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In a significant bipartisan move, 223 representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States House of Representatives have signed
Resolution 1148, condemning the Iranian regime’s terrorism, regional proxy wars, and internal suppression, while voicing strong support for the Iranian Resistance. This resolution highlights the increasing threat posed by Iran since October 2023 and calls for robust international action. https://tinyurl.com/4mwtm5cs******
On Wednesday, July 10 two sisiters Zohreh and Zahra Dadras, women’s rights activists in Gilan, were arrested by security forces and transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht to serve their prison sentences. The case involving these two women’s rights activists, along with nine other activists in Gilan named Forough Samii Nia, Sara Jahani, Yasamin Hashdari, Shiva Shah Siah, Negin Rezaei, Azadeh Chavoshian, Matin Yazdani, Hooman Taheri, and Jelveh Javaheri, was referred to the enforcement branch of the Rasht Prosecutor’s Office in the later half of June this year. Other defendants in this case were also summoned by phone to the enforcement of sentences at the Rasht Revolutionary Court and were required to report to Lakan Prison in Rasht by Saturday, July 13.
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On Thursday, July 4, Rana Kourkour, mother of 2 children and the sister of Abbas (Mojahed) Kourkour, a detainee sentenced to death from the nationwide protests, was arrested by security forces at her residence in Tehran. She is currently detained at the Pakdasht Intelligence Detention Center. Negar Kourkour, the sister of the detainees, wrote about the charges against Rana: “Last year, due to my sister’s activities on social media, a case was fabricated against her with the accusation of inciting and seducing people to violence and murder. During this period, my sister lived in hiding, but after posting a few comments about the elections, she was found and is currently in the custody of the Pakdasht IRGC Intelligence.” The IRGC - Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp was recently added to the list of terrorist groups in Canada.
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Despite her deteriorating physical condition, the approximately 60-year-old prisoner has been denied hospital transfer and proper medical attention by the Evin Prison authorities. Azar Korvandi (Musazadeh), a former political prisoner the 1980s, has two blocked heart arteries requiring immediate medical intervention. However, her requests for hospital transfer have been ignored by prison officials. Azar Korvandi was arrested in the summer of 2019 on charges of collaborating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and promoting anti-regime propaganda after holding family counseling sessions in her private garden in Shahriar. She was released on bail then but later convicted in December 2021 by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
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Motahareh Gouneii, a suspended student of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, has been sentenced to one year in prison by the 29th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court for “spreading propaganda against the state for the benefit of anti-revolutionary media.” Her offense? Protesting the death sentence of detained Iranian rapper and protester Tomaj Salehi, along with her other writings. However, she was acquitted of the charge of “insulting the leadership and disrupting public order.”
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