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Protesters continue to face harsh prison sentences under the Iranian regime

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Sepideh Salarvand, an anthropologist, writer, and child rights activist, was sentenced to two years in prison
Sepideh Salarvand, an anthropologist, writer, and child rights activist, was sentenced to two years in prison
Sepideh Salarvand, an anthropologist, writer, and child rights activist, was sentenced to two years in prison.

 

The mullahs’ regime’s judiciary continues to file cases and issue prison sentences, as well as inhumane punishments, to protestors in the widespread protests.

Sepideh Salarvand

Sepideh Salarvand, an anthropologist, writer, and child rights activist, was sentenced to two years in prison, a two-year ban on leaving the country, a ban on membership in social and political groups, and the preparation of an 80-page research paper on issues of love for the homeland and condemnation of treason by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

 

Samaneh Dadgar was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of "assembly and collusion to act against national security" by the Revolutionary Court of Abhar.
Samaneh Dadgar was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against national security” by the Revolutionary Court of Abhar.

 

Samaneh Dadgar

Samaneh Dadgar was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against national security” by the Revolutionary Court of Abhar. In addition, Judge Mohammadi of the 2nd Criminal Court of Abhar sentenced Samaneh Dadgar to 74 lashes and a fine of three million tomans instead of four months in prison.

Samaneh Dadgar resides in the Zanjan Province city of Hidaj. During nationwide protests on September 22, security forces apprehended her and transferred her to the Prison of Safarabad in Zanjan, then to Abhar Prison. She was released on bail for 500 million tomans until the end of the proceedings.

 

Vida Rabbani, a journalist, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
Vida Rabbani, a journalist, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

Vida Rabbani

Vida Rabbani, a journalist, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. She was sentenced to 15 months in prison for “propaganda against the state” and 15 months for “assembly and collusion against national security.”

Vida Rabbani was arrested in Tehran on September 24, 2022. She has a history of arrests and convictions as a result of her previous activities.

 

The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Sepideh Ahmadkhani, a graduate of Melli University in Tehran, to 6 years in prison, 74 lashes, and additional punishments.
The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Sepideh Ahmadkhani, a graduate of Melli University in Tehran, to 6 years in prison, 74 lashes, and additional punishments.

 

Sepideh Ahmadkhani

If the decision is upheld, the sentence will be reduced to five years. She was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 74 lashes for “assembly and collusion,” as well as one year in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order.”

Sepideh Ahmadkhani holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Zanjan University and is a master’s student in architecture studies at Melli University. On the night of September 23, 2022, she was arrested at home and temporarily released after 26 days in detention on a bail of 600 million tomans. Her personal belongings, including her phone and laptop, were also seized by security forces.

She was also barred from leaving the country, using mobile phones or smart devices, or belonging to any political, social, or religious group or organization for two years. She must also work for three months, four days a week, at a welfare care center for the elderly in Tehran province. She must also write an 80-page research paper on the importance of security in human societies, the condemnation of treason, and patriotism.

 

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Iranians enter 2023 determined to continue their fight for freedom

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The year 2023 begins with Iran in turmoil as the conflict between the Iranian people seeking freedom and democracy and the ruling mullahs' regime rages on.
The year 2023 begins with Iran in turmoil as the conflict between the Iranian people seeking freedom and democracy and the ruling mullahs' regime rages on.
The year 2023 begins with Iran in turmoil as the conflict between the Iranian people seeking freedom and democracy and the ruling mullahs’ regime rages on.

 

Protests in Iran have now spread to at least 282 cities. According to sources from the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the regime’s forces have killed over 750 people and arrested over 30,000. The MEK has released the names of 601 protesters who were killed.

According to early Sunday morning reports, merchants and storeowners in Javanrud’s city bazaar are on strike in solidarity with the ongoing protests. Similar strikes have been reported in a section of Tehran’s famous Grand Bazaar, Kermanshah, and Marivan in western Iran’s Kurdistan Province.

