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Baha’i Scholar Depicts Harsh Realities of Iran Prison

In a letter from Evin Prison, Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha'i psychologist, has painted a stark picture of life in confinement and challenged the Iranian government's treatment of its citizens. ...
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Labor Activist Sentenced to Death in Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced a labor activist to death on a charge of “armed rebellion against the state,” based on an allegation of membership in an opposition group, ...
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Imprisoned Iranian politician blames Khamenei for nation’s crises

In a letter from Tehran's Evin Prison, jailed ‘reformist’ Mostafa Tajzadeh who had shunned the recent Iranian presidential elections, blamed the nation's economic and other crises on Supreme Leader ...
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Kurdish Journalist Denied Family Contact in Iran

An Iranian prison has blocked a Kurdish journalist and political prisoner from communicating with her family for the past two weeks. Pakhshan Azizi, who is currently held in Tehran's ...
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Swedish diplomat recalls darkest moments in Iran prison

After almost 800 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison, the now-free Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus recalled the darkest moments throughout his imprisonment and how he survived them. Released in ...
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EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime

Johan Floderus and his now-fiancé Johnathan von Fürstenmühl kept their relationship under wraps during the time Floderus, a Swedish diplomat and European Union official, was imprisoned in Iran — ...
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