Some of the most important news headlines on Thursday, March 17, 402
1. Last year, Iran executed at least 834 people, the highest number since 2015. This Tuesday, the annual report on the death penalty in Iran was presented in Paris. The number of executions carried out by hanging in Iran in recent years has increased by 43% compared to last year.
2. Amnesty International website
– On the eve of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International announced in a statement that the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have launched a massive campaign to enforce repressive mandatory hijab laws through widespread surveillance of women and girls in public places and extensive police stops targeting female drivers. have started Tens of thousands of women’s cars in Iran have been arbitrarily confiscated due to disobeying the mandatory hijab laws… these repressions have been identified by at least 20 repression units in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Basij and the police force.
3. Accounts and social pages of Arabic news network Al-Alam were blocked on all social networks Instagram, X and YouTube.
4. The second place of invalid votes in Yazd has been widely reflected in the media. In Yazd, the amount of invalid votes has been announced as 29 thousand and 303 votes. 29,303
5. Jomohri-e-Islami newspaper: The first candidate in the Tehran election represents 6% of the people/instead of the names of the candidates, the prices of goods were written on the ballot papers/do the officials understand the meaning of these actions?
6. Protest gatherings in the cities: Drivers of BART line 7 of Tehran’s bus system 4 went on strike to protest against the non-payment of the year-end holiday. A mass protest gathering of the workers of the water and sewage department of Shush city and the residents of Neferabad area, Salman Farsi square in Shahreri
7. The death of a police officer in Yasouj and the attack and wounding of one of the regime’s election candidates
8. The Swedish Supreme Court did not accept Hamid Nouri’s appeal. The Swedish Supreme Court did not accept Hamid Nouri’s appeal, which was filed by his family in February.
9. According to the Ministry of Health, at least 30,717 Palestinians have been killed and 72,156 wounded in the area under Hamas control since the start of Israel’s attack on Gaza. According to Israeli statistics, about 1,140 people were killed in the October 7 attacks led by Hamas, 250 people were taken hostage, and 132 people are still missing.