At 5 a.m. local time on the same day, regime security forces arrested at least three relatives of those killed in the recent nationwide protests in Semirom, Isfahan Province, central Iran.

 

 

Investors in the King Money institution staged a protest in Tehran, demanding the return of their stolen funds. Workers and employees of the local petrochemical site are on strike in Dehloran, Ilam Province, western Iran.

According to other reports from Tehran, Tehran University music students boycotted classes today in protest of their professors’ pay being suspended for their support of the ongoing Iranian revolution.

Locals in Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, began gathering on Saturday morning for a planned ceremony in memory of protesters killed by the mullahs’ regime 40 days ago. Authorities are very concerned that such rallies will turn into anti-regime protests. Many security units were sent to the city’s cemetery to prevent any protests.

 

 

According to social media reports and local activists, regime security forces opened fire on people in Javanrud, killing 22-year-old Borhan Eliasi. Security forces are firing live ammunition at those gathered for today’s memorial ceremony.

Locals continued their anti-regime demonstrations by setting fire to a police trailer. According to other reports from this city, protesters were seen seizing control of two state-owned bank branches.

In solidarity with the protesters in Javanrud, residents of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, took to the streets on Saturday night and set up roadblocks with fires.

According to other reports, official employees of the Abadan Refinery in southwest Iran and the Arak Refinery in central Iran held a protest gathering demanding answers to issues they have raised with their officials for some time. Employees of the Azar oil company have also gone on strike in Mehran, Ilam Province, western Iran.

 

 

Protests have also been reported in the Isfahan Province cities of Najafabad and Semirom, where people have taken to the streets in rallies and follow-up marches following memorial ceremonies for protesters killed by the mullahs’ regime.

People have been seen setting fire to posters of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Qom and other cities across the country. This is becoming a nationwide trend as Iranians express their disdain for Soleimani, the IRGC, and the entire regime.

Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) urged the international community to support the Iranian people in their fight against the mullahs’ regime for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

 

“May governments and international institutions respond without delay to the desire of the people of Iran who are enduring suppression, torture, and execution,” she said.

 

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Tehran Residents Honored Martyr Hamid Reza Rouhi

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On Thursday evening, December 29, the 105th night of the uprising, in Shariati Street and the Punak neighborhood of Tehran, the cries of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from the residential buildings.
On Thursday evening, December 29, the 105th night of the uprising, in Shariati Street and the Punak neighborhood of Tehran, the cries of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from the residential buildings.

On Thursday evening, December 29, the 105th night of the uprising, in Shariati Street and the Punak neighborhood of Tehran, the cries of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from the residential buildings.

 

Tehran residents gathered outside Hamidreza Rouhi’s house to pay tribute to him on his 40th day of martyrdom. The defiant youths torched the banners of Qassem Soleimani, former Quds force Commander, on the Yadegar Highway in Tehran and in Fardis of Karaj.

On Thursday morning, young people in Tehran set fire to the office of the Basij at North Tehran Azad University with Molotov cocktails.

Simultaneous with memorial ceremonies of martyrs in Tehran, Dehgolan, Izeh, Marvdasht, Semirom, and Ahvaz, the people of Qazvin attended the memorial ceremony of Mehrdad Malek chanting “Death to the child-killer rulers.” Mehrdad Malek, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on Monday, December 26, when agents of the State Security Force (SSF) opened fire on the car in which he was going home.

 

 

On Thursday evening, SSF patrol was attacked by youths on the Zahedan beltway and at least one of the agents was injured. In Qom, a state-affiliated clergy was attacked and wounded by youths on Darvazeh Ray street.

 

 

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Happy New Year 2023!

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At the end of 2022, a year filled with joy and sorrow for the world as well as for the people of Iran, we wish everyone who celebrates the new year, many prosperous and greater times ahead.
At the end of 2022, a year filled with joy and sorrow for the world as well as for the people of Iran, we wish everyone who celebrates the new year, many prosperous and greater times ahead.

