Iran news in brief, May 24, 2021
Iran news in brief, May 24, 2021 Iran's Resistance Calls for Action to Save a Political Prisoner The Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security has recently informed the family of political prisoner Mehran Gharabaghi in Behbahan that he had been sentenced to death. It demanded that Mehran’s family pressure him to recant, collaborate with the MOIS, and denounce the Mujahedin-e Khalq This they said, must happened before a formal court ruling is issued. Mehran Gharabaghi, 29, a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, was arrested on January 18, 2020, along with a friend, Majid Khademi, 29, and transferred to Behbahan Prison after a month-long interrogation. The Iranian Resistance called for urgent international action to prevent the execution of Mehran Gharahbaghi and save the life of Majid Khademi. The Iranian Resistance emphasized the imperative of dispatching an international delegation to Iran to visit the prisons and meet with political prisoners in particular. Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 296,500 Over 296,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 543 cities checkered across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Sunday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 78,597, around a fourth of the actual figure. “In Kerman province the number of coronavirus deaths and new confirmed cases per day has not changed, and the cities in the east and southern parts of the province are facing entries into the fifth wave,” said the governor of Kerman province on Sunday, according to the Mehr news agency. Canadian court Condemns Iran's Regime for Downing a Ukrainian plane A court in the Canadian province of Ontario ruled on Thursday that the Iranian regime owes damages to families who sued after the Revolutionary Guards shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020, soon after it took off from Tehran. Ontario's Superior Court of Justice found that "on a balance of probabilities" the missile attack was an intentional act of terrorism, based mainly on written evidence provided by lawyers representing families of some of the victims. The lawsuit names Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and others. Read More: https://www.ncr-iran.org / iranncr / iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly/MybJ
