JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.
In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan. Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
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Iranwire - June 23, 2023
<<Security Forces Clash with Protesters in Baluchistan
Peaceful protests in multiple cities across the south-eastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan took a violent turn after security forces intervened to disperse the demonstrators. Ethnic Baluch protesters took to the streets of the provincial capital, Zahedan, and other cities including Iranshahr, Rask, Chabahar and Saravan after Friday prayers on June 23, calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. Local groups monitoring events in the province reported that military forces clashed with demonstrators in Rask and Iranshahr. In footage shared by Haalvsh, protesters in Rask can be seen hurling stones at armed forces while chanting slogans calling for the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Local Sunni cleric Molavi Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi said on Twitter that security forces attacked the Sunni Mosque and Rask Seminary in an attempt to arrest his father, another prominent cleric. He called upon local residents to block the roads in Rask to obstruct the movements of the Islamic Republic's security forces. In Iranshahr, Chabahar and Saravan, protesters also poured onto the streets after prayers, chanting slogans such as <rape, crime, death to this state.> In Zahedan, Haalvsh reported that security and military forces conducted widespread arrests around the Grand Makki Mosque.
Despite heightened security measures, videos shared on social media show protesters in the city shouting slogans such as <I will kill, I will kill, whoever killed my brother,> <Kurds, Baluch, and Azeri, freedom and equality,> and <Death to Khamenei.> In his sermon, the outspoken Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan accused the Islamic Republic's leadership of neglecting national interests. Molavi Abdulhamid urged Iran's Shia rulers to abandon ineffective policies and instead heed the voice of the people.<As long as we have breath in our bodies, we will prioritize the interests of the Iranian people, and we are prepared to face any threat to our lives in pursuit of these interests,> the 75-year-old cleric said, referring to an assassination plot against him. Earlier this week, local news reports quoted sources as saying an intelligence operation by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had attempted the poisoning of the imam, which was thwarted by the identification and arrest of an individual assigned to carry out the killing. Sistan and Baluchistan is home to Iran's Sunni Baluch minority of up to 2 million people. The provincial capital has seen protest rallies every Friday since September 30 of last year, when security forces killed nearly 100 people in the deadliest incident in the nationwide demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. Iranian security forces have responded to the protest movement with brutal force, killing more than 520 people during demonstrations and unlawfully detaining over 20,000 others, activists say. Following biased trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters. The protests and clampdown on dissent have been particularly intense in western Kurdish areas and Sistan and Baluchistan.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117821-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-in-baluchistan/

Jinha - Womens news agency - June 23, 2023
<<Internet shutdowns in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
News Center- Since the call for protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, the people living in some areas of the province have been suffering from severe disruption to internet service while some have been suffering from a total internet shutdowns, according to the reports of the local press outlets. According to the reports, the Iranian government has reduced internet traffic in the province, especially in Zahedan, to block access to platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp. On September 30, 2022, the Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters gathering and chanting in front of a police station near the Great Mosalla of Zahedan, killing and injuring dozens protesters. The attack by the Iranian security forces on protesters is also known as <Bloody Friday>. Since then, many people have come together in Zahedan on Friday to protest the regime.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/internet-shutdowns-in-sistan-and-baluchestan-province-33463?page=1

Jinha - Womens news agency - June 23, 2023
<<Iranian security forces arrest Nagar Bakhtiari
News Center- Yasna Bakhtiari, sister of Mojahed Kurukut, who was arrested and then sentenced to death, has announced on her Instagram account that Iranian security forces raided their home and arrested her sister Nagar Bakhtiari. <We have received no information about her since her arrest. If something happens to my sister, the government and security forces will be responsible,> she wrote. According to the received reports, Iranian security forces used violence against the family members while searching the house and confiscated some personal belongings and Nagar Bakhtiari's mobile phone. Fatemeh Heydari, sister of Javad Heydari, who was killed in the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> protests against the regime, confirmed on her Twitter account that Iranian security forces had raided the house of Mojahed Kurkur's family. <His family's house has been raided several times until now. Last night, the Iranian security forces raided his family's house again. Since then, we have received no information about Nagar and we are extremely worried about her.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/iranian-security-forces-arrest-nagar-bakhtiari-33464

