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Iran regime’s defiance increases tensions with Israel

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  By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Rising tensions between the Iranian regime and Israel have the potential to spiral into a wider conflict if not adequately addressed. There are several reasons for the heightened tensions. First of all, although the Iranian regime attempts to distract attention from the direct involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Tehran continues to increase its military influence there and use its proxies against Israeli targets. Israel last month carried out an airstrike in Syria on a location where Iranian officials were meeting. Iranian leaders were reportedly meeting to discuss developments regarding their country’s drone and ballistic missile capabilities in Syria. The attack occurred on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Iranian government for an attack on a vessel owned by an Israeli in the Arabian Gulf. He said: “Last week, Iran attacked an oil tanker … and harmed the international freedom of navigation....
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Report: Mashhad Vakil Abad Prison; a disaster

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  Mashhad Vakil Abad Prison, is where inmates are doomed to gradually die under unbearable conditions. Human rights center of “No to Prison- No to Execution” reported on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, that according to credible reports received from Mashahd Vakil Abad Prison, the conditions there are disastrous. According to reliable reports from Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, the condition of this prison is catastrophic. The food quality is so bad that prisoners, despite starvation, discard the food that the prison gives because it is not edible. Fruits are also out of reach. A kilo of watermelon is sold for 50,000 tomans and one kilo of apples equivalents to 45,000 tomans. Prisoners cannot afford to buy any fruit in a month. Health care is also much worse. Prison guards do not provide prisoners with even minimum sanitary facilities though the coronavirus is particularly rampant in Mashhad, so the prisoners are forced to use water and dish washing liquid to disinfect their wards and o...
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Lawyer prisoner, Mohammad Najafi, threatened to death in Irak C. Prison

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  Lawyer prisoner, Mohammad Najafi, a human rights activist and now a political prisoner in Irak Central Prison is threatened to death. The human rights center of “No to Prison- No to Execution, reported on September 7, 2021, quoting an informed source: After exposing the brutality against prisoners in Evin Prison, a delegation of inspectors went to Arak prison as a show. These inspectors asked Mr. Najafi what the situation was like in this prison. “The situation here is terrible and just a few days ago they killed a young man in this prison,” the political prisoner replied. After the delegation left, the prison authorities and their mercenary (Vakil of the ward= a person responsible for a ward) threatened him to death. Mr. Najafi reported the threat to outside the prison. Now the life of political prisoner, Mohammad Najafi is in danger. He is currently being taken to a special ward and is isolated. Other inmates have warned the warden and the Vakil of the ward that if anything hap...
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Father & son, political prisoners, threatened contacting their family

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  A Father and son, political prisoners , Ebrahim Khalil Seddiq-Hamedani and his son Salar, were threatened by the prison warden and guards. According to the human rights center of “No to Prison- No to Execution”, on Monday, September 6, 2021, Mehdi Daniali the head of “Moshavereh Ward” at Urmia Prison has summoned political prisoners Ebrahim Khalil Seddiq-Hamedani and his son Salar confiscating their phone cards. He also threatened them that a new case will be filed against them. Mr. Ebrahim Khalil Seddiq-Hamedani and his son Salar use their phone card to call their family and parents but Daniali has threatened them that if they are conveying the news of prison to the outside world, a new case will be filed against them. News say that on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, when the prison authorities couldn’t find any evidence in that regard, they issued them new phone cards. Ebrahim Khalil Seddiq-Hamedani and his son Salar are each sentenced to 19 years in prison. Such suppress...
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Iran’s Rising Number of Executions: Sign of Systematic Impunity

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 Written by Amir Taghati Last week, Iran Human Rights Monitor reported that about the rising trend of executions in Iran. The recent confirmation of Ebrahim Raisi as the regime’s new president seems to have accelerated the trend. Raisi is notorious for his involvement at the highest level of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in the  summer of 1988 . The overall execution rates bear out the expectation that Raisi’s ascension to the presidency would coincide with a surge in arrests and harsh legal punishments. Iran Human Rights Monitor recently affirmed that conclusion with its monthly report, referencing not only execution rates but also notable instances of politically motivated legal action, including humiliating parades of accused criminals which stand alongside the regime’s longstanding practice of public execution as a means of intimidating the population. IHRM noted that at least 26 individuals were executed in total in July. This implies that the overall tr...
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UN Report Reinforces Activists Call for Europe to Take Action on Iran’s 1988 Massacre

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  By Alejo Vidal-Quadras This week United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented a report to the UN General Assembly regarding the situation of human rights in Iran. Among the issues highlighted in this report was the ongoing crime against humanity that is the  1988 massacre  of political prisoners. The report noted that authorities have attempted to conceal mass graves associated with the massacre and that family members of its victims have faced harassment for protesting or otherwise working to increase public awareness. As an example of this latter phenomenon, the report also pointed out the case of  Maryam Akbari Monfared,  who has served 12 years of a 15-year sentence for her participation in large-scale protests in 2009. “Harassment against her increased after she filed a formal complaint seeking an official investigation into the executions of political prisoners, including her siblings, in 1988”, the report read. The larger harassment campa...
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