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Witness Statement of Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari
In this witness statement, Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari describes how he was charged with apostasy and sentenced to death by the…
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Confirmation of Prison Sentence for Bahá'í Youth in Shiraz
Photo Credit: HRANA (October 2, 2014) – Amid harsh reprisals against religious minorities and individuals deviating from the Shi’a orthodoxy…
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Witness Statement of Hamid Nasseri Basati
In this witness statement, Hamid Nasseri Basati, an Ahwazi Arab convert from Shi’a to Sunni Islam, provides testimony regarding his…
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Arrest and Release of Mohsen Shoja’
(September 18, 2014) — According to a source close to the case, Mohsen Shoja’, a 31-year old Iranian artist, was…
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New Reports of Difficult Conditions for Sunni Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison
Keykhosrow Sharafipour in Rajaee Shahr Prison (Photo credit: HRANA) (September 11, 2014) – In an interview with the Iran Human…
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Mostafa Rahmani: A Witness to Non-Political Prison Wards in Iran
Mostafa Rahmani, an Iranian human rights activist who spent two months in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj among ordinary prisoners in…
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Witness Statement of Mojtaba
In this witness testimony, Mojtaba, a Kurdish political prisoner currently serving a 30-year sentence in Saqqez Central Prison, discusses his…
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Denied Identity: Human Rights Abuses Against Iran’s LGBT Community
(November 7, 2013) - Since its inception, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has discriminated, in law and in practice,…
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Iranian Journalist Gets 50 Lashes and 2 Years in Prison for 'Propaganda'
Originally posted at: http://mashable.com/2014/07/09/iranian-journalist-50-lashes-2-years-in-prison/ BY LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI Iran is sending yet another journalist to prison. Marzieh Rasouli, an arts and culture…
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Life and Death: Survivor Accounts from Iran’s Kurdish Regions Post-Revolution
(July 1, 2014) – This witness statement compilation serves as a companion package to Haunted Memories: The Islamic Republic’s Executions…
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