Prison

Nazanin Zaghari's husband goes on hunger strike in front of the Iranian embassy; embassy entrance temporarily closed

Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari, imprisoned in Iran, is protesting in front of the embassy while his wife is on a hunger strike in prison.

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Nazanin Zaghari went on a hunger strike on her daughter's fifth birthday.

The husband of British-Iranian prisoner Nazanin Zaghari has announced that her husband has begun another hunger strike on the anniversary of their daughter's birth.

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Tohid Qureshi and Hamzeh Darvish were transferred to Rajai Shahr prison after six days of incommunicado detention.

"Tohid Qureshi" and "Hamza Darwish", two Sunni prisoners who were released six days ago under the pretext of being summoned by the Office of the Deputy...

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Zoroastrian prisoner Hossein Spanta's physical condition declared critical as hunger strike continues

"Hossein Spanta", a Zoroastrian citizen and prisoner from Shiraz, is in poor physical condition following a hunger strike in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. …

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Hasty burial of political prisoner Alireza Shirmohammad Ali; are they still planning to close the case?

One day after the murder of political prisoner Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali in Fashafoyeh Prison, his body was buried on Wednesday, June 12th.

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Amir Sattari Rauf, a civil activist, went on a hunger strike in Tabriz Central Prison.

Amir Sattari Rauf, an Azerbaijani activist in Tabriz Central Prison, protesting against "the delay in processing the case and the existing shortcomings…

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Five Americans remain imprisoned or missing in Iran after Nizar Zakka's release

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen with US residency, was released from prison while a number of American citizens remain in…

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Reports of the "murder" of a political prisoner by two criminal prisoners in Tehran prison

According to reports in cyberspace and social networks, Alireza Shirmohammad Ali, a political prisoner in Tehran's Greater Prison (Fashafoyeh), was the target of an attack…

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