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On Tue. Aug. 12, the 72 years old political prisiner Raheleh Rahemipour, a member of the 1980s justice-seeking families was transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin in Iran to a hospital after collapsinbg in prison. In recent weeks, Rahemipour had suffered repeated fainting spells. According to her family, these episodes began sporadically but had intensified in recent months, sometimes occurring several times a week. Mrs. Rahemipour, who suffers from a brain tumor, heart disease, and high blood pressure, was held in the grim conditions of Qarchak Prison. Rahemipour has been trying for years to clarify the truth about the disappearance of her brother Hossein and her nephew, who were imprisoned in the 1980s in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/3k4duys4

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On Monday, August 11, Sheida Kardgar, a 15-year-old girl from a village near the northern city of Babol in Iran's Mazandaran Province, was brutally stabbed to death by a man whose marriage proposal she had rejected. According to local sources, Sheida Kardgar had previously been harassed and pressured by the man. Her family had firmly opposed the marriage. Enraged by the refusal, the suitor confronted Sheida outside her grandmother’s home and attacked her with multiple knife blows, killing her on the spot. https://tinyurl.com/ymzeretn

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At dawn on Monday, August 11, a woman identified as Soudabeh Qassemzadeh was hanged alongside three men in Isfahan Central Prison. She was 45 years old and mother of 3 children. She'd been imprisoned for six years on charges of killing her husband. https://tinyurl.com/2s4abpfu