Prison

Atena Daemi's father announced his daughter's hunger strike in Lakan Prison in Rasht

The father of political prisoner Atena Daemi announced that his daughter was arrested due to the failure to address the repeated disconnection of the Lakan prison phone.

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Third day of trial for accused of participating in summer 2018 executions; Hamid Nouri told prisoners, "We will repeat Ashura for you."

Hamideh Armideh, a Voice of America correspondent who traveled to Stockholm to cover news related to the trial of Hamid Nouri, was…

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Naser Hemmati, psychiatrist and civil activist, was sent to Isfahan's Dastgerd Prison

Dr. Naser Hemmati, a psychiatrist and civil rights activist from Abdanani (Ilam Province) and resident of Isfahan, was summoned on Tuesday, August 9…

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A journalist's reaction to the Aegean invitation: I returned to Iran and went to prison for three years

Journalist Kianoush Sanjari, who returned to Iran in 2016 after ten years abroad, reacted…

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Child criminal Sajjad Sanjari executed in Dizel Abad prison, Kermanshah

On Monday, August 1, the death sentence of child offender Sajjad Sanjari was carried out in Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah. He was sentenced to death in 2011 and…

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Prison sentences for political defendants in Iran; two dual citizens sentenced to 10 years in prison each

Nahid Taghavi, an Iranian-German citizen imprisoned in Iran on charges of participating in an illegal group, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Coronavirus in the women's ward of Evin Prison; Niloufar Bayani and three other prisoners test positive for coronavirus

Niloufar Bayani, an environmental activist imprisoned in Iran, has been transferred to the quarantine ward of Evin Prison after contracting the coronavirus…

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Opposition to the transfer of Nahid Taghavi, an Iranian-German citizen, to a hospital outside prison

Maryam Klaren, daughter of Iranian-German prisoner Nahid Taghavi, has expressed her disappointment over the refusal of Evin Prison officials to transfer the prisoner to the hospital for treatment.

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