Reports related to arrests and political prisoners
Matin Zamaniyan, an undergraduate political science student at Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, has been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for over a month since his arrest, without access to an independent lawyer or a fair trial.
Leila Jafarloo, a 35-year-old Iranian woman, was kidnapped by intelligence forces linked to the IRGC on April 24 while traveling from Tehran to Zanjan. No official charges or legal process has been provided, and her whereabouts remain unknown 20 days after her abduction.
On day 30, protesters in Sydney continued a performance against executions and in support of regime change, calling for the end to political prisoner detention and torture, and the return of the monarchy under Shahanshah Reza II.
Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Republic's judiciary, reported the execution of Mohammad Abbasi at dawn on Wednesday, May 13, in Qezel Hesar Prison. Abbasi was arrested during the Dey 1401 protests in Malard and sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of "moharebeh."
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Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, accused Kuwait of detaining four individuals affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and attacking an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf near an island used by the United States to launch attacks on Iran. Araghchi called for the immediate release of the detainees and warned that Iran reserves the right to respond.
The human rights website HRANA reported on May 13 that the death sentence of Mohammad Abbasi, a detainee from the nationwide protests of Dey 1401, was carried out at dawn on Wednesday in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.
The New York Times reported that Gulf states, including Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, have detained more than 100 Shiites on charges of treason during the Iran war. In Bahrain, 69 people were stripped of their citizenship and 41 others were detained, including 37 Shiite clerics accused of ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; in the UAE, 27 people were accused of membership in a "Shiite terrorist organization."
Viresh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been sentenced to six months of ta'zir imprisonment on charges of "propaganda against the regime," related to writings and letters published around the anniversary of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising, according to a statement from the Campaign for the Defense of Viresh Moradi's Freedom.
Gulf states uncovered 12 or more Iranian cells in 27 days across the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait; Kuwait specifically arrested four IRGC-linked Iranians attempting sea infiltration yesterday. Tehran denies the involvement.
Bahrain sentenced two individuals to life imprisonment and fined each 10,000 Bahraini dinars for collaborating with the IRGC to carry out terrorist acts against the country, according to Gulf Times. The court also ordered the confiscation of their assets.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were attempting to enter Kuwait by sea. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently summoned the Iranian ambassador to discuss the matter.
