Prison

Punishment of a Journalist: Marzieh Amiri Sentenced to 10 Years and 148 Lashes

Marzieh Amiri, an arrested journalist for Sharq newspaper, was sentenced by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh to (10 years and six months in prison) and (one hundred and…

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A labor activist in Sanandaj was sentenced to prison on charges of "propaganda against the system."

Ishaq Roohi, a labor activist from Sanandaj, was sentenced to one year in prison by the city's Revolutionary Court. According to…

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Another Khamenei critic's 13-year prison sentence upheld in court of appeal

Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a civil activist and university professor in Mashhad, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Khorasan Provincial Court of Appeals…

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Aras Amiri's 10-year prison sentence confirmed: Conviction without legal documentation and without holding an appeal trial

The cousin of Aras Amiri, a dual-citizen prisoner who was sentenced to a final 10-year sentence by the Court of Appeal, has joined the Human Rights Campaign…

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Human Rights Organization: Systematic increase in criminalization of human rights defenders in Iran

The Human Rights Defenders Monitoring Program has reported on the “systematic criminalization of human rights defenders.” The report…

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New restrictions imposed on Nazanin Zaghari; she can only see her five-year-old daughter once a month

Nazanin Zaghari, a British citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Iran, has faced new restrictions in prison. According to her Twitter page…

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Azam Khezri Javadi, one of the detainees on International Labor Day, was sentenced to prison and flogging.

Azam Khazri Javadi, a member of the Free Workers Union of Iran, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to seven years in prison and 74…

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Mohammad Taghi Fallahi, another teacher and member of the Teachers' Union, was sentenced to prison and flogging.

Mohammad Taqi Fallahi, Secretary General of the Tehran Teachers' Union, was sentenced by the court to eight months in prison and 10 lashes.…

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