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Over 311,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 547 cities across Iran, according to reports tallied daily by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as of Thursday June 13.

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Four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison sent out an open letter condemning the clerical regime’s sham election. The horrible conditions in Qarchak Prison under Ebrahim Ra’isi, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Parastoo Mo’ini, and Forough Taghipour debunked his claims to improve the situation in the country. https://tinyurl.com/f457py5x

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Women of Noghodi Olia village blocked the road on June 11, to protest their lack of access to drinking water. People in Noghodi Olia village, in Ardabil Province, do not have piped water. This is the second time since April that the women of Noghodi Olia are blocking the road in protest to the water situation in their village. https://tinyurl.com/46pct6h4

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Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi was transferred to the Reform and Rehabilitation Center of Sanandaj-Iran to serve her prison term on June 10. The first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj convened on January 23, 2021, sentencing Faranak Jamshidi to 4 years’ imprisonment. Her charge was membership in one of the opposition parties. The Appeals Court of Kurdistan Province later commuted this sentence to one year. https://tinyurl.com/5e9ey8z9

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Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced Baha’i Iranian motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi, to 8 years in prison. Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court brought the following charges against Mrs. Nazifi: “Managing illegal groups with the aim of disrupting the country’s national security” and “incorrect motive and inner desire to destroy the religious system”! She was arrested on November 18, 2018, along with her daughter, Nora Naraghi, on the motorcycle track. https://tinyurl.com/b9n63u48