 

While Iranians at home and abroad are wishfully rooting for sweeping changes, the prospects for Iran are clearer and its future seems brighter than ever. May the days come when Freedom and Democracy prevail, when no child is deprived of a decent meal, no man is ashamed of being underpaid, no woman is discriminated against for being herself and where celebrating doesn’t turn into grieving anymore.

We long for a country that is free and open to everyone, led by the people and for the people, and where all individuals and groups can live in harmony and equality.

Happy 2023!

 

 

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Paying Homage to Martyrs Nightly Protests on 106th Night of Nationwide Uprising

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On Friday night, December 30, the 106th night of the uprising, chants of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from buildings and rooftops in various parts of Tehran, including South Punak and Saadat Abad.
On Friday night, December 30, the 106th night of the uprising, chants of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from buildings and rooftops in various parts of Tehran, including South Punak and Saadat Abad.
On Friday night, December 30, the 106th night of the uprising, chants of “Death to Khamenei” echoed from buildings and rooftops in various parts of Tehran, including South Punak and Saadat Abad.

The defiant young people set fire to the banners of Qassem Soleimani, former Quds Force Commander, on Hashemi Boulevard, Sattari, and Imam Ali highways in Tehran. In Kashan, the defiant youths tainted a large picture of Qassem Soleimani in red. The youth in Karaj lit fires on Danesh Amuz Boulevard and chanted anti-Khamenei slogans.

 

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Aylar Haghi’s 40-day memorial commemorated on day 103 of the Iranian uprising

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The 103rd day of the Iranian uprising was December 27, and despite the heavy presence of security forces, the 40-day memorial of Aylar Haghi was attended by a large number of Tabriz residents.
The 103rd day of the Iranian uprising was December 27, and despite the heavy presence of security forces, the 40-day memorial of Aylar Haghi was attended by a large number of Tabriz residents.
The 103rd day of the Iranian uprising was December 27, and despite the heavy presence of security forces, the 40-day memorial of Aylar Haghi was attended by a large number of Tabriz residents.

 

Security officers and plainclothes agents surrounded Tabriz’s Vadi Rahmat cemetery, fearing widespread participation. Nonetheless, a 40-day memorial for Aylar Haghi was held at her tomb, with the overwhelming support and participation of Tabriz’s brave people.

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China, Iran’s long-time ally, has turned its back on the regime

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Apart from its foreign policy of "export of revolution" (warmongering and terrorism) since its inception, the Iranian regime has auctioned off the country's wealth and national resources in order to survive international isolation and economic competition.
Apart from its foreign policy of "export of revolution" (warmongering and terrorism) since its inception, the Iranian regime has auctioned off the country's wealth and national resources in order to survive international isolation and economic competition.
Apart from its foreign policy of “export of revolution” (warmongering and terrorism) since its inception, the Iranian regime has auctioned off the country’s wealth and national resources in order to survive international isolation and economic competition.

 

This was their only option for achieving a political and power balance with the world powers. In the meantime, the regime has been hell-bent on eliminating and demonizing its main adversary and rival, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), adding to the reasons for the regime to auction off the country’s wealth.

The West has not been the only one to benefit from the regime’s destructive economic policies. They were not alone in the world of diplomacy. To counter the sanctions and international isolation imposed on it as a result of its actions over the last four decades, and to gain votes in international meetings, the regime looked eastward to the powerful Asian countries.

Following the second tenure of the regime’s previous president Hassan Rouhani and the withdrawal of former US President Donald Trump’s administration from the JCPOA, the regime’s despondent supreme leader Ali Khamenei chose to increase their economic and political relations with the East under the banner of ‘Looking East,’ turning to ‘traditional partners such as China, India, and Russia’.