Iranwire - June 23, 2023
<<Jailed Political Activist Haeri Sentenced to Prison Again
An Iranian court has sentenced political activist Ahmedreza Haeri to three months and one day in prison on charges of <spreading lies> local media reported. Branch 1040 of the Criminal Court in Tehran handed down the sentence in absentia on June 21, as Haeri was serving a previous conviction in Tehran's Evin prison. The plaintiff in the latest case, the Tehran Province Prisons Organization, accused Haeri of disseminating <false> information regarding the deaths of inmates in Greater Tehran Prison. The court documents include Haeri's writings about prisoners such as Sasan Nik Nafs and Amir Hossein Hatami who died in the prison in 2021. In September last year, Haeri was handed a sentence of three years and eight months for <assembly and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against national security,> along with an additional eight months for <propaganda> against the Islamic Republic. In May this year, Haeri was ordered to return to prison after being granted temporary release on bail.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117813-jailed-political-activist-haeri-sentenced-to-prison-again/

Iranwire - June 23, 2023 - by ROGHAYEH REZAEI
<<The Ordeal of a Yoga Instructor in Iranian Dungeons
The life of Ali Rezaei, a 39-year-old yoga instructor and teacher of Turkish language, took a devastating turn on December 11, 2022, when security forces stormed his home in Mianeh in the north-western province of East Azarbaijan, seized his electronic devices and other personal belongings, and took him to custody. Blindfolded and handcuffed, Rezaei was transferred to Tehran's Evin Prison. During his transfer, he was subjected to verbal abuse that included explicit threats of sexual assault, a source told IranWire. In Evin's Ward 209, Rezaei endured days of solitary confinement during which the interrogators extracted self-incriminating confessions from the detainee. Rezaei was forced to sign over 3,000 pages predominantly consisting of printed copies of his social media posts and stories from recent years. <For an entire week, Ali endured grueling sessions, was forced to sign the printouts from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon. These printed materials filled three voluminous files each containing 500 to 600 pages,> the source said. Following the interrogation process, Rezaei was transferred to Greater Tehran Prison, where he held Turkish language classes for fellow detainees. <Ali is a teacher and yoga instructor who, prior to his imprisonment, assisted patients with multiple sclerosis,> IranWire's source said. After some time, Judge Abolqasem Salavati ordered Rezaei to be sent back to Evin Prison for further interrogation. There, Rezaei endured 10 days of intensive questioning during which the interrogator focused on his trips to Azerbaijan and Turkey. Rezaei was then sent to Greater Tehran Prison again and to Evin Prison, where he has remained to this day. In Evin, Rezaei continued to teach Turkish to prisoners and helped them to alleviate the stress of their imprisonment. According to information obtained by IranWire, a first instance court presided over by Judge Abulqasem Salvati sentenced Rezaei to five years in prison on charges of <gathering and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against national security> and an additional year for <propaganda against the regime.> <It is important to note that he had never admitted to participating in street rallies or planning them, and no evidence was presented to support these allegations> the source said. Rezaei was deprived of the right to legal representation during the judicial process. Additionally, Judge Salvati warned his relatives that they would be incarcerated if they pursued legal action.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/117812-the-ordeal-of-a-yoga-instructor-in-iranian-dungeons/

NCRI - Womens committee - in Women's news - June 21, 2023
<<Life of Atena Farghadani at risk in notorious Qarchak Prison
The life of Atena Farghadani is at risk due to poisoning and physical assault by ordinary prisoners in the notorious Qarchak Prison. Mr. Mohammad Moghimi, her lawyer, announced on his Twitter account, <The life of Atena Farghadani is in danger. My client, Atena Farghadani, discovered that her food was poisoned in Qarchak Prison and refrained from eating it. When she went to the prison buffet to get food, she was beaten and injured by several ordinary criminals hired by the regime.>
Life of Atena Farghadani is at risk in notorious Qarchak Prison
Mohammad Moghimi added in another tweet, <Ms. Farghadani has started a dry hunger strike in protest against the poisoning of her food.>
On June 21, 2023, Ms. Farghadani was transferred to a hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to her deteriorating condition. The life of Atena Farghadani is in danger, and according to her lawyer, her critical condition is a result of the assault and injuries in prison and the consequences of her dry hunger strike.
Atena Farghadani, a committed artist
Atena Farghadani, who was previously deprived of continuing her studies at the master's level due to her activities, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran after being summoned and reporting to the Evin courthouse. Atena Farghadani was arrested in September 2014 and sentenced to 12 years and nine months of imprisonment for <insulting the leader (Khamenei).> Ultimately, this sentence was reduced to 18 months of imprisonment in the Revision Court. Ms. Farghadani was sentenced to 12 years in prison for drawing and posting on social media cartoons that depicted members of the regime's parliament with animal heads.
She was charged with <conspiracy against national security,> <propaganda against the state,> and <insulting members of the parliament.> When she was temporarily released from prison in 2014, she exposed the harassment and abuses faced by prisoners, which quickly led to her return to prison. She went on a hunger strike. Another time, she suffered a heart attack. Atena Farghadani was finally released from prison on May 3, 2016.
In an open letter in June 2016, Atena Farghadani stressed that she would continue her artistic activities, <I would not mind going to jail and to solitary confinement.> She added in her letter, <As long as I live, I will stay in Iran and I would not mind going to jail and solitary confinement! .... For me the best and the most beautiful are summed up in the word of motherland.> >>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/06/21/life-of-atena-farghadani-at-risk/

