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Aida Najaflou
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Charge:
Propaganda (Article 500), gathering and collusion, insulting the Supreme Leader -
Sentence:
17 years in prison -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care; rheumatoid arthritis and spinal injury risk
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Ghazal Marzban
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Charge:
“Propaganda against the state” + “gathering and collusion against national security” -
Sentence:
9 Years 8 Months -
Held At:
Evin Prison
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Iranians in chains: sounds from hell and of resistance
A doorbell. The faulty fan of a car. Banging on a metal door. Screaming and crying. A hymn. A bird singing at dawn. What could these sounds possibly have in common? They are all part of the acoustic world of imprisonment: sounds that have remained in the memories of people who experienced arrest, detention and torture in Iran, sometimes continuing to affect their everyday lives years after their release.
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How have Iranian Christians reacted to the war?
An exchange between a British-Iranian bishop and a group of Iranian Christians in the UK has shed...
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