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A potent wave of protests swept across Iran on June 1st, underscoring the profound economic crisis and growing public discontent with the ruling regime. The nationwide strike by truck drivers, now in its eleventh day and spanning at least 155 cities across all 31 provinces, formed the spearhead of these demonstrations, crippling key transportation arteries and galvanizing support from various struggling sectors of Iranian society. The strike’s impact was palpable: the cargo terminal parking lot in Tehran remained conspicuously empty, while reports and images from freight terminals and major routes in cities including Arak (specifically the Arak to Tehran road), Bandar Imam, Khorramabad, Golpayegan, Tamarchin, Bashmaq, Sarakhs, Charmahin, Zahedan, Mashhad, Sabzevar, and Isfahan depicted a near-total standstill of truck activity, with parking lots filled with striking vehicles. https://tinyurl.com/4twpc2ap

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More than 20 days have passed since the arrest of 15-year-old female student Elina Validi and her parents, Hamed and Fatemeh in Iran. However, no information is available about the teenager’s whereabouts or condition. Authorities had initially promised that Elina would be transferred to a juvenile detention facility in time to take her final exams in June. That promise has not been fulfilled, and there has been no confirmation of her presence at any youth facility. Elina's mother, Fatemeh, is reportedly being held under harsh conditions in the quarantine ward of Fardis Prison in Karaj. Sources say she has been denied basic prisoner rights, including access to phone calls, visitations, and sanitary or financial support. The charge brought against the Validi family is “propaganda against the state,” a vague and overly broad accusation commonly used against political prisoners in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/29rz4wb8

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In the early hours of Monday, May 26, three women were hanged among 8 prisoners in the Prison of Birjand in South Khorasan Province, eastern Iran. They were executed on drug-related charges. The identities of those executed have not been verified, except for one man. It was also reported that on Monday, May 19, Setareh Taherloo was executed by hanging in Damghan Prison, in the province of Semnan, northeastern Iran. She had been arrested approximately three years ago on drug-related charges and was sentenced to death by the Iranian regime judiciary. Counting the execution of Setareh Taherloo and three other women, the number of women executed in Iran in 2025 has risen to 20 in just five months. Since Pezeshkian, Khamenei's president, took office in July 28, 2024, some 1250 prisoners have been hanged in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/2xr3zhbf

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Nearly 4 months after the arrest of Ayda Najaflou — a Christian convert and mother of two — she remains in legal limbo in the security ward of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison in Iran. Security and judicial authorities have not only failed to provide a clear explanation for her charges, but they have also effectively blocked her temporary release by setting an exorbitantly high bail. Before her arrest, Ayda underwent spinal disc surgery and has been battling chronic back problems. Yet during her detention, she has been deprived of any specialized treatment and denied access to basic medical services such as pain relief medication, physiotherapy, or consultation with a specialist. https://tinyurl.com/csdaypju

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Over 210 days have passed since the arrest of Hoda Mehreganfar 35 and her 66 year old father. The two political prisoners remain indefinite detention at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz-Iran without access to legal representation or a court hearing. Alarming reports indicate a serious decline in their physical health, compounded by a lack of proper medical care. Hoda an electronics engineer, has developed severe fungal infections and dermatological issues due to the unsanitary conditions in the women’s ward. The absence of adequate medical attention has placed her in critical condition. Her father, MohammadAli, a former political prisoner during the 1980s, is suffering from serious heart problems and requires urgent eye surgery. https://tinyurl.com/2n2s6rt9

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Female political prisoners in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin Prison joined the nationwide campaign of “No to Executions Tuesdays,” again, on May 20, raising their voices in protest against the death penalty.

During this act of resistance, the prisoners chanted slogans such as:

“Evin women’s ward, united in solidarity, standing strong until executions are abolished,”

“We swear by the blood of our comrades, we will stand until the end,”

and “Political prisoners must be freed.”

This symbolic protest was further intensified by the fact that the participants were also on a hunger strike. The women’s ward of Evin Prison was among the first groups to join the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign to end the death penalty and secure freedom for all prisoners of conscience. https://tinyurl.com/cvnx6ctu

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The Iranian regime has carried out the executions of at least 19 prisoners including 2 juveniles and one woman between Monday and Thursday May 12-15 in different prisons. The number of individuals executed since Pezeshkian the regime's president took office, has reached at least 1,164- an unprecedented record in the past 3 decades in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/y2dpztdu

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In the early hours of Wednesday, May 7, a female prisoner named Mahtab Amiri was executed at the Central Prison of Shiraz-Iran, AKA Adelabad Prison. She was arrested about 3 years ago on a charges of murder. https://tinyurl.com/2xy8peuj Another woman was executed in Centeral prison of Gorgan in Iran on Monday May 12. Mahboubeh Khosrojead was arrested some 5 years a go and was sentenced to Qisas on charges of Premeditated murder. Qisas is equvelent of "eye for an eye". https://tinyurl.com/bdfa2twb

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The Iranian regime continues to deny sick political prisoners proper medical care, refusing both hospital transfers and medical leave, deliberately. The NCRI Women’s Committee has called on the UN Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur, and other human rights bodies—including the European Union and its member states to take urgent action to release ailing political prisoners immediately. 3 female politcal prisoners are mentioned by the Women's comittee of the NCRI as an example. Maryam Akabari Monfared who has spent the last 15 years in prison without a single day of leave. She suffers from severe spinal and disc damage. She faces the threat of paralysis and urgently needs specialized treatment. Azar Korvandi 63 years old who suffers from heart disease and Marzieh Farsi 56 years old with a history of cancer. https://tinyurl.com/2bd3w2wm

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Fatemeh Barkhordari, a public schoolteacher in the city of Sabzevar, was brutally murdered by her husband another educator on Wednesday, April 30. The killing took place in broad daylight on a public street, where she was attacked with a machete. https://tinyurl.com/rrtfkk5r

The women's comittee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran NCRI has revelaed that  21 women have been murdered in different citied in Iran either by their husbands, fathers, brothers or close relative in less then a month between April 10- May 3 of 2025. https://tinyurl.com/h74px6rk

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The Administrative Court of Justice in Iran has upheld the dismissal of Somayeh Akhtarshomar, an English teacher from Marivan, Kurdistan Province. The court ruling, issued on April 27, rejected Akhtarshomar’s appeal against a prior decision by the Ministry of Education’s Board of Appeals. According to official documents, Mrs. Akhtarshomar faces a series of politically and socially charged accusations. These include “spreading insulting content and false information against the state,” “membership in unauthorized teachers’ unions and online groups,” and “posting protest-related content in digital forums associated with teachers in Marivan, Sarvabad, and across Iran.” Her online charges include “sharing unveiled photos of herself,” “posting photos of unveiled students,” “reposting content related to opposition political groups,” and “publishing images of her child wearing clothes and symbols associated with banned political parties.” One of the more controversial allegations is that she included messages supportive of protesters in the English exam questions she designed. https://tinyurl.com/34x86bcr