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Sister of French tourist Benjamin Brier: Iranian authorities have taken my brother "hostage"
Benjamin Brier (Brier), a French tourist imprisoned in Iran, is protesting his lack of rights to…
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French prisoner in Iran goes on hunger strike
The Iranian judiciary has granted Benjamin Brier, a French citizen who is being held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, permission to contact…
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UN experts condemn secret execution of Haidar Ghorbani
Two UN experts on Wednesday, January 2nd, condemned the secret execution of Heydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish prisoner, in the most severe manner…
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Transfer of a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran to "solitary cell after 21 years of imprisonment"
The human rights organization Hengaw says that Khaled Fereydouni, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) peshmerga, who has been without leave for 21 years…
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Assad's opposition group 'intends' to use 9 Iranian refugees in prisoner swap
Four months after the Turkish government handed over nine Iranian Kurdish refugees to an armed group opposed to the government…
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Bektash Abtin's deteriorating condition; Iranian Writers' Association: This is the result of the actions of prison officials "and of course the government"
The Iranian Writers' Association has once again expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of imprisoned writer and journalist Bektash Abtin, following his infection with the coronavirus.
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A Baha'i citizen living in Babol was sentenced to one year in prison.
The lawyer for Shiva Khalili, a Baha'i citizen in Iran, announced his client's prison sentence by posting a text on Twitter.
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Unprecedented imprisonment of journalists; Keyvan Samimi, one of the oldest imprisoned journalists in the world
The non-governmental organization "Reporters Without Borders" announced on Thursday, December 15, that 488 media professionals are currently...
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