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Iranwire - June 22, 2023
<<Baha'i Sentenced to Six Years in Prison and Assets Seized
Hami Bahadori, a 26-year-old Baha'i citizen, was transferred to Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on Wednesday, 21 June, without the knowledge of his lawyer and family and sentenced to six years in prison, IranWire reports. The court session concluded with an immediate announcement of the verdict. Bahadori was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of <gathering and collusion,> with an additional one-year prison term for spreading <propaganda against the Islamic Republic under the guise of preaching for Baha'is.> This resulted in a total of six years in prison for Bahadori, accompanied by a two-year ban on leaving the country. The judge also ordered the confiscation of belongings seized by authorities from Bahadori and his wife. These items included an iMac, laptop, camera with three lenses, hard drive, internet modem, and gold. The court refused to accept bail after the court session concluded, promptly ordering the execution of the sentence. This decision has raised serious concerns about the denial of bail and the swift implementation of the verdict. Hami Bahadori was taken into custody by security agents in his private residence in Tehran on October 22, 2022, and has since endured indefinite detention for eight months.>>
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https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/117778-bahai-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-and-assets-seized/

Iranwire - June 22, 2023
<<UN Official Says Iran's Human Right Situation <Deteriorating>
In a statement issued on June 21, Nada Al-Nashif, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed grave concern over Iran's deteriorating human rights situation. Al-Nashif highlighted the limited engagement and implementation of recommendations from international human rights mechanisms by the Islamic Republic's authorities. <The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,> Al-Nashif said on June 21. According to Al-Nashif, the UN's the Human Rights Council has been presented with a report by Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic, covering the period from 1 August 2022 to 15 April 2023.
<There was a substantial increase in arbitrary detentions of protesters, activists, human rights defenders, and lawyers,> Al-Nashif said. <Civic and democratic space continued to be restricted in the country. Security forces used disproportionate force in some instances in the context of demonstrations as well as large-scale security operations leading to death and injury of protestors, raising concerns of unlawful killings. Arbitrary detention of protestors, activists, human rights defenders, and lawyers significantly increased during the reporting period,> she added. The High Commissioner's statement underscored the dire conditions prevailing in Iran's prisons, specifically addressing the lack of attention from judicial authorities and prison officials towards the health and well-being of political and ideological prisoners. Several IranWire investigations have unveiled harrowing details of torture, physical abuse, and sexual assault inflicted upon detained protesters, both male and female, in Iran's detention centers and prisons. Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist incarcerated in Evin Prison, had previously reached out to the United Nations, shedding light on the chaotic state of the women's prison within Evin and emphasizing the urgent need for medical care and treatment for several female inmates.
Al-Nashif also expressed grave concern over the significant increase in executions in Iran.
<In 2022, 582 people were executed, that is a 75 per cent increase compared to 2021, during which 333 people were reportedly executed. There were three children among those executed in 2022. Of the total number of executions, 256 were for drug-related offences,> she said. <The numbers of those executed from minority communities remain disproportionately high, particularly for alleged drug-related or security-related crimes,> she added. The Iran Human Rights Organization, based in Norway, announced that 350 people have been executed in Iranian prisons in the first half of 2023. Since the start of nationwide protests in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has executed seven protesters through an unjust and expedited process. Furthermore, Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of another protester, Mohammad Qobadloo. According to Amnesty International's report, at least seven other protesters have been sentenced to death, with dozens more at risk of receiving the same verdict. Despite widespread domestic and international criticism regarding the escalating issuance and execution of death sentences in Iran, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ajei, the head of the judiciary in the Islamic Republic, defended the continuation of these executions and justified the actions taken by the government.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117775-un-official-says-irans-human-right-situation-deteriorating/

