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UPDATE: 5:30 PM CET
A clip that shows two of the political prisoners
that were hanged this morning at dawn in Zahedan Prison
3 brutally tortured Baluch political prisoners were hanged at dawn in Zahedan Prison, SE #Iran. The 2 on the right are Hassan Dehvari & Elias Qalandarzehi, both fathers, who were hanged because their families are members of dissident groups. Omid Mahmoudzehi was also hanged today pic.twitter.com/GB6RuEszOV
— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) January 3, 2021
Nurses and employees at the Yazd Medical Sciences University gathered today
Yazd, central #Iran
Nurses and employees at the Yazd Medical Sciences University gathered today to demand better pay. They say they are discriminated against and want to be officially hired. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/FZGOSf5Yta— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) January 3, 2021
UPDATE: 10:30 AM CET
Three political prisoners were executed this morning in Iran
The criminal death sentences of Hassan Dehvari, Elias Qalandarzehi and Omid Mahmoudzehi were carried out in Zahedan Prison, south-east Iran, this morning, January 3rd.
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 478 Cities Exceeds 196,000
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Saturday, January 2, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 478 cities across Iran had exceeded 196,000. The number of victims in Tehran is 48,091, Khorasan Razavi 13,305, Isfahan 12,095, Khuzestan 9,915, Lorestan 7,898, Mazandaran 7,477, West Azerbaijan 7,293, Gilan 6,951, Fars 5,998, Sistan and Baluchestan 4,761, Kerman 4,313, Kurdistan 3,356, Semnan 2,954, Ardabil 2,407, Ilam 2,020, and Bushehr 1,979.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 196,000 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 478 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
Full Reporthttps://t.co/iM7DmvfltA pic.twitter.com/riLy16kPn6
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 2, 2021
Hadi Hosseini Mirak, 26, was executed in the Central Prison of Ardabil on December 27, 2020
Doctors prescribed that Hadi Hosseini Mirak, rests for two weeks, but one day after his discharge from hospital, his death sentence was carried out on the order of the prison warden. #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran pic.twitter.com/WQDDQYHg2U
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) January 2, 2021
No news on Golrokh Iraee 20 days past her forcible transfer to Evin
More than 20 days since her forcible transfer to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, her family have no news on Golrokh Iraee and her conditions.
Golrokh Iraee’s family are extremely worried about her health and the possibility of fabrication of a new case against her. As a result, her mother suffered a nervous attack and is presently hospitalized. Golrokh Iraee has not had any contacts or visits with her family since she was taken to the IRGC Intelligence detention center at Ward 2A in Evin Prison.
Iran’s New Year’s Eve Execution Underscores Rejection of Human Rights Principles
On Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement condemning the execution, earlier that same day, of a juvenile offender in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The incident stood out as a late addition to the country’s catalogue of human rights abuses for the year 2020. Three other juvenile offenders had been executed by the Iranian judiciary earlier in the year, and Thursday’s case seemed to reaffirm the clerical regime’s rejection of foreign criticisms of this practice and of other widely reported irregularities in Iranian jurisprudence.
Iran’s regime is depriving the people of bread
Through four decades of destructive policies, warmongering, and corruption, Iran’s regime has destroyed the country’s economy and people’s livelihood.
While this regime has pushed the people into poverty and misery by stealing public wealth and squandering national assets on nefarious projects, it continues to plunge its hands deeper into the people’s pockets every day under various pretext to steal what little is left of their lives.
State Security Forces destroyed the stalls of some 100 fruit vendors in Ahvaz, SW Iran
The State Security Force and Municipality agents of Ahvaz used loaders to destroy the stalls of some 100 fruit vendors at dawn on Friday, January 1, 2021. Some vendors were brutalized and arrested, their cellphones confiscated.#Iran #HumanRights pic.twitter.com/lMkZLXGm9o
— IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) January 2, 2021
Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Five Rallies and Strikes During Two Days
The Iranian people began 2021 with protests and rallies for their inherent rights, of which they have been deprived by the theocratic regime. In this respect, Iranian citizens held at least two rallies in different cities to express their ire against officials’ plundering and profiteering policies.
Read more: Iran News in Brief – January 2, 2021