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Soada Khadirzadeh was threatened with murder by the plaintiff in her case when attending her first trial. Soada’s lawyer has withdrawn from representing this political prisoner, who is imprisoned in Urmia Prison. Soada Khadirzadeh’s trial was held online on August 24, 2022, at Branch 3 of Mahabad’s Criminal Court. Soada, her lawyer, and the plaintiffs were in attendance. An informed source said the charge brought against Soada Khadirzadeh was taking part in murder as the main accomplice and membership in a Kurdish party. Ms. Khadirzadeh categorically denied killing a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Javad Banaei is the head of Branch 3, but a man named Gholam Karimkhani is investigating Soada’s case. Morad Pirotinia, one of the plaintiffs in the case, is the son of Khezr Pirotinia, who was an IRGC member. Morad has threatened to kill Ms. Khadirzadeh if she is released from prison. Khezr Pirotinia was murdered by an unknown person on October 5, 2021. The source also added that after being threatened by the plaintiffs, Soada’s lawyer informed her family that he will no longer represent the imprisoned mother. https://tinyurl.com/2m4rydnr

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Mehrzad Zarei the father of PS752 victims Arad, arrived in Ottawa after walking more than 400Km from Toronto. He and a few other families of victims of PS752 gathered in front of the closed embassy of the Iranian regime and then headed to the Parliament, meeting with the Canadian Parliament officials. They vowed to return to Ottawa on Oct 4, the one thousand days of the PS752 downing by the Iranian regime's IRGC(Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps). All 176 passengers of that Ukrainian PS752 were killed by IRGC missiles on Jan. 8, 2020. The families of the victims demanding Ottawa to list IRGC as a Terrorist entity and Iranian officials such as Khamenei be sanctioned. It's said that Mehrzad began a sit in in front of Justin Trudeau's office until his demands are met.

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Political prisoner in exile, Maryam Akbari-Monfared, was beaten by a prison official in Semnan Prison on Wednesday, August 24 in Iran. An informed source said that Maryam, had received a visit from her family. During the visit, a man named Hosseinipour, Chief of the Prison’s Meeting Hall, attacked Ms. Akbari-Monfared. Kurdi, the Deputy Head of Semnan Prison in north Iran, disrespectfully rejected visitation for Maryam’s two daughters. He refused them the right to visit their mother, who was being held captive in exile, as they were not wearing a Chador (a cloak worn by women to cover the head and body, only leaving the face uncovered.) Kurdi also intended to return political prisoner Maryam Akbari to her ward. When Maryam Akbari, objected to her daughters having to wear the chador and resisted returning to her ward, Hosseinipour grabbed her by the throat and beat her. Finally, given Maryam’s strong resistance to being returned to her ward, Kurdi got involved in the matter. He allowed Maryam, to have a visit with her two daughters. Maryam Akbari Monfared has being imprisoned for the past 12 years without a day of leave. https://tinyurl.com/8y6k67m2

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An unidentified woman was executed by hanging in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz-Iran on August 21. She was executed along with two other men. The woman had been charged with intentional homicide. According to the Iranian resistance NCRI, during the months of July and Aug. 2022, some 71 prisoners were hanged in different prisons in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/2b3pzezn

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Sixteen female political prisoners protested the spread of the Coronavirus and the lack of access to appropriate healthcare facilities in Evin prison in Tehran-Iran. The political prisoners detained in Evin’s women ward write about  the new Coronavirus outbreak and the increasing number of infected prisoners. They protested the sharp rise in the number of prisoners held in the ward and the lack of proper space to segregate and quarantine those who are ill. With the number of prisoners increasing in this ward, female prisoners’ problems have grown. Beginning in August 2022, the Coronavirus spread arose among the women. There are 60 female prisoners held in Evin’s women ward. Although some are on furlough, there are far too many prisoners in one place. Prison officials in Evin refuse to authorize the urgent treatment of patients in this ward. They either don't give them the required medications, or delay the delivery. https://tinyurl.com/bdfkef29