Political

Widespread global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari continue; political, cultural, sports figures, and human rights organizations condemn the execution of the Iranian wrestler

Global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari by the Islamic Republic regime continue, and in addition to human rights organizations, the…

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Shaker Behrouz, political prisoner, sentenced to death

Shaker Behrouz, a political prisoner imprisoned in Urmia Prison, was sentenced to death by Branch 2 of the Urmia Revolutionary Court. The sentence…

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Letter from Fashafoyeh prisoners to Tehran prosecutor: Coronavirus has spread in prison

60 political prisoners and convicts of the November 2019 protests in Tehran’s Greater Fashafoyeh Prison wrote in a letter addressed to…

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Keyvan Samimi: I'm going to prison, I'll come back, I'll continue.

Keyvan Samimi, a political activist and board member of the Association for the Defense of Press Freedom, who is serving a three-year prison sentence…

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Amnesty International publishes historic letter: Islamic Republic government officials knew about 1988 executions

Coinciding with the anniversary of the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran in 2018, Raha Bahreini, a researcher at Amnesty International, wrote a letter…

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Pressure continues on families of political prisoners in Iran; 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested for several hours, released on bail

Reports indicate that Mehraveh Khandan, the daughter of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer imprisoned in Iran, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison Prosecutor's Office after…

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Nasrin Sotoudeh's lawyer says his client's demands are completely "legitimate and legal" and the government must fulfill them.

Nasrin Sotoudeh's lawyer announced that her client was accused of failing to observe the principles of fair trial in the trial process and of failing to observe the...

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Nasrin Sotoudeh protested the "cruel conditions" in Iranian prisons by going on a hunger strike in prison.

Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and imprisoned civil activist, published a letter protesting the failure to release political prisoners amid…

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