 

Following Khamenei's decision to begin broader cooperation with the East, at least three major treaties, including the disastrous and infamous Turkmenchay, were implemented.
Following Khamenei’s decision to begin broader cooperation with the East, at least three major treaties, including the disastrous and infamous Turkmenchay, were implemented.

 

The first was Russia’s acquisition of the Caspian Sea in the summer of 2018 when the regime’s media declared that Iran’s share of the Caspian Sea had fallen from 50% to 11%. At that time, regime MP Mahmoud Sadeghi called it ‘another Turkmenchay’.

The second was the winter 2018 transfer of Chabahar port to an Indian company. Some regime officials, such as MP Nader Ghazipur, saw it as a disgraceful treaty akin to the Golestan and Turkmenchay treaties.

The third was a 25-year contract with China in 2020 that included an agreement to hand over Kish Island to this government, with some officials referencing the Turkmenchay treaty once more.

The recent protests across Iran have significantly changed the situation against the regime, forcing many countries to take a stance against the regime and reconsider their political and economic relations.

 

international partners, has abruptly changed course and abandoned the regime.
International partners have abruptly changed course and abandoned the regime.

 

On December 19, the state-run Mardom Salari daily discussed China’s decision, explaining that the country is “pulling towards risk-free actors and avoiding tense actors” by abandoning the regime in favor of stable Gulf States like Saudi Arabia. The state-run Arman Meli daily claimed the same day that “China has betrayed Iran.”

On December 9, China and Saudi Arabia issued a joint statement in which China called for non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries and respect for the principles of good neighborliness while clearly distancing itself from the regime. Following this meeting, the parties signed numerous economic agreements, dealing a further blow to the regime.

The state-run Sharq daily expressed its fear and frustration on December 18, writing, “The agreement between China and the Arabs is a historical turning point that transforms the geopolitical situation of the region. Indeed, a new coalition has been formed against Iran, which, of course, can be more violent and reckless this time.”

 

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Open letter from prominent human rights advocates urging Western leaders to put pressure on Iran’s regime

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238 current and former UN officials, judges, human rights experts, Nobel laureates, and non-governmental organizations wrote an open letter to Western leaders urging them to put pressure on Iran to stop the execution of anti-government protesters.
238 current and former UN officials, judges, human rights experts, Nobel laureates, and non-governmental organizations wrote an open letter to Western leaders urging them to put pressure on Iran to stop the execution of anti-government protesters.

238 current and former UN officials, judges, human rights experts, Nobel laureates, and non-governmental organizations wrote an open letter to Western leaders urging them to put pressure on Iran to stop the execution of anti-government protesters.

 

238 current and former UN officials, judges, human rights experts, Nobel laureates, and non-governmental organizations wrote an open letter to Western leaders urging them to put pressure on Iran to stop the execution of anti-government protesters. They advocate for the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors and the blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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Iran: Execution of Political Prisoner Ayoub Rigi

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The henchmen of the clerical regime executed the 38-year-old political prisoner Ayoub Rigi in Zahedan Central Prison on Saturday, December 24.
The henchmen of the clerical regime executed the 38-year-old political prisoner Ayoub Rigi in Zahedan Central Prison on Saturday, December 24.
The henchmen of the clerical regime executed the 38-year-old political prisoner Ayoub Rigi in Zahedan Central Prison on Saturday, December 24.

 

Ayoub Rigi was imprisoned for more than 7 years in the torture centers of IRGC Intelligence, Ministry of Intelligence, Zahedan Prison, and Zabul Prison.

He was arrested for the first time in 2010 and released on heavy bail a few years later. In prison, he continued to expose the crimes of the regime and send out reports about them. Collecting the names and details of those sentenced to death, especially children, and the tortures of political prisoners were among them.

Together with a number of other prisoners, he signed statements condemning the regime and its criminal attacks on Camp Liberty in Iraq and sent them outside the prison. Because of his activities, he was transferred to solitary confinement many times and subjected to mistreatment and persecution.

