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Another Detainee of the January 2019 Protests Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and Flogging
Seyed Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a civil engineering student at the University of Tehran who was arrested during the January 2019 protests, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court…
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After protesting in Mashhad Prison and attempting suicide, Mohammad Nourizad was transferred to Evin Prison.
Some political and civil society activists in Iran have expressed concern over the transfer of Mohammad Nourizad, a political prisoner who recently protested the harassment of his family.
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Narges Mohammadi's criticism coincides with her sixth year in prison: Even giving me books is forbidden
As the sixth year of imprisonment for Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Iran, begins, Ms. Mohammadi wrote in a letter…
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Two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist upheld in appeals court; crime: protesting mandatory hijab
The two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist Raha Ahmadi, previously issued by the Revolutionary Court, has been overturned.
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Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Amnesty International, in a statement, referred to the dangers posed by the coronavirus outbreak in prisons, calling for the unconditional release of prisoners…
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Narges Mohammadi: I am beginning another year of my cruel imprisonment
The spokesperson for the Defenders' Center, in her fifth year of imprisonment, has narrated the situation of women imprisoned in Zanjan Prison. She writes…
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Ali Nourizad's mother: My son's sentence is political and intended to pressure my wife
Fatemeh Maleki, the mother of Ali Nourizad, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court…
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Teachers' Union emphasizes union demands and release of imprisoned teachers: Teachers' rights are being trampled on by rulers
The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Unions issued a statement on the occasion of Teacher's Day, announcing that it would meet the demands of teachers, including...
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