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The Iranian regime’s judiciary refuses to release political prisoner Maryam Akbari who has completed her 15-year sentence without a day of leave. Maryam's sentence ended on October 12, 2024. She was arrested in 2009 after she asked about her cibligns burial plot. Her brothers and sister were executed during 1980s in Iran. The family were not told where they were buried. The National Council of Resistance of Iran – Women’s Committee issued a statement sayin: In a vile and inhuman action in July 2024, the regime’s judiciary issued an order to confiscate the properties of Maryam Akbari and her relatives due to her seeking justice for her three brothers and one sister who were executed. Her youngest daughter was 3 years old when she was arrested. She attends unitversity now. https://tinyurl.com/mr2jcpht
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Kowsar Dehbanzadeh, sister of political prisoner Maysam Dehbanzadeh, was arrested by Intelligence officials in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Province in southern Iran. Kowsar had been under pressure from security agents due to her advocacy and legal pursuits for her brother. She was arrested by intelligence officers in Shiraz without any legal documentation and was transferred to solitary confinement at the Intelligence Detention Center (Cell 100) in Shiraz on Friday, September 27. Kowsar Dehbanzadeh had previously been summoned multiple times by Yasuj Intelligence, where she faced threats for supporting her brother, Maysam Dehbanzadeh, who is currently imprisoned in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. Intelligence agents have threatened her family, warning them not to publicize her arrest. https://tinyurl.com/apw7r4dy******
On the morning of Tuesday, October 1, a young woman was executed in Ahar Prison, East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. Akhtar Ghorbanlou, a victim of child marriage, had been arrested on murder charges and sentenced to death. At the age of 17, Akhtar was forcibly married to a man 18 years her senior, arranged by her family. Reportedly, Akhtar’s father compelled her to marry the victim due to his wealth. She was accused of killing her husband by giving him lethal pills. https://tinyurl.com/5bjp7tdv******
On the morning of October 2, the execution sentence for another woman named Zahra Fayzi was carried out in Tabriz Central Prison in Iran. Zahra , aged 41 and a resident of Tabriz, was arrested four years ago on charges of murdering her husband and was sentenced to qesas (retribution in kind). The victim’s family demanded 4.5 billion tomans from Zahra’s family to halt the execution, but her family was unable to gather this amount. This sum far exceeds the official blood money rate in Iran, which has been set by the judiciary at 1.2 billion tomans for 2024. https://tinyurl.com/5n6whpz2******
Fatemeh Moradpour, a 15-year-old girl from Lorestan-Iran, took her own life after being pressured by her family to marry. This tragic event occurred on Tuesday, October 1, in Rumeshkan, a town in Lorestan province. Her family had been pressuring her to marry a 40-year-old married man. Having repeatedly refused the marriage, Fatemeh eventually resorted to suicide and hanged herself. https://tinyurl.com/4kka5k6r
