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Political prisoner Sara Jahani’s recent ordeal in Lakan Prison, Rasht in Iran, highlights severe human rights abuses. Despite her medical condition due to MS and legal requirements for her treatment, prison authorities have neglected her urgent healthcare needs, raising serious concerns about the treatment of political detainees in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/yeyt8ey6

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Five female activists from Gilan Province, northern Iran along the Caspian Sea, have been sentenced to a total of 20 years and 7 months in prison by the Iranian judiciary. The activists—Anahita Doostdar, Nina Golestani, Rozita Rajaei, Anahita Hejazi, and Negin Edalatkhah—were involved in media and environmental activities. Each of these women was sentenced by the Third Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan. They were found guilty of “assembly and collusion” and received a sentence of 3 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Additionally, they were charged with “propaganda against the state” and sentenced to 7 months and 16 days in prison. https://tinyurl.com/45x4d9h4

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Kowkab Badaghi, a prominent advocate for teachers’ rights, has been suspended from her teaching position for four months in Izeh, a city in Iran’s Khuzestan Province for the second time. Kowkab is a close friend of Zeynab Molaei mother of the 6 years old Kian pirfalak a victim of the governemet violence. https://tinyurl.com/ms3uxa8n