Imprisoned Former Iranian VP Refusing Food and Water to Overturn Prison Sentence

Hamid Baghaei, who served as Iran’s vice president under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in “serious condition” from refusing food for two weeks in Tehran’s Evin Prison, his lawyer informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Attorney Mehran Abdollahpour said Baghaei made a phone call from his cell on March 28, 2018, to … Continue reading Imprisoned Former Iranian VP Refusing Food and Water to Overturn Prison Sentence