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Tag : Nizar Zakka

January 25, 2022

Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term

Iran “Toying” with Foreign and Dual Nationals Amid Nuclear Talks to Extract Concessions Lawyer: Briere's Arbitrarily Increased Sentence is “Unlawful” January 25, 2022 – The ...

January 24, 2022

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions January ...

February 12, 2019

US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film

Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have been imprisoned ...

February 7, 2018

Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care

"Evin Prison officials are using medicine as a weapon" US permanent resident Nizar Zakka...

October 4, 2017

Suffering From Severe Dental Problems, US Resident On “Enforced Hunger Strike” in Evin Prison

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born US permanent resident imprisoned in Iran since September 2015, has been on hunger strike since September ...

September 9, 2017

Evin Prison Director Accused of Denying Outside Medical Care For Imprisoned US Resident Nizar Zakka

Zakka Pressured to Sign Farsi-Language Documents The director of Evin Prison in Tehran, Ali Chaharmahali, is refusing to allow outside medical treatment for imprisoned ...

August 29, 2017

Iran Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentences Against US Resident and Two Iranian-Americans

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iran’s Appeals Court ...

August 1, 2017

Family, US Congress Convince Imprisoned US Permanent Resident to End Hunger Strike in Iran

Nizar Zakka “Under Intense Torture and Pressure” A Lebanese-born US permanent resident who was sentenced in September 2016 to 10 years imprisonment in Iran ended his ...

January 14, 2017

U.S. Resident Imprisoned in Iran “Punished” for Going on Hunger Strike

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison since December 8, 2016, ...

January 6, 2017

Conservative Tehran MP to Judiciary: Review Case of Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike

Wave of Hunger Strikes Highlights Prisoners’ Plights Conservative member of Parliament Ali Motahari has publicly asked the Judiciary to review the case of ailing political ...

December 22, 2016

Lebanese-American Internet Freedom Advocate Starts Hunger Strike in Iran’s Evin Prison

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident and internet freedom advocate who was sentenced to 10 years in ...

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