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In a major turn of events, state-run news agencies have reported that a helicopter carrying the Iranian regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi crashed in East Azerbaijan Province. According to initial reports, the convoy consisted of three helicopters. While two helicopters carrying other ministers and officials safely reached their destination, the one carrying Raisi did not. The Fars News Agency confirmed that among the passengers were Raisi, Tabriz’s Friday prayer leader Mohammad-Ali Alehashem, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Governor Malek Rahmati, and several others. Rescue teams are currently being dispatched to the crash site. As of 5 PM local time, the helicopter carrying Raisi had not been located, and attempts to contact its passengers have been unsuccessful, with all phone lines going unanswered. https://tinyurl.com/6a5ydkme

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A 33 year old woman, was hanged on May 15 in the central prison of Mashhad, Northern Iran. Razieh was a victim of rampant poverty in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/57rvrk7c

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A 62 year old political prisoner Masoumeh Nassaji, started a hunger strike, refusing food, water and medicine to draw attention to her demands in Evin Prison. She suffers from respiratory problems and acute bronchitis and depends on her oxygen machine. https://tinyurl.com/29r9xwju

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A mother, Farangis Fat'hi and her daughter Akram Koukhian were arrested on May 12 by the security forces in their home in Malekan County, Northwestern Iran. They were interrogated by agents of the Tabriz Intelligence Department at Malekan Detention Center. Mrs. Fat’hi was taken to the hospital due to her old age and lack of access to blood pressure medication. https://tinyurl.com/mr38u3vm