Iranwire - June 21, 2023
<<Son, Brother of Exiled Iranian Rights Activist Arrested
Iranian security forces have arrested the son and brother of Fariba Borhanzehi Baluch, a renowned human rights activist who resides in London, according to a website covering news related to Iran's ethnic Baluch minority. Her 18-year-old son Amer Baluch and her brother Mohammad Molazehi, aged 25, were taken into custody in the south-eastern city of Iranshahr on June 18, Shivaz News reported. The website said Amer Baluch recently traveled to England to visit his mother. From Tehran, he traveled to Iranshahr along with several relatives. Security forces stopped the vehicle they were traveling in upon arriving in the city at around 10:00 p.m. on June 18 and detained the son and brother of the human rights activist. Baluch's relatives are not involved in her human rights activities. The Islamic Republic's security agencies routinely arrest family members of activists and journalists living abroad as a means to exert pressure on them.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117755-son-brother-of-exiled-iranian-rights-activist-arrested/

Iranwire - June 21, 2023
<Mahsa Jina Amini> Street Plaques Unveiled in Ottawa
Officials in the Canadian capital have unveiled <Mahsa Jina Amini> street plaques to honor the memory of the young Iranian woman whose death in police custody in September last year sparked months-long anti-government protests. The plaques were unveiled on June 20 on Metcalfe Street, where the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran was located before its closure 10 years ago. The ceremony was attended by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, city councilors Teresa Kavanagh and Ariel Troster, and members of the Canadian-Iranian community. The September 2022 death of 22-year-old Amini, soon after she was arrested by morality police for allegedly violating the country's hijab law, triggered months of nationwide protests demanding fundamental economic, social and political changes.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117758-mahsa-jina-amini-street-plaques-unveiled-in-ottawa/

Iranwire - June 21, 2023
<<Albanian Police Raid Iranian Dissidents Camp, Seize Computer Devices
Albanian police have raided a camp near Tirana home to members of the exile Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalk (MEK), and seized 150 computer devices allegedly linked to prohibited activities. Albanian authorities said both police officers and Iranian dissidents were injured during clashes at the Ashraf-3 camp on June 20. The opposition group said one person also died. The Albanian authorities denied responsibility. Police said the operation was carried out on the orders of the Albanian judiciary due to the <violation of agreements and commitments> made by the group when they settled in Albania a decade ago. Police declined to provide specifics on what the investigation was about, but local media reported that the operation was part of a probe into cyber-crime. Media reports said that when police arrived at the camp hundreds of MEK members tried to repel the officers. The group accused the police of using pepper spray. According to Interior Minister Blendi Cuci, police did all they could to avoid causing <incidents,> adding, <The Mujahedin violence toward the police is intolerable.> He said that officers were awaiting a forensics report into the death of a man in his seventies. State Police Director-General Muhamet Rrumbullaku said 15 police officers and 21 MEK members were injured and several police cars were damaged. Police seized 96 computer units and about 50 laptops and tablets, he said. Under a UN and US-backed deal in 2013 that saw them leave Iraq, the MEK settled in Albania and other countries. Their numbers have grown to around 2,800 people at Ashraf 3, the largest MEK camp in the world. In 2022, Tirana cut off diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic, accusing it of carrying out massive cyber-attacks against Albania. Tehran considers the MEK a terrorist group.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117740-albanian-police-raid-iranian-dissidents-camp-seize-computer-devices/


NCRI - Womens committee - in Women's news - June 21, 2023
<<Life of Atena Farghadani at risk in notorious Qarchak Prison
The life of Atena Farghadani is at risk due to poisoning and physical assault by ordinary prisoners in the notorious Qarchak Prison. Mr. Mohammad Moghimi, her lawyer, announced on his Twitter account, <The life of Atena Farghadani is in danger. My client, Atena Farghadani, discovered that her food was poisoned in Qarchak Prison and refrained from eating it. When she went to the prison buffet to get food, she was beaten and injured by several ordinary criminals hired by the regime.>
Life of Atena Farghadani is at risk in notorious Qarchak Prison
Mohammad Moghimi added in another tweet, <Ms. Farghadani has started a dry hunger strike in protest against the poisoning of her food.>
On June 21, 2023, Ms. Farghadani was transferred to a hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to her deteriorating condition. The life of Atena Farghadani is in danger, and according to her lawyer, her critical condition is a result of the assault and injuries in prison and the consequences of her dry hunger strike.
Atena Farghadani, a committed artist
Atena Farghadani, who was previously deprived of continuing her studies at the master's level due to her activities, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran after being summoned and reporting to the Evin courthouse. Atena Farghadani was arrested in September 2014 and sentenced to 12 years and nine months of imprisonment for <insulting the leader (Khamenei).> Ultimately, this sentence was reduced to 18 months of imprisonment in the Revision Court. Ms. Farghadani was sentenced to 12 years in prison for drawing and posting on social media cartoons that depicted members of the regime's parliament with animal heads.

