Prison

The six-year prison sentence of civil activist Farhad Meysami was upheld by the appeals court.

According to Mohammad Moghimi, Farhad Meysami's defense lawyer, the six-year prison sentence of this political prisoner in the appeals court is exactly the same...

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Asghar Amirzadegan, a teacher and union activist from Fars Province, was sentenced to one year in prison.

Asghar Amirzadegan, a teacher and union activist in Fars province, has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court of the province…

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Temporary end to "fear of execution"; after 10 days, Ahmad Reza Jalali was returned from quarantine to a general ward

Ahmad Reza Jalali, a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death in Iran who was transferred to solitary confinement last week, has been released from prison.

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Eight-year prison sentence for Sina Omran, one of the detainees from the January 2017 protests in Iran, confirmed

Eight-year prison sentence for Sina Omran, a student at the University of Tehran and one of those arrested during the January 2017 protests…

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Women's rights activist Neda Naji transferred back to Evin Prison

"Neda Naji", a women's rights activist and civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, has been transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Evin Prison again...

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Leila Hosseinzadeh was transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison to serve her sentence.

Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student who was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of gathering, collusion, and propaganda against the regime...

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54 writers and artists inside and outside the country protest the prison sentences of three writers

More than 50 writers and artists inside and outside the country have protested the prison sentences handed down to three Iranian writers.

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An Austrian-Iranian citizen has been imprisoned in Iran for six months.

The Secretary General of the “Austria-Iran Association” has been in Evin Prison since late January 2019. He is Dr. Masoud…

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