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Over 184,000 people have died of the Covid-19 in 470 cities across Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as of Sunday Dec 13.
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The Iranian regime executed Ruhollah Zam on Dec. 12. The spokesperson of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) said: “The regime needs to issue consecutive death sentences to terrorize the public, prevent and an uprising, preserving its rule, and intimidating potential opponents among its ranks. The regime should answer for all of its crimes. Mrs Maryam Rajavi and many counties have condemned Roohollah's execution. He was the founder of AmadNews on telegram and in his trip from France to Iraq was arrested and transferred to Iran a few months before he was executed.
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Heavy flash floods devastated 12 Iranian provinces. By December 8, floods engulfed at least 12 Iranian provinces including Khuzestan, Fars, Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman, Bushehr, Lorestan, Chahar Mahal-o Bakhtiari, Hormozgan, Gilan, and Sistan and Baluchestan, and inflicted heavy damages on the residents. At least 55 million people have been affected by the flash floods and based on the regime's media, 9 people have perished. The Province of Bushehr in the south has been hit the hardest, with 8,000 residential units damaged. Two-thirds of the city of Vahdatieh is immersed under water. Most people have taken to their roof tops fearing for their lives. In the Province of Khuzestan, the Imam Port and the city of Chamran have suffered the most damages. A total of 8,000 residential units have been damaged in Khuzestan, too. Fourteen cities in the Province of Fars southwest of Iran are engulfed in water as well. Some are the exact same areas flooded in Spring of 2019. The state-run Ressalat daily on December 8 reported that water and sewage are running in the streets, creating horrible health conditions during the pandemic. https://tinyurl.com/yxuemxca
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The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced two women’s rights activists in Iran, Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi, to 15 years in prison, in addition to depriving them of social activities. Saba Kord Afshari who was serving her sentence in the women’s ward of Evin Prison was transferred to Qarchak Prison in the morning of Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Ms. Kord Afshari, 22, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for protesting the mandatory Hijab. https://tinyurl.com/y454w6v6
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On Thursday, December 10, intelligence forces raided the residence of Maryam Ameri. They arrested her and took away her personal belongings. Ms. Ameri was arrested one day after the arrest of her friend and colleague, Fatemeh Tamimi, an Arab cultural activist. They collected Arab stories, lullabies and songs from villages. In another development, the IRGC Intelligence arrested Azhar Albughabish, a social activist, and her two brothers, Abbas and Reza, in Shadegan, in early December 2020. All three are under 20 years of age. Azhar Albughabish was involved in helping the poor in the city of Shadegan, near Ahvaz. Also, on Friday, December 11, Zeinab Savari, a teacher living in Howeizeh, was arrested along with her brother, Hamza, and her younger sister. https://tinyurl.com/yy4t22ku
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Agents of the Intelligence Department of the Port of Mahshahr arrested Fatemeh Tamimi at her home on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Fatemeh Tamimi is a cultural activist in child and Arab folklore literature. She has been transferred to an unknown location. Fatemeh Tamimi, 39, is married. She has two children, Maha, 15, and Mohammad, 11. She lives in the city of Jarrahi at the port of Mahshahr. Fatemeh Tamimi also
collected stories, songs, lullabies, and other Arab cultural heritage. She also made documentary films. On Saturday, December 15, Sepideh Farhan and Mojgan Keshavarz were abruptly transferred from Evin to Qarchak Prison. Prison authorities did not even allow them to take their warm clothes and other necessary items they need for winter. https://tinyurl.com/y5envaqb
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The United Nations made public the text of a communication by seven human rights experts calling on the Iranian regime to account for the 1988 Massacre of political prisoners in Iran. In their letter dated September 3, the UN experts expressed serious concern over the alleged continued refusal to disclose the fate and whereabouts of thousands of individuals who were reportedly forcibly disappeared and then extra judicially executed in 1988. The UN Special Rapporteurs gave the Iranian authorities 60 days to clarify all the cases brought to their attention. After 60 days, they said the communication and any response received would be made public via the communications reporting website. They will all be subsequently made available in the usual report to be presented to the Human Rights Council. The measure by UN experts comes in the wake of decades of efforts by the Iranian Resistance to have the regime held accountable for the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 in Iran. The experts reiterated: “We are concerned that the situation may amount to crimes against humanity.” They said if the Iranian authorities “continue to refuse to uphold its obligations under international human rights law, we call on the international community to take action to investigate the cases including through the establishment of an international investigation. https://tinyurl.com/y2f6hp8f
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Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee who has been summoned to Evin Ward 2A on Dec. 7, by the IRGC Intelligence, has refused to do so and said that she's presently serving her sentence in Qarchak prison. The IRGC Intelligence said in the summon that Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee must be transferred for one week to Ward 2A of Evin Prison to undergo investigations. Golrolkh Ebrahimi Iraee was imprisoned in Evin on October 16, 2015, for writing an unpublished book against stoning. During her time in prison, a new file was trumped up against her, according to which she was sentenced to more imprisonment. https://tinyurl.com/yyfnxl5n