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She was charged with <conspiracy against national security,> <propaganda against the state,> and <insulting members of the parliament.> When she was temporarily released from prison in 2014, she exposed the harassment and abuses faced by prisoners, which quickly led to her return to prison. She went on a hunger strike. Another time, she suffered a heart attack. Atena Farghadani was finally released from prison on May 3, 2016.
In an open letter in June 2016, Atena Farghadani stressed that she would continue her artistic activities, <I would not mind going to jail and to solitary confinement.> She added in her letter, <As long as I live, I will stay in Iran and I would not mind going to jail and solitary confinement! .... For me the best and the most beautiful are summed up in the word of motherland.> >>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/06/21/life-of-atena-farghadani-at-risk/

NCRI - Womens committee - in Women's news - June 20, 2023
<<Trial of Golrokh Iraee at the Revision Court of Tehran Province The resistant political prisoner refused to participate in the unfair The trial of Golrokh Iraee, a resistant political prisoner detained in the women's ward of Evin Prison, was held on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in her absence. She refused to attend her trial at the Revision Court, where she had to sign a written commitment paper and request amnesty. In protest of the verdict issued against her and the unfair judicial proceedings, Golrokh Iraee did not participate in the trial convened at the Revision Court of Tehran province. She refused to ask for clemency.
The last trial of Golrokh Iraee sentenced her to 7 years in jail
Security forces violently arrested Golrokh Iraee at her home on September 26, 2022. They ransacked her residence and confiscated some of her personal belongings.In late October, Branch 2 of Evin's Prosecutor's Office arraigned Ms. Iraee on her <assembly and collusion> charges and <propaganda against the state.>
Trial of Golrokh Iraee at the Revision Court of Tehran Province
The trial of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was held on April 13, 2023, at the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, where she was sentenced to 6 years in prison for <assembly and collusion> and one year for <propaganda against the state.> The sentence implemented for her will be six years. She was also sentenced to a 2-year ban on staying in her hometown Tehran and a 2-year ban on participating in parties and groups. Her mobile phone was also confiscated. The presiding judge said he would disagree with her temporary release on bail. The security forces and the Judiciary have pressured Golrokh Iraee to write a written request for amnesty. Ms. Ebrahimi has refused to do so every time. Golrokh Iraee had been previously arrested and detained for her activities. In the latest case against her, the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced her to three years and seven months in prison. In April 2021, Golrokh Iraee was sentenced to one year in absentia and banned for two years from joining any group or party and leaving the country. Ms. Iraee was not informed of the convening of such a trial session. Golrokh Iraee was finally released from the Prison of Amol on May 9, 2022.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/06/20/trial-of-golrokh-iraee/ 

Iranwire - June 20, 2023
<<Report: France Bans Iranian Opposition Rally, Citing Attack Threat
French authorities have banned a planned Iranian opposition rally in Paris, citing the risk of a terrorist attack, Reuters news agency reported on June 19. The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), political arm of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), planned its annual rally on July 1. In a letter sent to the organizers and seen by Reuters, Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said that, following months of nationwide anti-government protests in Iran, a <tense context> developed posing <very significant security risks> to NCRI gatherings. Therefore, the group's annual meeting <cannot be held,> Nunez added. Shahin Gobadi, a member of the NCRI's Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned the decision, saying: <If French authorities take such a stance, it will represent a brazen disregard for democratic principles, caving in to the ruling religious tyranny's blackmail and hostage-taking.> In a statement sent to Reuters, Paris police confirmed they had informed the rally's organizing committee of the decision to ban the event as it could <generate disturbances to public order due to the geopolitical context.> <Moreover, given the terrorist risk cannot be neglected, the holding of such an event would make its security but also the security of sensitive guests extremely complex,> it added. The ban comes a few weeks after the Islamic Republic released several European citizens from prison, including two French nationals.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117709-report-france-bans-iranian-opposition-rally-citing-attack-threat/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: This basically means that the French government sold out its support for the 'Women, Life, Freedom' revolution. Shame on them.

