On the morning of Saturday, November 21, repressive forces attacked a gathering staged by the families of martyrs and political prisoners outside Evin Prison , severely beating all and arresting dozens.

Amongst the arrested women are Simin Ayuzzadeh, the mother of political prisoner Omid Ali Shenas, who has been transferred to Gharchak Varamin Prison, known as the second “Kahrizak” (a notorious prison where inmates are placed under horrific tortures). Hashem Zeinali, the father of Saeed Zeinali, a college student abducted by intelligence agents following the 1999 uprising in Iran, was amongst those arrested on Saturday. The mullahs’ regime has for the past 17 years refused to publish any information about the whereabouts of his son.

A number of those arrested are individuals who have protested the criminal execution sentence issued for prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri.

The Iranian Resistance calls on the Iranian people and especially the brave youth to rise in support and solidarity with the families of political prisoners, especially those arrested recently. The Iranian Resistance also calls on all international human rights officials and organizations, especially the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, special rapporteurs on Arbitrary Detention and Torture, and the Special Rapporteur of Human Rights in Iran to strongly condemn this vicious crackdown and take urgent action for the immediate release of all individuals arrested.

This week, Iran arrested cartoonist Hadi Heidari and sent him to Evin – Iran’s most notorious prison – to complete a suspended jail sentence stemming from a conviction he had received two years ago. Heidari’s arrest arrives on the heels of an aggressive crackdown by Iran’s hardliners on journalists, artists, and U.S. citizens.

 “He was convicted two years ago for his cartoons and was sentenced to one year in jail,” his attorney Saleh Nikbakht said, according to Al Arabiya News. “The authorities had a different interpretation of his cartoons than he had,” Nikbakht added, noting that Heidari had served approximately one month of the original sentence. Heidari is a cartoonist with Iran’s Shahrvand newspaper. Nikbakht reportedly said Heidari was expecting his arrest during a lunch meeting the men had last week.

Heidari recently published one of the most iconic cartoon images showing solidarity with Beirut and Paris after the deadly attacks the Islamic State carried out in those cities, killing nearly 200 innocent civilians.

While it remains unclear why authorities would re-arrest him, it is believed Heidari’s arrest could stem from growing pressure from the regime’s military wing, the IRGC. Iran’s hardliners have accused other recently arrested journalists, artists, and U.S. citizens of being part of an “infiltration network” linked to “hostile Western cultures,” charging many of them with espionage, among other things.

Just last week, an Iranian judge who is well-known for handing down harsh sentences for journalists sentenced Solmaz Ikdar, 33, to three years in prison for allegedly insulting Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and promulgating propaganda against the state.

Iran`s judiciary system is know for its violations, including trials behind closed doors, which last mere minutes, intimidating defendants, depriving prisoners of access to lawyers, and even going so far as refusing to disclose the date and time of the actual trial to the defendants’ attorneys.

source: breibart.com

Angry youth and football fans at Qadir football Stadium in the southern city of Ahwaz clashed with the SSF on Friday, November 20, 2015 while throwing sound grenades and fire crackers at the security guards. They also chanted anti-government slogans.
The match was between two local football clubs of Foulad and Esteghlal. Large events such as football matches usually turn in to an anti-government rally in Iran.
Frustrated and despondent youth usually use such occasions to show their frustration and anger at the government’s disability to solve social hurdles.