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Iranwire – Taraneh Alidoosti, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Bahareh Hedayat, Narges Mohammadi, Arash Sadeghi, Forugh Taghipour, Zohreh Sarv, and Nasrin Javadi are among the many prisoners afflicted with unknown or incurable diseases, a number that continues to rise with each passing day. Despite this alarming trend, relevant institutions, including the prison organization and the judiciary, turn a blind eye and attempt to …

iranintl – Fifteen former Iran hostages have censured the Swedish government for “lack of meaningful action” to free Swedish-Iranian doctor Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been on death row in Iran for more than 6 years. “Sweden has done little to secure his release and also inexcusably failed to provide his family with the level of support and information they need …

iranintl – Actress Taraneh Alidoosti and filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad have been diagnosed with diseases after serving time in Iranian prisons for voicing dissent, the latest in a series of mystery illnesses contracted by political prisoners. Taraneh Alidoosti – best known for the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman” – was arrested as part of the Woman Life Freedom movement sparked by the death in …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has executed three more prisoners, including a woman.  Rokna news agency reported on April 25 the three executions in Karaj for murder convictions. Details of the first two cases, involving a middle-aged man who allegedly killed his wife and another man who fatally stabbed someone in a street fight, were limited.  Their identities remain …

Iranwire – As protests erupted against the death sentence given to rapper Toomaj Salehi, the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office targeted journalists reporting on the public outcry. On April 25, Milad Alavi, a journalist for Shargh newspaper, was summoned for publishing a video of citizens’ reactions to Salehi’s sentence.  This action coincided with the widespread demonstrations against the young artist’s sentencing. The …