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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST
Protests in Kerman Province. Southeast Iran
The people of Golbaf, Kerman province, rallied and protested against the governor’s decision to divide the county of the province’s capital into separate districts.
Meanwhile, in a village called Shishegar, Kerman province, an old woman’s house was destroyed by state forces. The old woman, her small children, and her belongings were thrown out on the street.
UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST
On the Second Anniversary of November 2019 Uprising, Families of Martyrs Pay Tribute to the Fallen Heroes
Celebrating the birthday of Mehrdad Moinfar, a martyr of the November 2019 uprising, a ceremony was held by his family this afternoon at the Ferdowsieh Monastery. Family members of other martyrs of the November 1998 uprising, as well as friends, relatives and acquaintances of Mehrdad were present at the ceremony.
UPDATE: 5:30 PM CEST
U.S. Issues Iran-related Sanctions Over Drone Program
Reuters – The United States has issued a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions tied to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drone program that it said threatened regional stability, the Treasury Department said on Friday.
U.S. officials, in a statement, said the IRGC has been providing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones for use by Iran-backed groups, including Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and in crisis-hit Ethiopia.
UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST
Khamenei’s Representative Expresses Fear over Fuel Disruption Crisis
Ahmad Alamalhoda, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader’s representative in Mashhad Friday prayers said today: “In very critical situations, the enemy was plotting to create a social crisis in the country and to achieve its evil goals… The enemy carried out a conspiracy with cyber intrusion into the smart system of our gasoline distribution, causing problems for the people to revolt. They wanted this to turn into a social crisis.”
Land Subsidence Will Affect 20 Million Iranians
Ali Beit Elahi, secretary of the National Working Group on Natural Hazards said: “We are witnessing earth subsidence in 18 provinces while about 20 million people live in urban areas with earth subsidence. Nationwide studies have shown that earth subsidence has occurred in 18 of Iran’s 31 provinces.”
Elahi told state-run ISNA news agency that earth subsidences are occurring in more than 600 plains across the country, and the conditions of some of them have reached a super-critical state. According to the source, 31 cities in Isfahan province, 30 cities in Tehran province, 25 cities in Kerman province, and 24 cities in Khorasan Razavi province have been affected.
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 466,000
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Thursday, October 28, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 466,000. In Tehran, the death toll reached 109,175, in Khorasan Razavi 38,110, Isfahan 31,725, West Azerbaijan 17,233, Mazandaran 17,130, Fars 17,045, Gilan 16,260, East Azerbaijan 16,198, Alborz 13,748, Kermanshah 8,564, Central Province 8,513, Kurdistan 7,492, North Khorasan 5,933, Ilam 4,438, South Khorasan 4,016, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 3,394.
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— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 28, 2021
Maryam Rajavi: Raisi Must Be Prosecuted Now and Not Later
This is a very timely conference. The regime is engulfed in many crises with no solution. The people’s daily life is worsening. The economic foundations have been destroyed. In 2021, inflation in Iran has reached 50 percent, and unemployment is on the rise.
Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are plundering the nation’s wealth or spending it on meddling in the region as well as on nuclear, missile, and drone projects. Corruption is widespread, while poverty is on the rise.
What’s Behind the Cyberattack Against Iran’s Gas Stations?
A mass cyberattack that disrupted gas stations across Iran on Tuesday has caused much fear and worry for the Iranian regime. The attack, which targeted the digital infrastructure of the gasoline network, disabled the subsidized fuel services and caused long lines outside gas stations. Government officials urged the people to continue buying gasoline at market prices, but with most of Iran’s people struggling with economic problems, long lines formed at most gasoline stations.
Iran: Judge Hassan Tardast a Merciless Killer
Who is Judge Hassan Tardast? He is responsible for the execution of 800 people, including Reyhaneh Jabbari and Behnoud Shojaei. Judge Hassan Tardast held various positions in Iran’s judiciary, including an assistant judge, investigator, and presiding judge. He has been the head of Branch 74 of the Criminal Court for six years since 2008. In an interview with Etemad newspaper in 2012, he said that he had been a judge in premeditated murder cases for many years. During this period, he had issued more than a thousand death sentences, of which 800 have been carried out.
Political Prisoner Mehdi Darini Self-immolated in Evin Prison To Obtain His Conditional Release
Political prisoner Mehdi Darini set himself on fire on Wednesday, October 28, 2021, in Hall 9, ward 8 of Evin Prison in Tehran. Mr. Darini has served more than one-third of his 5-year prison sentence. His charges include “assembly and collusion against national security,” and “propaganda against the state.” Tehran’s Revolutionary Court initially sentenced Mehdi Darini to 11 years in prison of which five years will be implemented.
A Victim of Early Marriage, Soheila Abedi To Be Executed in a Month
Soheila Abedi, 32, a victim of early marriage, is sentenced to death for murdering her husband in 2015. She is in danger of being executed soon. Soheila Abedi was married at age 15. She is presently detained in the Reform and Rehabilitation Center (women’s ward) of the Prison of Sanandaj. Born in 1989, she killed her husband on January 23, 2015. The Supreme Court has upheld the death decree for Soheila Abedi. She has been told that if she cannot obtain the consent of the victim’s family, she will be executed in a month.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – October 28, 2021
