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Courageous Speech in the Lack of Free Speech
While the regime’s presidential candidates were smearing and throwing dirt on one another in the third and last round of televised debates in Tehran, Iranians used every opportunity to protest and call upon their fellow countrymen not to trust the regime’s fake promises and boycott the election.
#BoycottIranShamElections
"When we protest on the streets, they kill us or arrest us. The only way to speak our mind is by not voting. Don't listen to any of their promises." pic.twitter.com/DnPFg98mRp— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) June 12, 2021
On Saturday, several reports from inside Iran indicated that rallies and demonstrations were held from farmers in Ahvaz, workers in Behbohan, landowners and retired employees of the bus drivers syndicate in Tehran, as well as metro workers in Hashtgerd that were demanding their rights and wages from the regime and its local authorities.
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Fatalities Exceed 309,800
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, June 11, 2021, that the Coronavirus fatalities in 547 cities had exceeded 309,800. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 72,596, Isfahan 20,775, Khuzestan 19,431, Khorasan Razavi 18,830, East Azerbaijan 12,718, West Azerbaijan 11,673, Fars 10,347, Alborz 8,843, Golestan 7,440, Kermanshah 6,043, Yazd 5,177, and Hormozgan 4,085.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 309,800 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 547 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/cOIx2cTRPa pic.twitter.com/5aFyGESSQc
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) June 11, 2021
Dark Humor: As Ratko Mladic Convicted, Ebrahim Raisi Runs for Presidency
On Tuesday, June 8, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) issued its final judgement in the case of Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic for war crimes. He had supervised the summary execution of some 8,000 unarmed men and boys in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in around 26 years ago.
Iran’s Water Crisis
Iran’s exacerbating water crisis has turned into one of the greatest challenges of the country. Currently, all six watersheds of the country are faced with drought, water shortage, or dehydration crises. “Iran is disappearing and the water war is spreading from provinces to villages,” Isa Kalantari, the head of the Department of Environment, said on May 17, as reported by the official IRNA news agency.
Evidence Shows Afkari Brothers Tortured in Prison
Saeed Afkari, brother to executed wrestling champion Navid Afkari and imprisoned Afkari brothers, tweeted yesterday that forensics confirmed his two brothers’ injuries from torture. “According to forensics, my brother Habib has suffered a broken toe, an unhealed broken wrist, and a torn shoulder from his detainment in Intelligence. Vahid’s neck and arm are injured after committing suicide in protest to physical and psychological torture. They have been in solitary confinement for 279 days without medical treatment,” Saeed wrote in his tweet.
Iran Sentences Labor Activist Esmail Gerami to Five Years Jail, Flogging
Esmail Gerami, a 67 year-old pensioner and labor activist was sentenced to prison and lashes for participating in protests held by pensioners for higher wages in Tehran. The Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Mill Labor Syndicate reported on Wednesday that Esmail Gerami, one of the leaders in the nationwide pensioners protests, had been fined two million tomans in addition to imprisonment and flogging.
Kurdish Conservationist Faranak Jamshidi Imprisoned To Serve Her Term
Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi was transferred to the Reform and Rehabilitation Center of Sanandaj to serve her prison term. The Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, capital of Iranian Kurdistan Province, sentenced Faranak Jamshidi last January to four years in prison. The Appeals Court commuted this sentence to one year.
Iran News in Brief, June 12, 2021
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