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The violent attempt was aimed at causing panic and discouraging the workers from continuing their protests. The Free Workers&#039; Union of Iran announced this morning. Today marked the 38th day of their strikes and the 24th day of their ongoing demonstrations. . Iranian Communities Held Joint Video Conference in 42 Cities in Europe, North America and Australia The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held an international conference in 50 cities around the world including Tirana, Paris, London, Berlin, Oslo, on Saturday 15 December, which were connected via video links. At the conference, the Iranian communities around the world expressed their support for the NCRI and called on the international community to halt Iranian regime\u2019s \u201cexport of terrorism\u201d across Europe and human rights violations inside the country. The NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi criticized the EU for pursuing a policy of appeasement and urged the European governments to adopt a firm policy to deal with the regime. Iran Arrests Christians in Growing Crackdown on Minority A website that exclusively reflects the news concerning Iranians converted to Christianity, Mohabat News reported that two Christian converts Shima and Shokoufeh Zanganeh who were arrested about two weeks ago in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, were beaten during interrogations. The two sisters had been arrested in their homes on Sunday, September 2 and taken to an unknown location.Their Bibles and other religious literature were seized in the raid. Member of Iran&#039;s Baha&#039;i Religious Minority Receives Heavy Prison Sentence Yekta Fahandej Saadi a member of Bahai community in Iran arrested was sentenced to 11 years\u2019 prison. The verdict was issued by the Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz. 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The violent attempt was aimed at causing panic and discouraging the workers from continuing their protests. The Free Workers' Union of Iran announced this morning. Today marked the 38th day of their strikes and the 24th day of their ongoing demonstrations.. Iranian Communities Held Joint Video Conference in 42 Cities in Europe, North America and AustraliaThe National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held an international conference in 50 cities around the world including Tirana, Paris, London, Berlin, Oslo, on Saturday 15 December, which were connected via video links. At the conference, the Iranian communities around the world expressed their support for the NCRI and called on the international community to halt Iranian regime\u2019s \u201cexport of terrorism\u201d across Europe and human rights violations inside the country.The NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi criticized the EU for pursuing a policy of appeasement and urged the European governments to adopt a firm policy to deal with the regime.Iran Arrests Christians in Growing Crackdown on MinorityA website that exclusively reflects the news concerning Iranians converted to Christianity, Mohabat News reported that two Christian converts Shima and Shokoufeh Zanganeh who were arrested about two weeks ago in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, were beaten during interrogations.The two sisters had been arrested in their homes on Sunday, September 2 and taken to an unknown location.Their Bibles and other religious literature were seized in the raid.Member of Iran's Baha'i Religious Minority Receives Heavy Prison SentenceYekta Fahandej Saadi a member of Bahai community in Iran arrested was sentenced to 11 years\u2019 prison.The verdict was issued by the Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz.Ms. Fahandej Saadi had been sentenced to five years\u2019 imprisonment last year by the city\u2019s Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court.She had been arrested by Intelligence Ministry security forces in March 2014 on the charge of \u201cdisseminating anti-government propaganda\u201d and \u201cacting against national security.\u201dContradictory Reports Over Death of IRGC GeneralThere are conflicting reports from Iranian sources on why a regional commander of the Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) lost his life.The public relations office of IRGC ground forces announced that General Ghodratollah Mansouri was killed by accident while cleaning his personal weapons. According to the statement, he was wounded from the head.Earlier, the Young Journalists' Club (YJC) reported that Mansouri died \"after a long illness\", but deleted its report after the IRGC statement was issued. 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