Prison

Amnesty International calls for the release of imprisoned civil and labor activists in Iran

Amnesty International, issuing a statement on the occasion of International Workers' Day (May 1), called on the authorities of the Republic of Iran…

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US State Department Special Advisor: Iranian Regime Should Release All Prisoners of Conscience and Respect Religious Freedom

The State Department's Special Advisor on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, expressed concern about the continued persecution...

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The three-year prison sentence of civil activist Mokhtar Zarei from Sanandaj was confirmed.

A three-year prison sentence was handed down to Mukhtar Zarei, a civil activist from Sanandaj, who was sentenced in March last year on charges of “gathering and colluding…

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Mojtaba Dadashi, a student prisoner, goes on hunger strike to protest the prison authorities' indifference to his illness

A source familiar with the situation of Mojtaba Dadashi, a student sentenced to three years in prison and currently serving a sentence in Sabzevar Prison…

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Civil activist Sahand Maali's ten-month prison sentence confirmed

The ten-month prison sentence for Sahand Maali, a civil activist from Sarab city, was handed down in the appeals court without the activist’s presence.

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Vida Movahed's lawyer: My client has been pardoned but will not be released

According to Vida Movahed's lawyer, she was sentenced to one year in prison, but was later pardoned. However…

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Three years in prison and 74 lashes for a student for criticizing the leader and the country's officials

A source familiar with the situation of Mojtaba Dadashi, a political science student who was arrested for publishing a video critical of three…

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A restraining order has been issued for a Turkish activist in Iran.

According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, Turkish activist Nasim Sadeghi, who was arrested last fall on charges of "propaganda against...

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