Iranwire, June 20, 2023
<<UN Rights Chief Concerned by <Massive> Rise in Executions
The UN human rights chief called for greater cooperation with the international human rights system as he addressed rights emergencies in Iran and dozens of other countries around the world. In his annual review presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, which opened its 53rd regular session on June 19, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk insisted that cooperation was <vital> in a world plagued by conflict, climate disasters and development setbacks. <We would now like to scale up engagement,> Turk said, adding that the world was at a <critical juncture> 75 years after adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He said the Islamic Republic of Iran <ontinues to engage formally> with his office,> but he deplored that <substantive implementation of the State's obligations under international human rights law remains very limited.> Turk also expressed concern over <the massive recent increase in executions> of prisoners, as well as <continuing discrimination against women and girls.> >>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117701-un-rights-chief-concerned-by-massive-rise-in-executions/

Iranwire, June 20, 2023
<<IRGC Intelligence Chief Accuses 20 Countries Of Fomenting Protests
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence (IRGC-IO) claimed on June 19 that the secret services of some 20 countries were involved in inciting months-long nationwide protests last year. In an interview with the website of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi alleged that the United States, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Iran's arch-foe Israel were among the countries involved in supporting the anti-government protests. Saudi Arabia, with which Tehran resumed diplomatic ties this year after a seven-year hiatus, and the United Arab Emirates were also involved, he said. Kazemi claimed that Emirati and Israeli intelligence agencies held <periodic meetings in an Arab country to back the troubles> in Iran, while French diplomats based in Tehran <gathered information on the ground regarding the riots and the security forces.> The IRGC-IO chief did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Many of the countries he listed expressed their support for the demonstrations demanding economic, social and political changes, and imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic for cracking down on the protesters. The European Union, the United States, the UK and other countries have imposed several rounds of sanctions on Iran over its brutal response to the protest movement. Activists say more than 520 people have been killed and over 20,000 others have been unlawfully detained in connection with the protests sparked by the September 16 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Following biased trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117704-irgc-intelligence-chief-accuses-20-countries-of-fomenting-protests/

Iranwire - June 20, 2023
<<Report: Plot to Kill Iran's Top Sunni Cleric Uncovered
A plot to assassinate outspoken Sunni cleric Molavi Abdulhamid has been foiled, the Haalvsh human rights organization reported on June 19. Haalvsh, a group that monitors rights violations in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, said the security guards of Zahedan's Makki Mosque arrested a man masquerading as a religious student who wanted to poison Molavi. The man said the plot was orchestrated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) intelligence service. As news of the foiled assassination attempt spread, Zahedan residents rushed toward the Makki Mosque and the authorities bolstered security around the city. Government officials did not immediately comment on the alleged plot to kill Molavi, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan. The 75-year-old cleric has been a key dissenting voice inside Iran since the eruption of nationwide protests in September 2022, using his sermons to call for fundamental economic, social and political changes in the country. In response, the security agencies have increased pressure on Molavi, banning him from leaving the country for a planned Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holy places in Saudi Arabia. Zahedan has been rocked by weekly protest rallies after Friday prayers since September 30, when security forces killed nearly 100 people in the deadliest incident in the nationwide demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/117702-report-plot-to-kill-irans-top-sunni-cleric-uncovered/

Iranwire - June 20, 2023
<<Canada Sanctions Iranian judges over <Gross> Rights Abuses
The Canadian government says it has sanctioned seven Revolutionary Court judges for their role in <gross and systematic human rights abuses.>
<As an institution closely tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence, the Revolutionary Courts are notorious for issuing death sentences and harsh prison terms following sham trials and based on evidence gathered under torture,> the Canadian government said in a statement on June 19. The measures prohibit dealings with those targeted by the sanctions and freeze any assets they may have held in Canada. The individuals listed are also banned from entering the country. Canada has joined the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States in imposing several rounds of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on months of anti-government demonstrations sparked by the September 2022 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police. Amini had been arrested for allegedly wearing a hijab improperly.
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<More than six months ago, the Iranian people demanded change,> Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said. <They issued a call that was heard around the world and asked the Iranian regime to respect their human rights and freedom. Yet, the regime has yet to respond and, instead, is increasing its use of execution, suppression and intimidation. Canada will continue to support the Iranian people and we will use the tools at our disposal to respond to Iran’s egregious actions.> >>
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https://iranwire.com/en/news/117698-canada-sanctions-iranian-judges-over-gross-rights-abuses/

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