Monday, August 21, 2017

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The Iranian communities around the world in support of Political
prisoners of Gohardasht prison on hunger strike in Iran hold sit-ins with a one day hunger strike. Iranians in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto in Canada have joined in and in Ottawa have gathered in front of the parliament and across from PM's office from 12 noon to 4pm. The Gohardasht political prisoners were attacked on Sunday July 30th by Yusof Mardani the head of the prison along with the prison's special forces who were wearing black masks(AKA execution Guards) and destroyed prisoner's belonging including their air conditioner, water purification, private photos, reading glasses and beated the prisoners. The guards then got into fighting among themselves over the properties they were stolen from the prisoners. The health of the prisoners on hunger strike has been reported as critical.

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Iranian women whose property has been looted by Arman's Credit Institute, gathered in front of the Central Bank on Wednesday in Tehran August 16 and chanted against Rouhani's government for lack of prudence and planning. They vowed to continue their protests until they reach their demands. Also for the second times on Aug. 13 a group of protesters who had been cheated by Mehr Housing Institute, held a protest rally in the Iranian capital,Tehran in front of the office of the Minister of Roads and Urban Development.

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A young woman and her husband who worked as disc jockeys were arrested in Mashhad Northeast Iran. The state-run ROKNA news agency reported on Aug. 16: “With the investigating team fully monitoring the activities of the two convicts, it became clear that in addition to being DJs, they played live music and performed in mixed-sex wedding ceremonies and taught dancing.
They also had active presence in the social networks and more than 60,000 followers in Iran on their Instagram and Telegram accounts.”
ROKNA added that a criminal case has been filed for them and the presiding judge issued warrants for their arrest.”

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According to the government run ILNA news agency, Six-hundred newborn infants have been handed over to the National Welfare Organization of Iran. The organization’s social officer said children and babies are sold in some parts of the country. Habibollah Massoudi Farid added, “There are concerns about the pregnancy of addicted women, especially the homeless women. If the baby stays with his mother after birth, the baby most likely will be sold.”

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Despite suffering from gall bladder stones and kidney infection, Evin political prisoner Atena Daemi has been denied receiving treatment and the Iranian judiciary has prevented her from referring to a city hospital. Evin Prison officials have not only failed to provide adequate treatment and medical care for Atena, but she has been accused of making false pretenses of illness. They have also filed complaints against her accusing her of mistreatment of prison guards during her hunger strike and referral to the dispensary.” said a source close to Atena's family.

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Tehran’s Revolutionary Court issued a three-year prison sentence for Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, a women's rights activist and a photographer in Iran, on the charge of association and collusion to commit crimes against national security.
Motallebzadeh was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on November 26, 2016, and transferred to Evin prison. She was held in solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin Prison and interrogated for 25 days.
As for the content of the interrogations, her husband said, “Aliyeh was asked about her trip to Georgia, where she had participated in an educational workshop on empowering of women. Only a day after she returned, Intelligence Ministry agents came to our house.”
Motallebzadeh is a member of the One-Million-Signature Campaign (demanding recognition of women’s rights) and the campaign to support acid-attack victims. She has also made a documentary entitled, "Let’s not forget women who are victims of violence in society" which focuses on acid attacks on women in Iran.

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A 50-year-old woman committed suicide in the city of Dalaho in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Thursday, August 10.  Mother of eight children, Sourat Hosseini ended her own life by taking pills. At least five women and girls have committed suicide and died in the past two weeks in Iran. Also At noon on Friday, August 11, a young woman set herself on fire and died in front of a bakery in Jiroft, southern Iran. According to one of the locals, “Poverty is the primary problem people face. There are people who cannot even buy bread for their starving families.”

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On Sunday, August 13, the people and particularly women of Dezful, southwestern Iran, staged a gathering in front of the Governor’s Office to protest against construction of a water channel which transfers water from the Dez River to Andimeshk. The State Security forces attacked the protesters using pepper gas. They also arrested a number of demonstrators. The women  chanted: "SSF, SSF, shame on you, shame on you.”

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Sara Rezaii, a children’s rights activist and a director of the "No to rape and sexual abuse of children" campaign, was arrested in Qorveh, a city in the Iranian Kurdistan Province. She was arrested on August 10, in a raid on her residence by plain-clothes agents and taken under interrogation. The agents also threatened others in contact with Sara to remove the campaign from social networks.


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The State-run Fararu news agency reported on Aug. 14: “At least 2,000 girl children in Iran have undergone repeated miscarriages and will soon become young widows" said Tayyebeh Siavoshi, a member of the Iranian regime's parliament (Majlis).
“With the passage of time and problems, these girl children go through child marriages and turn into young widows. Children who are between 13 and 14 years of age become both widows and heads of household,” Siavoshi asserted.
She added: “Another issue is that some of these children are forced to marry men who are old. Sometimes, the age difference is up to 30 years. And the girls are forced into such marriages.”


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The prosecutor of Qazvin sent out a formal letter to executive agencies and government companies, threatening women over the need to observe the mandatory veil.
According to the state-run Damadam website Aug. 12, the letter by Sadeqi Niaraki reads in part, “According to the information we have received, after office hours and occasionally during office hours, a small number of women employees wear clothing that wearing them in public is against the Sharia and hurts public chastity. Using these clothes is a crime according to the country’s laws and it is seriously advised that (women) comply with this issue during office hours in the work environment and after the office hours in public.”
“If we receive a report from law enforcement officers or security forces, indicating a breach of law, we will file a complaint with the judiciary and persecute the offender,” the letter concluded.