Sunday, May 30, 2021

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Over 301,200 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 543 cities across Iran, according to reports tallied daily by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as of Thursday May 31.



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Environmental journalist Elaheh Mousavi has been once again summoned for exposing a case of overexploitation of jungles and deforestation in Mazandaran. The 13th Interrogations Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Sari, capital of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, has summoned her. Environmental journalist Elaheh Mousavi has been summoned to court several times for exposing cases of overexploitation of forests and environmental pollution. In a tweet addressed to the mullahs’ Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Rai’si, who is also Khamenei’s nominee for the upcoming sham presidential election in Iran, Elaheh Mousavi wrote: “Mr. Rai’si! Those who expose and struggle against corruption were supposed to be honored, not prosecuted!” https://tinyurl.com/2hb8yeac

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Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh has been on a hunger strike since May 22, as part of her protest against being denied medical treatment in Mashhad Vakilabad Prison. She is also continuing her strike to protest her continued deportation to Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad). Kurdish

writer and researcher Mojgan Kavousi also was on a hunger strike for 10 days (since May 16) in Evin Prison. She ended her hunger strike on May 25. She went on strike to protest the authorities’ violation of imprisonment laws and regulations, the execution of prison sentences, and prison officials’ discriminatory treatment regarding prison leaves during the Coronavirus outbreak. https://tinyurl.com/sm2j4nsw

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A woman was hanged Sunday morning, May 23, in the Central Prison of Yazd-Iran. She's been identified as Kobra Fatemi 41 years old. She was imprisoned for her husband's murder since 2015. Kobra is the 117th woman executed during Hassan Rouhani’s tenure as the Iranian regime’s president. More than 4300 people have been executed in Iran during Rouhani’s tenure. As of now, they include 117 women. https://tinyurl.com/4zdw4zfx

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According to the NCRI women's Committee, reliable reports from Iran say the women’s ward of Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz is experiencing a new wave of Coronavirus outbreaks. Ahvaz is the capital of the southwestern oil-rich province of Khuzestan in Iran. Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran added: Instead of attending to the sick and transferring them to civic hospitals, Sepidar Prison authorities have banned inmates from making telephone calls to their families. Despite the new wave of outbreaks, prisoners are not tested. They are detained in a limited space without sufficient hygienic products. The place used for the quarantine of infected prisoners is separated by bars from the main ward, and they go to the same place for fresh air. Last year, this time, some 50 female inmates contracted the virus. https://tinyurl.com/wcjvvda9