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On Thursday Nov. 10, the 56th day of Iran 

Revolution, Elham Afkari was arrested by security forces in Shiraz. Elham is the sister of Iran’s slain hero, Navid Afkari who was hanged in September 2020 for participating in a protest in Kazerun.

Elham's husband and her three-year-old daughter, Liana, were also taken into custody, but released two hours later, as announced by the Prosecutor of Shiraz. Elham’s parents went to the Intelligence Department to inquire about Elham’s condition, but they did not open the door. The state-run media have falsely reported that they arrested Elham Afkari as she was crossing the border. They accuse her of working for a Farsi language TV abroad. Elham Afkari was outspoken in seeking justice for her brother Navid, and her other brother who is still in solitary confinement. Elham is reportedly detained in #100 in the notorious detention center of the Intelligence Department of Shiraz. The Afkari family have been constantly under pressure and harassed by the Intelligence department of Shiraz. https://tinyurl.com/5n8ecfck

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More female activists are being arrested and detained by the Iranian regime’s security forces as Iran Revolution has continued well into its 8th week. Student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has started a hunger strike while in detention in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz because she has been denied visitation rights for refusing to wear the Hijab during a visit with her father on November 7. https://tinyurl.com/yvb96y8u

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According to social media reports, the school principal of the Ermineh Mosallanejad Technical Vocational School for Girls in Shahr-e Rey called the students of all classes to take a written commitment from them not to protest. When the students refused to sign the pledge, she threatened them, beat them, and threw one of the girls down the stairs, as a result of which she went unconscious. The principal named Imenpour is married to a member of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). She called the security department, and they sent two ambulances to take the students. According to eyewitnesses and videos published on social media, the said ambulances did not have license plates. The clerical regime uses ambulances to transport detainees to prisons. https://tinyurl.com/533mk5kf