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Dr. Kazem Rajavi’s Assassination
To Be Investigated in the Context of Genocide, Crime Against Humanity
In a letter to the Deputy Attorney General of the Swiss Confederation in Bern, the Vaud Provincial Prosecutor’s Office wrote that he has set aside the previous decision of the Prosecutor’s Office to close the case of the assassination of Dr. Kazem Rajavi and that he has transferred the case.
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Navid Afkari’s Execution: Consequences and Outcome for Iran’s Regime
The Iranian regime executed Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestling champion, on Saturday in defiance of pleas by the international community to halt this execution. What are the consequences and outcome for the regime? Does Navid’s execution indicate the regime’s strength?
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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
Iranians Protest Execution of Navid Afkari
The mullahs’ criminal regime ruling in Iran hanged Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestling champion, Saturday morning in Iran. Thousands of Iranians worldwide and several governments, international organizations, and athletes from across the globe had joined the call to save Navid’s life. Despite this global campaign against the inhuman death sentence against Navid Afkari, and despite his own statement that the confessions obtained from him were under torture, the Iranian regime refused to back down from the execution.
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Marching outside the White House to denounce appeasement of Iran ayatollahs
Marching outside @WhiteHouse to denounce appeasement of #Iran ayatollahs. These appeasers are complicit in the execution of #NavidAfkari and that of thousands yet unknown or unannounced in Iran. @EUintheUS @USAdarFarsi @VOAIran @HouseForeign pic.twitter.com/W0zWfUZ0Er
— OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) September 12, 2020
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Iran: Graffiti for NavidAfkari
#Iran graffiti for #NavidAfkari:
– "Death to Khamanei – We will avenge Navid."
– "The people live like beggars while Khamenei lives like a god – We will avenge Navid Afkari". pic.twitter.com/XU2HDW5PTR
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) September 12, 2020
#Iran wall graffiti says, "People wake up! They killed our #NavidAfkari."
Navid, a 27-year-old wrestling champion, was executed this morning despite his innocence and international outrage. pic.twitter.com/9pk0jWmk2N
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) September 12, 2020
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Iran executes wrestler Navid Afkari despite global appeals, including from Trump
The Iranian regime on Saturday executed a wrestling champion despite global appeals to Tehran, including from President Trump, for the regime to spare the 27-year-old’s life.
Iranian state media IRNA reported that Navid Afkari, 27, was hanged Saturday morning in Adelabad prison in the city of Shiraz.
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Amnesty Iran: We are completely shocked, saddened & horrified at the secret execution of Navid Afkari
We are completely shocked, saddened & horrified at the secret execution of Navid Afkari, a young man with a promising future ahead of him. This travesty of justice needs immediate international action through public & private interventions https://t.co/pGaxL7bxlx #نوید_افکاری
— Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) September 12, 2020
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MEK Resistance Units install poster of Massoud Rajavi in Iran
Iranian Resistance Units, the internal network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), organized various anti-regime activities across the country that called for an end to the theocratic regime ruling Iran, and they echoed Iranian people’s yearning for freedom, democracy, and people’s sovereignty. The members of the Resistance Units held up signs and took to graffiti with the slogans of the Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and the NCRI’s President-elect Maryam Rajavi.
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MEK: Iran’s Regime Destroys Graves of 1988 Massacre Victims
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) reported on Friday that the mullahs’ regime has destroyed a mass grave in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, where many victims of the 1988 massacre were buried. The regime intends to conceal its crime against humanity, and the world should prevent this.
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Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 427 Cities Exceeds 102,200
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, September 12, 2020, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 427 cities across Iran had exceeded 102,200. The number of victims in Khuzestan is 6,737, Isfahan 4,714, Lorestan 4,540, Gilan 4,232, Sistan and Baluchestan 3,138, East Azerbaijan 2,958, Golestan 2,889, Alborz 2,883, Fars 2,871, Hamedan 2,567, Kermanshah 2,391, North Khorasan 1,679, Kerman 1,635, Central Province 1,337, Semnan 1,337, Yazd 1,319, Ardabil 1,237, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 669, and South Khorasan 592.
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?
Sunday, September 13, 2020, marks the 302nd day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 755 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:
Number of uprising cities: 191
Number of martyrs: At least 1500
Number of injured: More than 4,000
Number of detainees: More than 12,000
Read more: Latest News in Brief- September 12, 2020