Mohammad Najafi, a lawyer and political prisoner held in Evin Prison, is facing a new judicial case. His interrogation session for this case was held in absentia, at Branch 3 of the Investigative Court of District 33. According to reports, the new charges against Mr. Najafi include “propaganda against the regime,” “spreading falsehoods,” and “insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic.” A bail of 1.1 billion Iranian tomans has been set for him in this case. Mr. Naja

The Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced two French citizens to lengthy prison terms on charges of “espionage” and “intelligence collaboration with Israel.” According to reports from media outlets affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, one of the defendants was sentenced to six years in prison for “spying on behalf of the French intelligence service,” five years for “collusion and assembly against national security,” and twenty years of imprisonment in exile for “intelligence

Abbas Vahidiyan Shahroudi, a writer and one of the signatories of the “Statement of 14,” has received new sentences from the Revolutionary Court. In a session referred to as an “online court,” he was sentenced to two years in prison for “propaganda against the regime,” one year in prison for “confessing to overthrowing the government,” and two years of exile in Zabol. This new verdict comes while Vahidiyan Shahroudi is already serving a 21-year prison term in Vakilabad Prison

A group of applicants from phases 1 to 3 of the National Housing Project for university staff in Ahvaz gathered in front of the Khuzestan Governor’s Office to protest delays in unit handovers and officials’ indifference.

Telecommunications retirees in Kurdistan held a spirited protest, shouting before officials that they could no longer tolerate the injustice and corruption of major shareholders, including the IRGC Cooperative Foundation and the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order. They stressed that these institutions not only evade accountability but, through mismanagement, favoritism, and neglect, make retirees’ lives increasingly difficult and hopeless. Telecommunications retirees in Kerma

Around 130 patients and families affected by the rare disease cystinosis gathered in Tehran to protest the sharp increase in the price of the drug “Cystagon.”

A group of retirees in Tehran gathered outside the Social Security Organization to protest injustice, runaway inflation, and their worsening living conditions. A group of steel retirees in Isfahan held a protest against poverty, poor living conditions, and the authorities’ neglect of their demands. Social Security retirees in Shush gathered outside the local office to protest poverty, skyrocketing prices, meager wages, and the corruption and looting by state institutions. Soc

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