Political

Forty-one days of hunger strike in protest of Bektash Abtin's death; two political prisoners transferred to hospital

Hamid Hajjafarkashani and Mohammad Abolhasani are on the 41st day of their hunger strike due to the severe drop in pressure on Tehran Prison’s health care…

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65th Trial of Hamid Nouri; Witness: By releasing some prisoners, the government intended to say that there are no "political prisoners"

The 65th trial session of Hamid Nouri, accused of participating in the summer of 2018 executions, will take place on Monday, the 25th…

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Political and civil prisoners continue to protest their conditions in Iranian prisons

Protests by political and civil prisoners against their conditions in prisons and the authorities' disregard for the principle of prisoner segregation continue.

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Soheila Hijab, political prisoner: Today's young generation is not looking to see a face on the moon like the generation of 1957

Soheila Hijab, a lawyer and political prisoner, in a message she sent from Kermanshah prison, called the Islamic Republic "a bankrupt system and...

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A number of political prisoners: Security agencies' interference in judicial affairs has led to violations of prisoners' rights

A number of former and current political prisoners, along with their families, wrote a letter to Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the executive branch, and…

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A collective request from lawyers and political prisoners to cancel a resolution of the Supreme National Security Council

A number of lawyers, former and current political prisoners, and families of political prisoners wrote a letter to Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the…

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Depriving political and ideological prisoners of medical services is a deliberate government move to eliminate dissent.

The deteriorating physical health of Bektash Abtin, a poet and filmmaker imprisoned in Evin Prison, is a direct and obvious result of the illegal treatment…

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Hamid Nouri's 53rd trial session; Witness: I cried every day in prison when I was 13

Another extraordinary session of the trial of Hamid Nouri, accused of war crimes and participation in the massacre of political prisoners in…

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