahan. This penalty will be enforced through a system directly linked to individuals’ bank accounts, triggered by surveillance from CCTV cameras or online monitoring. (The state-run eghtesadnews.com, March 11, 2024). The state run Tabnak website also wrote on March 11: The imposition of this fine was reportedly approved by the Legal Committee of the mullahs’ Parliament as part of the Hijab Bill, following multiple reviews by the Guardian Council. Consequently, the judiciary will not have jurisdiction over this matter; instead, it will be the responsibility of the police to enforce fines. Under this system, police officers will identify violations and, upon confirmation, deduct the specified amount from the offender’s bank account using their national code and personal information. https://tinyurl.com/36huuv83

Sunday, March 10, 2024

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Two journalists Zeinab Rahimi and Maryam Shokrani, have been fined for disseminating information on social media on the case of Armita Geravand in Iran. Armita Geravand entered one of Tehran’s metro stations on October 1, 2023, to go to school with her friends. Since the 17-year-old was not covering her hair, Hijab patrols gave her a warning in the metro train, and since she did not obey them, they attacked her, shoving her to the ground. Her head hit a sharp edge, suffering a brain hemorrhage and subsequently slipping into a coma. https://tinyurl.com/bdz7tww6

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Sarina Jahani 20 was arrested on September 16, 2023, on the anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising in Iran sparked by the death of Zhina Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Morality Police. The Security forces in Shahriar, one of the counties of Tehran Province, arrested Sarina and took her to Qarchak Prison. Some 600 women were arrested in Tehran on the anniversary of Iran protests. Sarina was among those arrested in Shahriar. She was subsequently transferred to Evin Prison, and temporarily released on bail on November 4, 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5xy7yrwd

Sunday, March 03, 2024

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran NCRI stated about the low turnout of the sham Iran Parliament election, On March 1, 2024, Iran witnessed its largest state election boycott to date. After several months-long efforts, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the regime, and his cohorts had struggled intensely to project a false sense of legitimacy onto the world stage but recent reports and nationwide field surveys unveil that they have encountered a resounding defeat. Based on reports from regime's own media only %8.2 of the Iranian voting population participated in the sham election. https://tinyurl.com/2m9zppus

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Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi has been in custody for over three months since she was arrested. Her case is in limbo, and she is detained in the Lakan Prison of Rasht in Iran. Ms. Mohammadi had been banished to the Central Prison of Sanandaj, but she has been recently returned to Lakan Prison. She has been in custody for 95 days and is still deprived of calling her family or receiving visits from them. The authorities have refused to give any transparent answers to Ms. Mohammadi’s husband regarding her case. There is still no information available on the reasons for her arrest and the charges levelled against her. Sharifeh Mohammadi was arrested at her home in Rasht on December 5, 2023 by agents of the Department of Intelligence. https://tinyurl.com/muzd53vr

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Political prisoner Narges Mansouri 46 years old and mother a 12 year old child, has been sentenced to three years of prison on charges leveled against her during her detention. This is the sixth case filed against Ms. Mansouri. She is a member of the Syndicate of the workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company. Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced her to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security” and to one year in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state” in November 2019. Narges Mansouri was initially arrested in mid-April 2022 to serve her time in prison but was released on a 3-billion-Toman bail in May. Finally, she was arrested on December 1, 2023, in Khoy and transferred to Evin Prison. https://tinyurl.com/5928bv69

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Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish woman, has spent 16 years in prison in Iran and is now entering her 17th year of imprisonment. She is the longest-held and only female political prisoner with a life sentence in Iran. During her imprisonment, she was tortured and deprived of her right to leave, even for medical treatment. She has also been illegally and violently moved between different prisons. Zeinab Jalalian was arrested in Kermanshah on February 26, 2008 and is currently being held in Yazd prison. Despite her deteriorating health condition, she has been deprived of necessary medical care, family visits, and communication. Her family members have also been subjected to intimidation and harassment by security agents. https://tinyurl.com/3t59y4ft


Sunday, February 25, 2024

 IRAN NEWS))))))


A Labor activist Nahid Khodajoo was transferred to Evin prison in Iran to serve her five-year sentence. She is a retired worker who lives in Tehran. On Wednesday, February 21, she was arrested by security forces at one of her friend's house in Fardis Karaj in Tehran. Branch 26 of the Iranian regime's  Revolutionary Court sentenced Nahid Khodajoo to 6 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges of "assembly and collusion to act against national security" and "disturbing public order and peace" on October 10, 2019. The sentence was upheld by the Revision Court and the longest duration of imprisonment, i.e. 5 years in this case, is enforceable.

In another development, the order for the expulsion of a Teachers’ Union Activist, Sara Siahpour, in Iran was upheld. On Tuesday, February 20, the Coordination Council of the Union of Iranian Educators announced that the Appeals Department of the Violations Board of the Ministry of Education has approved the dismissal of Sara Siahpour, one of the teachers active in Tehran and Alborz provinces with 17 years of teaching experience. In July 2023, a Judiciary Revision Court upheld the sentence of 6 years in prison for Mrs. Siahpour on the charges of "assembly and collusion against national security" and "propaganda against the state." She's also has been banned from leaving the country for two years and from being a member of political parties, groups and organizations, and from using the cyberspace for two years. http://tinyurl.com/my2fdnku

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Three political prisoners affiliated with the Opposition PMOI, (People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran)namely Arghavan Fallahi, Parvin Mirasan 66 years old, and Nasim Gholami Simiyari 35, are detained for months in a state of limbo at the women’s ward of Evin Prison. Arghavan's father and brother were also arrested on Nov. 4, 2022 during Iran protests in Isfahah, central Iran. http://tinyurl.com/43cenuk4