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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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Armenian Christian Sentenced to 10 Years in Iranian Prison for Reading the Bible

An Armenian citizen will serve 10 years in an Iranian prison after being prosecuted for alleged Christian evangelism. An Iranian judge sentenced Hakop Gochumyan to prison in February 2024 ...
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Iran sentences tourist to 10 years in prison for possessing New Testament

An Armenian citizen has been sentenced to a decade in prison in Iran under accusations of proselytizing, which is considered illegal under the country’s strict religious laws. His conviction ...
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Political Prisoners Protest Iran’s Presidential Election

In an act of defiance, political prisoners in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison staged a protest against Iran's upcoming presidential election just one hour after the final debate between candidates ...
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