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Sheydaye Hamadani After Release: I Entered a Big Prison from a Small One

Ghasem Bahrami, a freedom-loving poet known by the pen name “Sheydaye Hamadani,” said in a video message that he released to end “rumors and concerns,” that “I entered a big prison from a small one.”

In this message, which was published alongside a poetry recitation on his brother’s Instagram page, without referring to the details of his case and release, addressing those who were concerned about “him being killed under torture,” he says “there was no physical torture under any circumstances” and emphasizes “death is meaningless for those who are killed in the path of freedom.”

Ghasem Bahrami was arrested by security forces in Mashhad on Wednesday, September 15, and transferred to an unknown location.

This royalist poet had criticized the policies of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic on August 22 by posting a video on Twitter in response to the increasing death toll from coronavirus in Iran.

Farah Pahlavi, on September 27, in response to Ghasem Bahrami’s arrest and expressing hope for his freedom “from the bonds of this regime that is against culture, art, and literature,” wrote: “Throughout all these years, the voice of artists has not been silenced despite arrests and imprisonment.”

International organizations and human rights institutions have repeatedly criticized the Islamic Republic’s government for human rights violations in Iran.

 

Source: Voice of America

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