Sunday, May 27, 2018

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Thousands of Iranians attended a ceremony on Sunday May 27, in Tehran to bid farewell to the Iranian actor, director and producer Nasser Malek-Motiei, who passed away in Tehran on Friday. Malek-Motiei was 88 years old. The Iranian regime after taking over people's 1979 Revolution, brushed Male-Motiei like hundreds of other actors, singers, .... aside and would not allow him to work in his field. On Sunday during the funeral ceremony the anti riot forces shot tear gas on people in order to disperse them. People chanted down with dictator and where are you Qaysar, they're killing people. Qaysar is the name of one the films that Malek-Motiei plyed in. Qaysar was the symbol of honour and bravery. Malek-Motiei's son demanded answers as to why his father was prohibited to be shown on TV but now that he's dead, the state Television is showing his pictures? people applauded him.

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On Saturday May 26, students at Zahedan Azad University protested against insulting and humiliation of Baluchi citizens and Sunni Muslim rituals. People joined the protest by chanting "Do not be afraid, we're all together." And carrying banner which read “No to religious and ethnic insults.” Anti-riot security agents arrested a number of students.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, saluted the noble Baluchi compatriots and students and youth and said: "Shame and hatred for the clerical regime, which is the main source of discrimination and disunity in Iran today." She called all of the youth, especially in Sistan and Baluchestan province, to help and express solidarity with the students and youth of Zahedan.

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On Sunday, May 27, the strike of heavy vehicles and truck drivers continued for the sixth day and spread to 224 cities across Iran's 31 provinces. Strikers in many cities parade with long lines of trucks by honking and keeping their headlights on. Repressive forces attacked striking drivers in many areas, such as Bandar Abbas-Sirjan route, Islamabad Gharb, Malekan, and Hamedan, with electric shockers and tear gas, wounding and injuring a number of them. Taxi drivers of the Snap Internet Company, who are protesting their low wages and the dire situation of their livelihoods, joined the protests. The truck drivers are protesting their low wages.

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Last week peaceful protests by the thousands of people of Kazerun, in Iran's Fars province, over unfair plans to fragment the city, turned into clashes after the security forces opened fire on the unarmed protesters. 4 people died. The Iranian regime has back down from its plan for now. On Friday people gathered to bit farewell to Kazerun's martyrs.
After the December 2017 and January 2018 uprisings, which suddenly flared and spread across more than 140 cities in Iran, the regime tried to cause an environment of terror by identifying and arresting protesters and killing them in prisons.

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On Thursday May 24, women plundered by the fraudulent Caspian Credit Institute in Kerman (southern Iran), on May 23, 2,000 railway stewardesses, and on May 22, the hospital staff in Karaj (west of Tehran) staged protests.





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On May 24, Mrs. Sharifeh Zarrini (Dayeh Sahrifeh), mother of death-row political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, wrote a letter to Federica Mogerini, EU Foreign Policy Chief, urging her to demand revocation of her son’s death penalty in her negotiations with the Iranian regime.
In an open letter published on May 24, 2018, she has written, "I urge you who are busy negotiating with Iranian officials these days, to add one demand to your other demands and that is revocation of the death penalty for Ramin Hossein Panahi and examination of her case in a qualified European Court.
"By this letter, I want to connect you even if for a moment to the life and spirit of a mother who is no longer able to tolerate this catastrophe. These days, my heart is connected to the heart of my beloved son. I know how difficult these moments are for my youngest child, Ramin, as he is having the nightmare of being executed. I want you to get close to my feelings even if only for a moment, put yourself in my place and do something to stop this catastrophe. You are able to do this, and I sincerely urge you to do this. I want you to officially and seriously ask them to stop Ramin's execution."

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On May 24, Zeinab Taheri a lawyer published a post on her Telegram account, announcing that she has been summoned to court on the charges of distorting public opinion and disseminating false information. Zeinab Taheri has been defending death-row victims Mohammad Salas, a Yaresan dervish, Ahmadreza Jalali, and Mohammad Ali Taheri.
She believes the reason for her summon to court is her persistence in seeking justice for her clients regarding legitimate freedoms and that the officials are taking revenge from her. 

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Women actively participated in protest gatherings of students and plundered people in Tehran and Rasht, capital of Gilan Province, in northern Iran on May 21 and 22.






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The State Security Force (SSF) arrested 10 young women and men at a party in Rasht, capital of Gilan Province in northern Iran on May 21.The victims were arrested and subsequently handed over to judicial authorities. During last year, at least 570 women were arrested in cities across Iran in such raids on private parties.




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The life of a prisoner of conscience Shahnaz Kian Asl (Kiani) in the notorious Qarchak Prison for women is in danger. She was transferred to the dispensary of Qarchak Prison of Varamin on Saturday, May 19, upon insistence of inmates, but was returned to the ward without receiving medical care. Shahnaz, a Gonabadi dervish, is one of the eleven Yaresan women imprisoned under harsh conditions since February 20. She suffers from diabetes and her symptoms have aggravated due to mal-nutrition. Ms. Kian Asl has declared that in protest to the unlawful and shameful behavior of the doctor and nurse of the dispensary, she will not refer to the prison’s clinic. Her lack of access to medical treatment and the necessary medicines, has put her life in serious danger.

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Women and men plundered by the fraudulent IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-backed Caspian Credit Institute staged a protest in Mashhad, capital of Khorassan Razavi Province in northeastern Iran.