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IRAN: CORONAVIRUS FATALITIES IN 318 CITIES EXCEEDS 41,700

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IRAN: CORONAVIRUS FATALITIES IN 318 CITIES EXCEEDS 41,700 CATEGORIES //  Statements of Maryam Rajavi The clerical regime continues to arrest young people and supporters of the PMOI/MEK and hand down heavy prison sentences for political prisoners despite the coronavirus crisis.

Iranian political prisoner deprived of medical care

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Iranian political prisoner deprived of medical care Iranian political prisoner Majid Assadi (File) Iran, October 15, 2019 —Iranian regime authorities in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran, are hindering the medical care that political prisoner  Majid Assadi  needs by not permitting his transfer to a hospital. This political prisoner is suffering from  various illnesses , including his glands and digesting system, eyes and spinal cord. Prison authorities are demanding that he wear prison clothing when sent to a hospital. This is a method used by Iranian regime authorities to humiliate political prisoners when sent outside of their controlled facilities and into the public. Back in November 2017, Assadi was sentenced by a regime court to six years behind bars on vague charges, such as “threatening national security through assembly and collusion,” and “propaganda against the state.” Back in late September of this year, a court hearing scheduled for A...

Humanitarian conditions worsening in Iran’s prisons

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Humanitarian conditions worsening in Iran’s prisons Harsh condition of prisons in Iran Iran, October 12, 2019 —Reports coming from inside Iran pertain to mounting pressure against Iranian prisoners and worsening humanitarian and human rights conditions inside Iran's prisons. In recent months, the regime has resorted to various measures to cause fear in society and dissuade people from joining protests that are ongoing in different parts of Iran. These measures coincide with the appointment of Ebrahim Raisi as the regime’s chief of the judiciary. Raisi was one of the key figures in the  1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners , most of them members and supporters of the prominent Iranian opposition movement the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). The regime has effectively turned its prisons into centers for the torture and annihilation of prisoners. The situation in Karaj Central Prison One of the facilities where the conditions for prisoner...

IRAN: THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN DEATH PENALTY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD

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IRAN: THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN DEATH PENALTY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD Written by  Admin  on  October 11, 2019 . Posted in  NEWS 120,000 MEK members and supporters haven executed in Iran since 1981 Tenth of October, is the international day against the Death penalty; however, in Iran under the current despotic regime of mullahs, gallows are everywhere to take the lives of citizens every day. According to the annual report of Amnesty International Iran is still the  number one state in execution per-capita  as well as in torture and lack of legal procedures. The Iranian regime is widely using the death penalty to terrorize and intimidate society. In many occasions, it uses this apparatus to target political and conscience opponents, and also ethnic and religious minorities in a discriminative manner. Last year, Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime, appointed  Ebrahim Raeesi , the key figure in the Death Committee during the 19...

World Day Against the Death Penalty: Hold Iran to account for the 1988 massacre

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World Day Against the Death Penalty: Hold Iran to account for the 1988 massacre World Day Against the Death Penalty-Stop executions in Iran Analysis by PMOI/MEK October 9, 2019 —Since 2003, October 10 has become known as the  World Day Against the Death Penalty . The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty considered this initiative as a global effort to abolish the death sentence across the world. IRAN HRM @IranHrm World day against the # Deathpenalty Join Twitter storm to call 4 end to executions in # Iran Date: Oct 10, 2019 Time: 8 pm CET / 2pm EST # HumanRights # noDeathPenalty # NoImpunity4Mullahs 41 2:58 PM - Oct 9, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 39 people are talking about this This year’s anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty Many governments and prominent NGOs support this day. As a tradition, on each anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, human righ...