Over 439,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 547 cities across Iran, according to reports tallied daily by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as of Thursday, Sept 26.
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Iranian teachers hold nationwide protests across Iran on September 25, outside the Departments of Education across Iran. They chanted: “Teachers are awake, they detest discrimination,” “it is our inalienable right to receive salaries according to our ranking,” and “livelihood and dignity are our inalienable rights.” Also Teachers with Green Report Cards continued their protests for the 20th successive day on September 23. The young teachers who have passed the Education Ministry’s 2020 employment exam are holding a prolonged sit-in protest outside the ministry’s building in the capital Tehran and demand formal employment by the Education Ministry. They had come out on Sept 23rd as well.
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Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in exile, is serving her 12th year of imprisonment without a single day of leave in the Prison of Semnan- Iran. Maryam's lawyer, Hossein Taj, noting the prolonged detention of his client, said she is deprived of the minimum facilities provided by the law. Mr. Taj also announced that he had filed a new appeal for the case of this political prisoner. He said the judicial authorities had disregarded his previous appeal since it was based on the old version of the law. Now that the law has changed, he must file another appeal, requesting that his client enjoy the minimum facilities provided by the law. Hossein Taj added that his client should have been released by now based on the new law. Maryam Akbari Monfared has three daughters. She was arrested on December 31, 2009, after the tremendous uprising on December 27 that year which shook the pillars of the regime. In June 2010, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran handed down a 15-year prison sentence for Moharebeh on the alleged charge of “membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran,” a charge which Mrs. Akbari has never accepted. She has been in prison without a single day of leave since the day she was detained. She suffers from Thyroid malfunction and joint rheumatism. Maryam Akbari’s sister and brother were executed during the massacre of political prisoners in the summer of 1988. Another two of her brothers were executed during the mass executions in the early 1980s.
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Atena Daemi a child labour right activist was not allowed to meet with the delegation of inspectors who visited Lakan Prison in Rasht. The inspections took place after Atena’s revelations about the abysmal prison conditions. Ensieh, Atena's sister tweeted: “After Atena revealed the horrible conditions in Lakan Prison of Rasht, a delegation of inspectors from Tehran and Rasht visited the prison. During their visit, however, prison authorities prevented Atena from meeting with them. The inspection led to replacing the previous warden with a new one who has a new taste and new rules.” Ensieh Daemi added, “The new warden carries the book of regulations with him and calls himself a much-disciplined individual who follows the rules. One of the new rules enforced in Lakan Prison is for the prisoners’ families to observe full covering during the visits.” It means that the female relatives have to wear the head-to-toe chador or long, loose garbs and have socks on. Atena Daemi, 32, began serving her five-year sentence in November 2016 in the women’s ward of Evin Prison.
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