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Over 499,600 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 Sunday Jan 23.

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Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence arrested high school teacher Maryam Kabiri as she was leaving her home in Tehran on Sunday, January 13, the Coordinating Council of the Educators’ Associations announced today. Maryam Kabiri works as a teacher for exceptional students in Tehran’s 2nd educational district. The Intelligence Ministry agents ransacked Maryam Kabiri’s house and confiscated her and her husband’s mobile phones. Then, they transferred Ms. Kabiri to Evin Pri. During her detention, Maryam Kabiri has contacted her family only once for a few minutes. https://tinyurl.com/ycykemtm

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Before the end of the family meeting on Jan. 15, Saba Kordafshari's telephone booth was cut off. This provoked protests from Saba and her father. Ms. Kordafshari refused to leave the hall in protest and Saba asked to say goodbye to her father. However, the Qarchak prison guards, led by a man named Rashvandi, pushed Mr. Kordafshari out of the hall and threatened him and threw him out. Finally, the deputy director of the prison, threatened Saba to deprive her of a visit. She was informed of the ban on January 16 without a meeting of the Disciplinary Council, based on a communiqué that Saba was not allowed to read. This is not the first time that a political prisoner in Qarchak, who is serving her sentence, has been pressured into prison. https://tinyurl.com/2p8aj6zd