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Iran’s Regime Suffers Two Major Blows in Stockholm and Brussels
Following 92 court sessions in Stockholm through the course of 33 months, former Iranian regime official Hamid Noury was sentenced to life in prison for committing serious crimes against international law and murder during the summer 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners across the country. Most of the victims were members and supporters of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
1,700 Women Summoned for Improper Veiling to Kermanshah’s Police
Some 1,700 women have been called to the province’s police stations for improper veiling since March 2022. The police chief of Kermanshah Province, western Iran, announced during a news conference. Ali Akbar Javidan said more than 22,000 public notices had been given concerning moral security, failing to observe the mandatory Hijab, improper veiling, or falling back on the regime’s dress code in three months and 20 days. Furthermore, 230 vehicles were seized and sent to the parking lot in the province during the same period.
How Population Growth Law Strips Iranian Women of Their Rights?
SDG 5.6 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals wants to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action.
In this podcast, the NCRI Women’s Committee will get into the details of how the Iranian regime has failed to give the minimum response to this SDG and even adopted a law that cripples women’s rights in this regard.
Political Prisoners Hold Sit-in to Gain Their Right to Visitations
The latest reports from Qarchak Prison say political prisoners in that prisoner had held a sit-in protest in solidarity with Zahra Safaei. Political prisoner Zahra Safaei has been deprived of visiting her son for more than three months. Her son, Massoud Moini, is detained in Evin Prison.
According to reports from Qarchak Prison on July 12, political prisoner Zahra Safaei and her daughter, Parastoo Moini, held a sit-in in the prison’s corridor to protest the rejection of their request to have a visit with their son and brother, Massoud Moini.
Three Teacher Activists Kept in Limbo in Tehran Prison
Three Iranian teachers are kept in limbo in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Jafar Ebrahimi, Mohammad Habibi, and Rasoul Bodaghi were arrested on April 30 and transferred to Evin’s section 240 known as the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Center.
According to an informed source, Rasoul Bodaghi last spoke to his family on the phone on June 11, and since then, his family has been in the dark about his situation.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – July 15, 2022
