Sunday, June 23, 2019

NEWS))))))

Miss Anisha Assadollahi a labor activist, was rearrested in the street by 12 intelligence agents on Tuesday, June 18. She had been recently released from prison on bail after being arrested during a Labor Day protest demonstration in Tehran-Iran. Three other female labor activists, Marzieh Amiri, Neda Naji, and Atefeh Rangriz, remain incarcerated since May 1.



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Fatemeh Nassiri and a man were executed Wednesday morning, June 19, at Gohardasht Prison (Rajai-Shahr) in Karaj-Iran. Fatemeh had been transferred from Ward 7 of Qarchak Prison to Gohardasht Prison to carry out her death penalty. She had been in jail since 11 years ago when she undertook the responsibility of a murder committed by her son. Fatemeh Nassiri is the 89th woman hanged during Rouhani’s term in office. Iran is the world’s top record holder in executions. More than 3,600 people have been executed in Iran since Rouhani took office in 2013.

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A large group of retirees and former government employees held a
gathering to demand their past due payments on Tuesday, June 18, across from the regime's parliament in Tehran-Iran. Aslo nurses of Karaj Hospital held more protest gatherings on June 17 and 18, against the undetermined status of the hospital which was supposed to be auctioned. On Tuesday, June 18, a group of law students held a gathering outside the mullahs’ parliament in Tehran in protest to the procedures in the lawyers’ exam and the Majlis’ delay in examining the comprehensive plan on the admission and training of lawyers.
On Monday night, June 17, the people of Rasht held a protest against violent treatment of a woman by the State Security Force.

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Three women’s rights activists, Maryam Mohammadi, Esrin Derkaleh and Narges Khorrami have been summoned to the Evin Prison’s Prosecutor’s Office. The three women’s rights activists are members of the Association of Neday-e Zanan-e Iran. At least 15 female labor activists were arrested during the Labor Day protest on May 1 in Tehran in front of the regime’s parliament.
- 2 Baha’i women were convicted to six months in prison. According to the ruling of the First Branch of the regime's Sahria Court of Tabriz, Monica Alizadeh and Shabnam Eassakhani received prison sentences on the charge of membership in the illegal organization of Baha'i's.