Eighteen
executions in two days in Iran

Mansour
Radpour, an activist of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran was slain in notorious Gohardasht prison

Security
forces shot two passengers of a car to death
Harana reported on May 15, that according to reports,
under the pretext of suspicion of smuggling, the security forces shot at a car
in Hamedan-Malayer
road and killed one passenger with
the name of Mojtaba Zahedi and heavily wounded another one with the name of
Heiva Fathi who
died after a few hours in the hospital. This happened on Sunday May 13 by the
security forces.
According to this report, hundreds of Sanandaj People attended Fathi’s funeral and expressed their wrath and hatred against the Iranian regime.
According to this report, hundreds of Sanandaj People attended Fathi’s funeral and expressed their wrath and hatred against the Iranian regime.
Iran detains protestors supporting saving of Lake Urmia

According to the Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP), the police used bikes, rubber batons, then plastic bullets and tear gas to disperse the protesters. According to the group, during clashes with security forces in Tabriz and Urmia more than 100 people were detained. Similar events took place in the same cities last year. Then too, dozens of Azerbaijani activists were arrested and punished. The area of Lake Urmia is about 6000 square kilometres. During bird migration the lake becomes their temporary haven. Due to prolonged drought what happens in the Urmia shallows, affects the flora and fauna of the surrounding region. Environmental specialists noted that measures taken by the Iranian government are not enough to rescue the lake. Currently, each litre of water in Lake Urmia contains 330 grams of salt. Previously, the figure stood at 160-170 grams per litre. Increase in the salt concentration is due to the fact that one-third of the lake dried up and actually turned into salt marshes.
14 executions in Iran

Iran’s gay community subjected to horrifying treatment: study
The first ever report on Iran’s Lesbian, Gay and transexual community has revealed that these people lived under social and state repression, with some forced to exile or even sentenced to death. According to The Guardian, the study conducted by Small Media, a non-profit group based in London revealed that punishment for mosahegheh or (lesbianism) was 100 lashes, but it could lead to death penalty if the act is repeated four times. The study also said that though transsexuality was legalised in Iran in 1987, “the social stigma attached to trans-sexualism was unwavering and transphobic abuse was prevalent”. Homosexuality is punishable by death, according to fatwas issued by almost all Iranian clerics.By , 5:58 PM
