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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CET<\/span><\/p>\n As a result of extensive calls from international experts, political figures, and elected representatives from around the world for the trial of regime leaders in international courts on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide related to the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, a defected cleric named Shahab al-Din Ha’iri Shirazi has come forward to acknowledge and protested against the mass killing of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.<\/p>\n He stated,\u00a0“In 1988, they took away 30,000 prisoners who were serving their sentences and executed them. This crime doesn’t conform to any religious jurisprudence; they claim these were terrorists, insurgents, or insurrectionists. Even if they were insurgents, let a judge issue a verdict against them. All of them had undergone the most severe judicial process because the revolutionary courts were strict. Those who were deemed eligible for execution were executed already. The rest just had read a newspaper or something like that. They had spent three or two years in prison. What right did you have to take them away and interrogate them? They argue those who were executed remained loyal to their beliefs. So, what’s wrong with being loyal to a belief? A belief is a matter of the heart; it’s not a crime at all. It’s a matter of the heart; it’s not a crime.”<\/p>\n Following the 2022 uprising, Shahab al-Din Haeri Shirazi removed his clerical attire and put it aside, stating that he fears wearing these robes due to people’s anger.<\/p>\n UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday, August 25, the residents of Tarqarud Village came together for a protest demonstration aimed at halting the commencement of a new mining project in the Aab Chik Chik mine. The residents from various villages situated in the foothills of Karkas Mountain, spanning from Kashan to Natanz, which include places like Marq, Oureh, Kamo, Choqan, Joshqan, Sadian, Es-haqabad, Barz, Kamjan, among others, have endured years of suffering due to the influence of powerful lobbies that dominate the mining industry that bring nothing for the locals but the destruction of the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n August 25\u2014Natanz, central #Iran<\/a> — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDefected Cleric Admits to the Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners in 1988<\/h3>\n
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\nProtests Erupt as Communities Fight Back Against Mining Interests in Central Iran<\/h3>\n
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The people of Tarq rally to prevent the opening of a mine in the region.#IranProtests<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Sw90nqLi7w<\/a><\/p>\n