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It’s Iranian dissident rapper #Toomaj Salehi’s birthday. Arrested,disappeared &facing charges that carry the death penalty -for his music- in the Islamic Republic.His uncle Eghbal wrote him this message (Translation in thread below 1/4) #ToomajSalehi#Mahsa_Aminiمهساامینی#Iran
In the month+ since this live report, the death toll in Iran has more than doubled. At least 11 protesters have been sentenced to death& today #Iran’s regime executed the 1st protester. Report below with a bit more about these “sham trials”. #MohsenShekari#HumanRights
14 thousand people are behind bars in #Iran for taking part in protests. Many accused of “war against God” & “corruption on earth”& facing the death penalty.Some facing revolutionary court judge in Tehran who was sanctioned by US- “the judge of death”. #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی
Discussing arrest of #Kurdish#Iranian footballer #VoriaGhafouri w/ @IsaCNN.I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve reported on high profile figures arrested by the regime for supporting the protests. 14k+ men,women&children arrested in 70+ days.#Iran#وریا_غفوری#مهساامینی
2+ months ago we reported on rapper #ToomajSalehi .He’s still in jail.Still facing the death penalty in a country where at least 4 protesters have been executed after what rights groups say are fast tracked sham trials &many like Toomaj are at risk.#FreeToomaj#توماج_صالحی#iran
#Iran has executed a protester. #MohsenShekari is the 1st.. at least 10 others have been sentenced to death in what rights groups say are “sham” & “show” trials- they warn many others could face the same fate. #IranProtests
Almost daily .. heartbreaking pleas from mothers begging a ruthless regime to free their children “He started work at 14…he was the breadwinner of the household” #MajidKazemi’s mom says..his grandmother asks to pardon him for “the sake of his grandmother” #StopExecutionsInIran
“Majid is so kind, so good, so genial… I beg you, for the sake of his grandmother, pardon him.”
Mother and grandmother of #MajidKazemi, who was recently sentenced to death in Iran, are pleading for his life.
If you listen closely, you can hear more crying in the background. 💔
Activist warning ongoing bloody crackdown in Kurdish region &town of #Javanrood going to get worse & death toll continues to rise in what @Hengaw_English says is a “significant increase in brutality” by #Iran regime forces shooting directly&deliberately at protesters #MahsaAmini
14 thousand people are behind bars in #Iran for taking part in protests. Many accused of “war against God” & “corruption on earth”& facing the death penalty.Some facing revolutionary court judge in Tehran who was sanctioned by US- “the judge of death”. #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی
.@andersoncooper of @CNN reports #MohammadBoroghani’s execution was suspended after international outrage over the execution of four protesters.
CNN international correspondent @JomanaCNN reports the government of #Iran has enforced stricter mandatory #Hijab laws.
#kayhanlife
The @UN_HRC meets tomorrow on #Iran amid growing calls for an independent investigative &accountability mechanism. @GissouNia says "What would be absolutely shameful is if that 47-member body votes no" to creating such a mechanism” #MahsaAmini#مهساامینی
فعالین از سرکوب خونین در اقلیم کردستان و شهر #جوانرود و بدتر شدن اوضاع هشدار دادند و گفتند که تعداد کشتهها در چیزی که @Hengaw_English آنرا «افزایش چشمگیر وحشیگری» توسط نیروهای رژیم ایران که مستقیماً و عمداً به سمت معترضان شلیک میکنند نامید، همچنان در حال افزایش است #مهساامینی