Prison

Prison sentence for artist who protested IRGC missile attack on Ukrainian plane confirmed

The 3-year prison sentence for Masoud Hokamabadi, a researcher and theater producer in Iran, previously issued by the Revolutionary Court…

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Giti Pourfazel was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence.

Giti Pourfazel, a retired lawyer and one of the signatories of the letter calling for Ayatollah Khamenei's resignation today, Sunday, September 6, after…

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Navid Afkari, in a call from prison, reported being beaten again.

A political activist in Iran says that Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari has contacted his family and said that he is being held in prison under…

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The Secretary General of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters called for increasing the prison term for addicts.

The Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters has said that the prison sentence for "open addicts" is low and that prison time should be reduced...

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Interview with a relative of the Afkari brothers: The entire case was based on forced confessions after severe torture

A source close to the Afkari brothers says the death sentences and long prison sentences for the three brothers are based on forced confessions…

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Whistleblower of government internet shutdown during November protests sentenced to prison and banned from journalism

Iranian journalist Mohammad Mosaed was sentenced to prison and banned from journalism by a ruling of the Revolutionary Court. The Iranian journalist…

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Mohammad Musaed, an economic journalist, was sentenced to "four years and nine months in prison."

Mohammad Musaed, an economic journalist who has been arrested twice in the past year for his reporting on economic corruption and the November 2019 protests...

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Behnam Musivand's hunger strike following transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

Behnam Musivand, a civil rights activist who was previously serving time in Evin Prison, is seeking his transfer…

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