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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Heidelberg, Germany, held a bookstand on March 29, 2025
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PMOI Resistance Units in Zahedan Mark Iranian Year 1404 with Messages of Uprising And Regime Change in Iran
On Friday, March 28, 2025, PMOI Resistance Units in the southeastern city of Zahedan launched a series of defiant activities to mark the beginning of the new year with a clear message: 1404 will be the year of volcanic uprisings and intensified resistance to bring down the regime of the mullahs’ regime. The Resistance Units carried out extensive street activities, including distributing leaflets and writing bold slogans on city walls. These messages declared that the new year would be “a year of volcanic eruptions,” “a year of uprising and rebellion to dismantle the regime piece by piece,” and “a year of destiny to end injustice, oppression, and corruption.”
The slogans emphasized that 1404 would mark a turning point in Iran’s history, a time of nationwide mobilization for fundamental change and the ultimate downfall of the ruling theocracy.
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The Deadly Toll of Nowruz Road Accidents Highlights Systemic Corruption of Iran’s Regime
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Usually, the issue of road accidents in Iran and the so-called “carriages of death” becomes newsworthy and controversial after the Nowruz holidays. However, this year, during the middle of the Nowruz holidays, government-affiliated websites are reporting deadly road tragedies and the “carriages of death.”
“Bloody Nowruz Roads” is the headline of a report from a government-affiliated website that mentions the deaths of hundreds of compatriots in road accidents during the early days of the Persian month of Farvardin (starting on March 21, 2025).
On March 27, 2025, the state-run Asr-e Iran newspaper quoted Alireza Raisi, spokesperson for the so-called “No to Accidents” campaign, as saying, “From March 15, 2025, to March 26, 2025, unfortunately, 417 compatriots lost their lives due to road accidents and severe injuries, and more than 24,000 people were injured in traffic accidents during this year’s Nowruz holidays. Among them, 9,778 people suffered severe or very severe injuries.”
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US State Department Condemns Human Rights Violations by Iran’s Regime
Tammy Bruce, the spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, referred to the arrest of Kurdish citizens in Iran for participating in Nowruz celebrations, calling the Iranian regime one of the worst human rights violators in the world. She stated that the Trump administration would continue to support and defend the human rights of the Iranian people. On Friday, March 28, in a press conference, the U.S. State Department spokesperson stated that the Iranian regime is one of the worst human rights violators in the world. She emphasized that the regime suppresses its people to maintain power and prevents them from enjoying fundamental freedoms.
Following the Nowruz celebrations (the Persian New Year, which begins on March 21) in Kurdistan, Mohammad Jabari, the province’s prosecutor, announced the arrest of individuals labeled as “leaders and main agents of propaganda activities against the regime under the cover of Nowruz celebrations.”
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The Situation of Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran – Part 5
The ruling regime in Iran continues its repression of dissidents through death sentences, relentless torture, and long-term solitary confinement. These instruments of oppression are used to silence any voice of protest and to create an atmosphere of fear in society. In previous reports, we examined the situation of several political prisoners sentenced to death. In this edition, we review the case of Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, who has been subjected to the harshest forms of brutal repression.
Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, a 58-year-old graphic designer and political activist born in 1966, has faced repression, imprisonment, and torture under Iran’s clerical regime for over four decades. He was first arrested in the early 1980s, during the initial years following the Iranian Revolution. Over the years, he was repeatedly pursued and imprisoned. His most recent sentence, issued in 2021, convicted him of “assembly and collusion against national security,” sentencing him to five years in prison and two years of exile in Kahnooj, Kerman Province. However, his freedom was short-lived. In March 2024, he was re-arrested in Chaldoran and transferred to Evin Prison.
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Supreme Court Confirms the Death Sentence of Hamid Hosseinnejad Heydaranlou
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Hamid Hosseinnejad Heydaranlou, a political prisoner, and officially informed him of the ruling on Monday, March 24, 2025. This verdict comes despite the fact that he was denied access to a chosen lawyer during interrogation and trial, and he has rejected all charges brought against him in court. Hamid Hosseinnejad Heydaranlou, a 39-year-old resident of Segrik village in Chaldoran County, was arrested by security forces near the Chaldoran border on April 13, 2023. Initially transferred to the Chaldoran Border Guard detention center, he was granted bail; however, the Ministry of Intelligence prevented his release and transferred him to the Urmia Intelligence Detention Center.
He endured severe physical and psychological torture for 11 months and 10 days, spending 8 of those months under security interrogations. According to reports, an individual named Istiri, the case’s investigative judge, played a direct role in his torture. The purpose of these tortures was to extract forced confessions linking him to armed conflict and cooperation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Ultimately, under extreme pressure, he was forced to sign pre-written confessions despite having limited literacy.
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Urgent Warning Over Imminent Amputation of Three Prisoners
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Following threats of imminent hand amputation of three prisoners in Urmia Central Prison, Hadi Rostami, one of the sentenced inmates, has issued an open letter from inside the prison, calling on human rights organizations to take urgent action to prevent the execution of what he calls an inhumane punishment. According to reports, on March 13, 2025, prison officials summoned three prisoners — Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian — to the Office of Sentence Enforcement and informed them that if they fail to obtain the plaintiffs’ consent, their sentence of hand amputation would be carried out within a month.
Hadi Rostami, a prisoner from Ilam Province who has been incarcerated since 2017 on charges of “hudud theft,” has denied the allegations in his letter and stated that he was subjected to severe torture during interrogations at the Urmia Police Intelligence Department. Under duress, he says, he was forced to sign blank sheets of paper, which were later used as coerced confessions. “My voice was never heard,” he writes, “though I repeatedly declared my innocence.”
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Paris Exhibition Highlights Iran’s Human Rights Violations and Calls for Action
Paris, March 28, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition in Paris to shed light on the Iranian regime’s escalating human rights abuses and to express solidarity with the ongoing Iranian Revolution.
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Also, read Iran News in Brief – March 29 , 2025