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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CET
Iranian police have detained 13 men & women
Saturday at a mixed-gender party
#Iranian police have detained 13 men & women Saturday at a mixed-gender party in Abadan province, south #Iran, the state-run Rokna news agency reported. The clerical regime interferes in the most private aspects of people's lives.
(Image from file) pic.twitter.com/WOGJnR8uf0— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) February 7, 2021
Iran HRM: Arrest of Kurdish citizens continues in Iran
Taha Atashafraz was arrested on Sunday following an ongoing wave of arbitrary arrests in Iran. Security forces arrested him without presenting an arrest warrant & transferred him to an undisclosed location.
Arezoo Mostafaei, 17, a poet and novelist from Marivan, western Iran was summoned to the city’s Intelligence Office on February 5, and arrested the same day. She was released 3 days later after signing a written pledge. She has been beaten by interrogators during her detention.
115 Iranian Kurds were arrested in the past month.
UPDATE: 2:00 PM CET
Michael Johns:It’s time for that the Iranian regime to be fully isolated and sanctioned
When the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism dispenses its agents to assassinate its critics in western democracies, this debate is over: it’s time for that regime to be fully isolated and sanctioned.
The world needs maximum pressure sanctions against Iran immediately.
When the world's largest state sponsor of #terrorism dispenses its agents to assassinate its critics in western democracies, this debate is over: it's time for that regime to be fully isolated and sanctioned.
The world needs maximum pressure sanctions against #Iran immediately. https://t.co/XhGt46gwy4
— Michael Johns (@michaeljohns) February 6, 2021
Uncontracted technical and vocational teachers gathered today outside the Parliament in Tehran
Feb. 7 – Tehran, #Iran
Uncontracted technical and vocational teachers gathered outside the Parliament to demand stable jobs.
"We have suffered and have not seen any justice!" they chant. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/CYMVW3ZgFI— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) February 7, 2021
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
Maryam Rajavi’s Speech to the Global Conference Concurrent with the Conviction of the Clerical Regime’s Terrorist Diplomat by a European Court
The conviction of the clerical regime in the Court of Antwerp is a significant step and must be continued until the regime’s terrorism apparatus is dismantled. #EUTime4FirmIranPolicy pic.twitter.com/2eya8JngNT
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 6, 2021
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 480 Cities Surpasses 212,000
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMO/MEK) announced on Saturday, February 6, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 480 cities had exceeded 212,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 51,041, Khorasan Razavi 14,260, Isfahan 13,525, Khuzestan 10,550, Mazandaran 8,797, Lorestan 8,628, West Azerbaijan 7,813, Gilan 7,556, Golestan 5,489, Yazd 3,892, Qazvin 2,339, Zanjan 2,285, Hormozgan 2,240, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,700, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1,574.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 212,000 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 480 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/iLCu8w0M1U pic.twitter.com/FfcdxYzbpI
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 7, 2021
Activist women arrested and detained in cities across Iran
Intelligence agents arrested and jailed several activist women in cities across the country.
Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence broke into the house of Ms. Roya Jalali and arrested her on February 2, 2021. Presently, there is no information available on the reason for her arrest or her whereabouts.
Ms. Jalali is a Kurdish activist with two children. She suffers from MS (multiple sclerosis). Her husband, Khabat Mafakheri, is an environmental activist in Sanandaj who was temporarily freed on bail after four months of detention on January 7.
Political prisoner Zahra Safaei is in dire health conditions
News from Qarchak Prison of Varamin indicate political prisoner Zahra Safaei is in dire health conditions, as the prison’s warden, Soghra Khodadadi has prevented her urgent dispatch to a civic hospital.#Iran #FreePoliticalPrisoners pic.twitter.com/HeGMIioXQS
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) February 6, 2021
Protests continue as Iran’s stock market downturn deepens
Saturday morning marked another steep decline in Tehran’s stock market, with the TEDPIX index dropping by another 22,000 points to stand at 1.15 million, almost half of its 2-million-point peak in August. The downturn has wiped out the investments of thousands of middle-class Iranians, who invested in the stock market with the blessings and encouragement of regime president Hassan Rouhani and supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, large investors with links to the regime have made huge profits by manipulating the stock market with the help of top regime officials.
Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Three Rallies and Strikes on February 5
On Friday, February 5, Iranian citizens held at least three rallies and protests, blaming officials for failing to give them their inherent rights. In Karaj city, Alborz province, citizens vented their anger over municipal agents’ brutal behavior against a garbage collector and rescued the poor man.
Baluch prisoner Mehran Narui is in imminent danger of execution
Baluch prisoner Mehran Narui is in imminent danger of execution.
He is on death row for drug-related charges. He was denied access to legal council.
There has been an alarming rise in use of the death penalty against members of Baluch minority in #Iran#StopExecutionsInIran pic.twitter.com/RcliQtXG4B— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) February 6, 2021
Read more: Iran News in Brief – February 6, 2021
