Prison
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Iran News
Rashid Nasserzadeh released from Oshnavieh prison
On Wednesday, October 6, Rashid Nasserzadeh, a journalist and environmental activist, was released from Oshnavieh Prison with an electronic tracker and…
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Sharmin Maimandinejad's wife reports 21-day absence from the imprisoned social activist
The wife of the founder of the Imam Ali Society says she has not heard anything about Sharmin Meimandinejad's condition for more than twenty days. Zahra…
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Iranian regime continues to ignore dangerous conditions of prisoners during COVID-19 pandemic; Farhad Meysami, political prisoner, infected with COVID-19
As the US State Department spokesperson warns about the dire prison conditions in Iran and calls for the release of political prisoners, reports...
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Labor activist Vale Zamani arrested in Tehran
Vale Zamani, a labor activist, was arrested by security forces in Tehran this morning, Tuesday, October 6, and taken to an unknown location…
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What the two "Australian hostages" didn't say about their detention in Iran
A year after Mark Firkin and Julie King were released from prison in Iran and returned to Australia,…
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UN: Release Nasrin Sotoudeh and other political prisoners due to the coronavirus crisis
On Tuesday, October 5, the United Nations called on Iran to immediately release Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist, and…
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Religions and sects
Continued repression of religious freedoms in Iran; details of the prison sentences for eight Baha'i citizens
Eight Baha'i citizens living in Birjand who were sentenced to death by the South Khorasan Provincial Court of Appeal in mid-September of this year…
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New details in the Houshmand Alipour case; this political prisoner was sentenced to 38 months in prison after the death sentence was overturned
A day after Voice of America reported on the unjust death sentence of Iranian Kurdish political prisoner Houshmand Alipour, his brother says…
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