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The visa case of Mehdi Nasiri — former editor-in-chief of state newspaper Kayhan under Khamenei in Iran and political deputy of the Policy Council for Friday Prayer Leaders — has reached Canadian immigration authorities, and his visa may soon be revoked. Shadi Sadr, a lawyer, journalist, and human rights advocate, recently revealed on her Instagram channel that two months ago her team submitted a detailed letter to Canadian officials calling for accountability of past and present officials of the Islamic Republic. “One of the authorities confirmed by email that they are reviewing our documents on Nasiri,” she said. Sadr emphasized that, under Canadian law, anyone who has held a senior position in the Islamic Republic since 2003 is barred from entering the country. “If a visa has been issued for such individuals, it must be canceled,” she added. Nasiri himself confirmed the news on his YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 19, announcing plans to launch a campaign in response. He also disclosed that the visa of his wife, Fereshteh Mazinani — who was due to travel again to Canada — has already been revoked. Two months ago, CBC Television aired a report on Nasiri. Nassiri, who entered Canada with the slogan “from Tajzadeh to Shahzadeh,” is now in Canada presenting himself as a monarchist activist.

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The appeals board for Administrative Violations at Iranian regime's Ministry of Education has issued disciplinary rulings against seven members of the Sanandaj Teachers’ Union. Among those sentenced are two female teachers. According to the final verdicts, Nasrin Karimi (with a master’s degree in sociology and 27 years of service) has been forced into forced retirement with a demotion of two professional ranks. Leila Zarei (with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and 30 years of service) has been dismissed from her position as vice-principal, forced into retirement, and demoted by one rank. Other union members — Majid Karimi, Ghias Nemati, Salah Hajimirzaei, Faisal Nouri, and Mohyeddin Reyhani — have received sentences ranging from temporary dismissal and expulsion from service to forced relocation and professional restrictions. https://tinyurl.com/53j5dtee

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On Wednesday morning August 20, a woman named Mahsa Akbari was executed by hanging in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. Just one day earlier, her husband was executed in public in the city of Beyram in Iran's Fars Province, in front of a crowd that included children. With this latest execution, the clerical regime has put five women to death between July 30 and August 20, within a span of only three weeks. The execution of Mahsa Akbari brings the total number of women executed in Iran in 2025 to 29. https://tinyurl.com/39m5cspm 

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In the 82nd consecutive week of the nationwide campaign “No to Execution Tuesdays”, prisoners in 49 facilities across Iran once again raised a united voice against the issuance and implementation of death sentences. What began as an initiative led by political prisoners in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj has now become one of the most significant platforms of resistance against capital punishment in Iran. Outside of the prisons, the families of the death row prisoners continue their activisties to hault executions. https://tinyurl.com/bdmvj5c4