Prison

Greater Tehran Prison: Political prisoners protest following transfer with further deprivation

This evening, Wednesday, October 29, dozens of political prisoners held in Brigade 5 of Greater Tehran Prison were transferred to Brigade 2 of this prison…

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Statement by the Iranian Writers' Association regarding three imprisoned writers: Security and judicial officials want to send protesters and dissidents to the altar

The Iranian Writers' Association has issued a statement calling for the unconditional release of three members of the association, Reza Khandan,…

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The endless suffering of political prisoners' families; the suicide of a prisoner's father and the protest of Narges Mohammadi's father against the abuse of his daughter in prison

The father of Amir Hossein Moradi, one of the detainees from the November 2019 protests who has been sentenced to death, has been released due to increasing pressure…

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Student protesting downing of Ukrainian plane summoned to serve 5-year prison sentence

Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a civil engineering student at the University of Tehran, died on January 16, 2018, after participating in the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Ukrainian plane crash.

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Nasrin Sotoudeh was returned to prison from the hospital "in the worst physical condition"

A few days after Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights defender, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Taleghani Hospital, her husband...

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Nasrin Sotoudeh transferred to hospital from Evin Prison following hunger strike

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been hospitalized after going on a hunger strike in prison. According to the Associated Press, Reza Khandan, the wife of Ms.…

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Details of the extension of the sentence and the latest status of Mohammad Nourizad, a political activist imprisoned in Iran

The wife of Mohammad Nourizad, a political prisoner in Iran, has called the Islamic Republic's courts unfair in extending the political prisoner's sentence...

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Yasmin Hanifeh Tabatabaei summoned; This political activist is going to prison for participating in the commemoration of Cyrus Day

Yasmin Hanifeh Tabatabaei, a political activist and member of the Council of the Democratic Front of Iran, who was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in late July…

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