In a raid by IRGC in 2018, Ayoub was wounded, and his nephew Elias Rigi was killed. Ayoub managed to escape from the siege. In September 2019, while he was suffering from his injuries, he was arrested and taken to the IRGC intelligence torture center and subjected to torture.

 

After 40 months of torture, Ayoub was hanged in revenge for the killing of a number of IRGC agents.
After 40 months of torture, Ayoub was hanged in revenge for the killing of a number of IRGC agents.

 

The Iranian Resistance once again emphasizes the need for immediate action by the United Nations and the European Union and its member state to make the regime stop executions and pave the way for the international fact-finding mission to visit prisons in Iran and meet with the prisoners, especially the political prisoners. The clerical regime, which is a disgrace to humanity, must be rejected by the world community and its leaders must be brought to justice for four decades of genocide and crimes against humanity.

 

 

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Linda Chavez:“We need to see a major policy shift in this administration and among our leaders”

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On December 17, Ms. Linda Chavez, former White House Director of Public Liaison under President George H.W. Bush, took part in a bi-partisan conference in Washington D.C in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising and their organized Resistance movement.
On December 17, Ms. Linda Chavez, former White House Director of Public Liaison under President George H.W. Bush, took part in a bi-partisan conference in Washington D.C in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising and their organized Resistance movement.
On December 17, Ms. Linda Chavez, former White House Director of Public Liaison under President George H.W. Bush, took part in a bi-partisan conference in Washington D.C in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising and their organized Resistance movement.

 

The conference, organized by the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC), was attended by several renowned American politicians and featured Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), as its keynote speaker.

“The most recent uprising in Iran was sparked because a very brave young woman, Mahsa Amini, lost her life because she was unwilling to do what the regime wanted, down to the very inch of her hair that had to be covered. And we saw that there was great revulsion among the people of Iran, recognizing how terrible this was, how wrong it was. And it isn’t because she was attempting to engage in some sort of revolt. She was simply going about her everyday life,” She explained.

 

 

Mahsa Amini was a victim of Tehran’s ruthless morality police. She was a Kurdish ethnic minority member from Saqqez, a town in northwest Iran. She was savagely beaten by morality police and died of her injuries in a Tehran hospital on September 16. The event triggered protests that quickly spread across Iran and rekindled the people’s desire to overthrow the regime.

“Now, we have been amazed at what has gone on in Iran, with all 31 provinces having had demonstrations, people taking to the streets, 220 some cities, and 30,000 arrests of brave Iranians. But the reach of this regime is very, very wide and very, very deep. We heard from Governor Locke about the attempted bombing of one of the NCR’s gatherings in 2018 in Paris. I was there along with others. I think others who were here today were there,” Ms. Linda Chavez said, referring to the 2018 bomb plot targeting an Iranian opposition group in France.

“Madam Maryam Rajavi has been a leader of this movement for a very long time. And I have been privileged, as I know many of you have, to be with her on many occasions to hear her talk about her belief in the people of Iran and her fight against a regime that represses those people. Maryam Rajavi is leading the resistance, and her leadership, I think, is all the more important because she’s a woman.”

 

 

“I think what has made many of us so hopeful is in seeing the protests that have broken out in these more than 200 cities around Iran, that what we see is that this is not just a fight against inflation, higher prices, the inability to get paid if you happen to be a government worker or a teacher, the corruption that goes on. Or even just a fight against things like the morality laws of the state.” She continued. “This is a fight that is much bigger. And the people who have taken to the streets are saying it loud and clear. They want regime change.”

“We must have a policy that looks at only one endgame. And that endgame is that Khamenei and his thugs are out and that elected leadership is in. In Iran, we have to see that freedom is the goal, that there is freedom for the people of Iran, and that the people of Iran have the right to choose their own leaders,” she concluded.

 

 

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