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Upon the orders from the Ministry of Intelligence, the Miandoab Revolutionary Court charged a Kurdish political prisoner, Soada Khadirzadeh, with assisting in the purchase of weapons in a new case. She is detained in Urmia Prison in northwestern Iran. Before this, she was sentenced to a total of 16 years and six months in prison for two sentences passed by the Mahabad and Piranshahr Revolutionary Courts for “accessory to murder” and membership in a dissident Kurdish group. The charge of “accessory to murder” was dismissed by the Supreme Court. According to informed sources, after Soada Khadirzadeh’s charge was dismissed, the family of the plaintiff, who are members of the Ministry of Intelligence, immediately filed a complaint and opened a new case against her to try to keep the imprisoned mother and her daughter in prison. The new case comes at a time when Soada Khadirzadeh, after serving two years and five months of her imprisonment and the dismissal of the charge of accessory to murder, should be alliable for parole or at least a prison furlough. But the 35-year-old mother, along with her one-year-old daughter, Solina, who was born in prison, is still detained in Urmia Central Prison. https://tinyurl.com/ymvncfks

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The State Security forces in Aligudarz-Iran took the life of another innocent young woman on Saturday morning, March 9. Negar Karimian was travelling with her family, when the SSF opened fire on their car, wounding her and her father. Negar, 21, died in a hospital three hours later due to the severity of her injuries. The State Security Force declared that they had opened fire by mistake. Negar Karimian’s family was returning from the burial of her uncle, traveling from Aligudarz towards Isfahan, where they live. Aligudarz is a city in the western Iranian Lorestan Province. Negar was buried on Monday, March 11, in Bagh-e Rezvan cemetery in Isfahan. https://tinyurl.com/2b577xpz

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In the upcoming Persian New Year, individuals caught not wearing a veil in public spaces will face a fine of 3 million tomans, apx $966 Canadians as announced by a member of the regime’s parliament from Isfahan. This penalty will be enforced through a system directly linked to individuals’ bank accounts, triggered by surveillance from CCTV cameras or online monitoring. (The state-run eghtesadnews.com, March 11, 2024). The state run Tabnak website also wrote on March 11: The imposition of this fine was reportedly approved by the Legal Committee of the mullahs’ Parliament as part of the Hijab Bill, following multiple reviews by the Guardian Council. Consequently, the judiciary will not have jurisdiction over this matter; instead, it will be the responsibility of the police to enforce fines. Under this system, police officers will identify violations and, upon confirmation, deduct the specified amount from the offender’s bank account using their national code and personal information. https://tinyurl.com/36huuv83