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Iran: The Regime Continues Executions on the Cusp of the UNGA
According to the Iranian opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), authorities in Iran have executed at least 226 prisoners between March 21 and July 21. The Iranian regime launched another wave of issuing and implementing the death penalty in August under orders from President Ebrahim Raisi, the man infamous for leading thousands of political prisoners to the gallows in Tehran’s prisons in 1988. In August 2021, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei engineered the Presidential election to appoint his protégé Raisi as the regime’s next president. In his Nowruz lecture, Khamenei described the Raisi presidency as the “sweetest event” of the last year.
The Right to Divorce, One of Multiple Deprived Rights for Iranian Women
The clerical rule in Iran discriminates against women in all social spheres. Inequality in the right to divorce is one of the most obvious examples. This inequality is such that many Iranian women, when abused by their husbands, prefer to maintain the status quo rather than get mired in misogynistic “family courts” and corrupt judges. Some women even consider suicide. Article 1133 of the regime’s Civil Code clearly emphasizes, “A man can divorce his wife at any time.”
Outspoken Political Prisoner Beaten by Prison Officials Over Daughters’ Hijab
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared who has spent 13 years in prison for protesting the execution of her two siblings, was beaten by prison authorities on August 24.
One of Semnan Prison officials attacked her after an argument broke out over her children being forced to wear a hijab.
According to reports, Maryam Akbari Monfared had received a visit from her family. During the visit, Hosseinipour, the Chief of the Prison’s Meeting Hall, attacked her.
Bern, August 25, 2022: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Held a Photo Exhibition in Memory of the Martyrs of Iran’s 1988 Massacre
Bern, August 25, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a photo exhibition in memory of the martyrs of Iran’s 1988 massacre.
Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters in Vienna & Copenhagen, Rallied Against Iran’s Regime, Calling for an End to Appeasement Policy
August 25, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians, and supporters of the People’s Mojaheding Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Austria—Vienna, and Denmark—Copenhagen, demonstrated against the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran, calling for an end to appeasement policy toward this regime.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – August 26, 2022
