Exclusive; Body Searches of Students in Izeh and Pressures on Koukb Badaghi, Friend of the Pirfalak Family

A source close to the Pirfalak family informed Voice of America that the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic not only inspected the workplace and home of Koukb Badaghi, a teachers' union activist and friend of Mah-Menir Molaei-Rad, the mother of Kian Pirfalak, but also conducted body searches on Koukb Badaghi's students. According to this informed source, 'Agents from an intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic went to the workplace and home of Koukb Badaghi on October 21 and searched the place.' The report states that the repressive agents, who were dressed in 'plain clothes', confiscated 'personal and electronic belongings' of Koukb and then proceeded to 'body search' her students. According to reports received by the Persian section of Voice of America, around 11 AM on October 21, plainclothes forces took this teacher and cultural activist to her home, and then 'the students of Ms. Badaghi were body searched by one of the deputies.' This informed source stated that the government forces 'threatened the students not to speak about the incident' and 'threatened them with severe consequences if the matter was made public.' According to this informed source, Mah-Menir Molaei-Rad and Koukb Badaghi have long been 'deprived of access to any devices that can connect to the internet' and 'even do not have a simple phone.' The mother of Kian Pirfalak, who was a teacher, was deprived of her job after her child was killed in a government attack on protesters on November 16, 2022, in Izeh. Meanwhile, the informed source told Voice of America that currently Koukb Badaghi, a friend and colleague of Mah-Menir Molaei-Rad, 'goes to school but has no means of communication.' According to the report, 'suddenly, Instagram and Telegram' of Koukb Badaghi have also 'become inaccessible' for some time. The pressures on the friend of Kian Pirfalak's mother come at a time when previously, on the eve of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death and the beginning of nationwide protests, the activities of Mah-Menir Molaei-Rad's accounts on social media were halted, and social media users have repeatedly expressed concern about her being out of touch. The informed source also told Voice of America, 'Why should so many government forces enter an educational environment for a teacher, and worse, why should students be body searched?' According to the report, carrying mobile phones in school is 'prohibited' for students, and 'families have committed that their children will not have mobile phones,' and 'according to the students, only the daughter of the police commander,' who is a student at this school, 'has a mobile phone.' According to the informed source, due to the prohibition of mobile phones, there is no image available of the government forces entering the school and body searching the students, but this incident must have been recorded on 'school cameras' and also 'shops overlooking the school have cameras and may have recorded images.' In the attack by the Islamic Republic forces on the evening of November 16 last year against protesters in Izeh, the Pirfalak family's vehicle was hit by several bullets, resulting in the death of 9-year-old Kian and severe injuries to his father, Meysam Pirfalak, who has been under treatment after months of hospitalization and several surgeries. According to previous reports, the agents of the Islamic Republic attacked the home of their friend on June 3, just before the tenth anniversary of Kian Pirfalak's birth, and took away all the items they had prepared to create birthday memorabilia for this child killed in the protests in Izeh. Despite this, the pressures on the family of this child killed in the suppression of protests did not cease, and after Kian Pirfalak's birthday ceremony held on June 11 at his grave, Pouya Molaei-Rad, the 19-year-old cousin of Kian's mother, was killed by gunfire from the agents. The voice of Zahra Saidiangoo after a month of detention: 'I will not stay in this prison...' Playing the santur and tombak at the grave of Pouya Molaei-Rad coinciding with Ashura - Izeh, one of the ceremonies for the fortieth day of Pouya Molaei-Rad, who was killed on Kian Pirfalak's birthday in Izeh. Sadegh Ghasemi, a rapper, was arrested in Ahvaz. Exclusive; Issuance of a death sentence for Reza Rasayi based on 'the judge's knowledge' contradicting witness statements. The killing of two protesters; an informed source told Voice of America: 'The revolution' continues in Izeh and Abadan.