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Tag : Iranian prisons

March 12, 2021

Iranian Courts are Unlawfully Banishing Political Prisoners Into “Prison Exile”

*Editor's Note: Transfers that occurred after this article was published are listed at the bottom. Iran’s judicial system has a long, documented history of sentencing ...

August 30, 2017

Condition of Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prison Deteriorates while Judiciary Does Nothing

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Critically Needed Medical Treatment at Rajaee Shar Prison August 30, 2017—The medical condition of more than a ...

August 27, 2017

Tehran Prosecutor Calls Hunger Strikes “Threats” Amid Mass Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison

“Prisoners must endure their punishment to the fullest”  Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has described hungers strikes undertaken by prisoners as “threats” that the judicial system ...

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