Kokab Badaghi, a teacher from Izeh and friend of Kian Pirfalak's mother, summoned to the Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz

A professional organization reported the summoning of Kokab Badaghi Pegah, a cultural educators' activist in Khuzestan, for questioning at the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Ahvaz. According to the Coordination Council of Iranian Cultural Organizations, the announcement emphasized support for this teacher and labor activist, calling for the closure of 'security and judicial' cases against labor activists and teachers. Kokab Badaghi, a teacher from Izeh, had previously been tried and acquitted along with 11 other labor activists in Khuzestan. However, despite this, their case was sent back to the appellate court, and by the ruling of the Disciplinary Board, she was sentenced to four months of suspension from service. Kokab Badaghi Pegah, a teacher from Izeh and a friend of Mahmanir Molaei Rad, the mother of Kian Pirfalak, has faced significant pressure. In recent months, a source close to the Pirfalak family informed Voice of America that the Islamic Republic's 'plainclothes' forces not only inspected Badaghi's workplace and home and confiscated her 'personal and electronic belongings' but also subjected her students to body searches. This informed source stated that government forces 'threatened students not to speak about the incident' and 'threatened severe consequences if the matter was made public.' According to this source, Mahmanir Molaei Rad and Kokab Badaghi have long been 'deprived of access to any device that can connect to the internet' and 'even do not have a simple phone.' The mother of Kian Pirfalak, who was a teacher, was barred from continuing her work after her son was killed in a government attack on protesters on November 16, 2022, in Izeh. Currently, Kokab Badaghi, a friend and colleague of Mahmanir Molaei Rad, 'goes to school but has no means of communication' and for some time, 'suddenly her Instagram and Telegram accounts have become inaccessible.' On the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody of the morality police and the beginning of nationwide protests in Iran, pressure on the families of those seeking justice and political and civil activists has intensified by the Islamic Republic authorities. In this context, in recent days, Branch 25 of the Administrative Justice Court rejected the appeal of Mohammad Hossein Sepahri, a political prisoner and teacher opposed to the Islamic Republic, confirming the dismissal of this veteran teacher. Protests by retirees in Kermanshah: 'The imprisoned teacher must be freed.' The Administrative Justice Court confirmed the dismissal of Mohammad Hossein Sepahri from the education system. Continued criticism of the Minister of Education in the Rouhani government; making individuals religious is not your job. Media narratives on the crisis of teacher shortages in primary education. Continued imprisonment of Hashem Khastar and Javad Laleh Mohammadi; the national teachers' organization: it is painful that they are imprisoned for labor activism. Hadi Jalali, a teacher in Kerman, was accused of 'forming a group to disrupt national security.'