#BREAKING
Despite a global campaign to save the life of Mohammad Salas (#SaveSalas), reports indicate this 51-year old member of #Iran's Sufi religious minority group has been executed early this morning.
#Mohammad_Salas, seen here in a memorable picture with his daughter...
Condemn #Iran's regime for this ruthless execution.
I've received these photos from Borujerd, western #Iran, indicating where #MohammadSalas has been laid to rest...
He was executed this morning in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran.
RIP
(1) Ms. Zaynab Taheri was the lawyer of Mohammad Salas who was executed this morning.
This thread is according to her tweets.
She says based on the duty placed on her shoulders by Salas, she will be providing documents to the media proving his innocence.
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(2) Cemetery officials in Karaj, where Salas was hanged, said security officials from Tehran confiscated Salas' corpse without any authorization, transferred it to Borujerd (his home town in western #Iran) & delivered it to his brother.
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(3) Mohammad Salas' family preferred him to be buried in Tehran.
Forensics should have conducted an autopsy to evaluate any signs of torture on his body & file a report.
It must be clarified Salas was tortured or not.
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(4) Unfortunately, despite an official request placed by the Salas family for his body to be sent to the forensics, security forces buried his body without the family's permission.
If he wasn't tortured, what are the authorities hiding?
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(5) #Iran authorities buried Salas' body after his brother refused to receive it, his family never provided any burial authorization & no autopsy was conducted.
More than 200 anti-riot unit members were present at the burial.
(What is the regime hiding?)
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Telling cartoon showing how #Iran's regime used the #WorldCup as a cover to execute #MohammadSalas of the Gonabadi Sufi Dervish minority community.
Many others are in such danger, including political prisoner #RaminHosseinPanahi.
#BREAKING
One day after #MohammadSalas was executed, his lawyer, Zeinab Taheri, has reportedly been arrested by #Iran's authorities.
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#BREAKING
U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
2) "Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters."
3) "... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
#BreakingNews
Cities across #Iran are witnessing a general strike as stores are closing across the country.
This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
October 8 #Iran
Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
#BreakingNews
Reports indicate atmosphere in #Iran's parliament (the Majlis) is very tense as members review the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signing bill.
Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
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2) #BreakingNews
"Regarding the FATF, should we commit suicide today by signing this bill because we're going to die in the future?" says Behrouz Nemati, a member of #Iran's Majlis (parliament).
3) "Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have opposed passing legislation toward compliance with FATF standards, arguing it could hamper Iranian financial support for allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which the US has classified as a terrorist organization." reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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