Spring of freedom

Iranian political prisoner  Mehdi   Farahi Shandiz  The Iranian regime has transferred Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, teacher and political prisoner in Karaj Central Prison, to solitary confinement. Farahi Shandiz has been kept in solitary confinement for an entire week for unknown reasons. There’s no news of his conditions. Farahi Shandiz has been in prison for eight years and has been under constant torture and persecution by Iranian regime authorities and prison guards.  In 2011, Farahi Shandiz was sentenced to three years in prison. But after eight years, he was given an extension until 2023 under trumped-up charges and made-up allegations. A few weeks ago, Farahi Shandiz sent a message on the occasion of Iran’s National Student’s Day, in which he encouraged his compatriots to keep the flame of protests and uprisings alit. “Presently, under the evil shadow of the religious dictatorship, it is the students who are uniting with the unprivileged workers of ...

political prisoner Golrokh Iraee The father of hunger striking political prisoner Golrokh Iraee got to visit his daughter on Sunday, April 8, 2018, under heavy security conditions. Ms. Iraee has been hospitalized in the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Baghyatollah Hospital in Tehran after some 70 days of wet and dry hunger strike and losing 22 kilograms. She keeps fainting and her life is at risk. Since coming to, she has avoided accepting IV serum injections and told her father that she would continue her hunger strike. Earlier on Friday, April 6, the Iraee family had referred to this hospital to visit their daughter but were insulted, threatened and violently turned away. A large number of political prisoners from Gohardasht Prison in Karaj and the Central Prison of Orumiyeh in northwestern Iran, have sent messages of solidarity to Golrokh Iraee and praised her firm will and determination to insist on her rightful demands.

Youssef Emadi, a composer prisoner incarcerated in Evin prison IRAN, On July 23, 2017 --  Youssef Emadi, a composer prisoner incarcerated in Evin prison who objected non-implementation of the principle of separation of crimes in Evin was taken away under the pretext of “being sent to the prison warden room” and transferred to an unknown location. So far, there is no news about his fate and whereabouts. Some sources consider the meaning of dispatch to the prison warden room as being transferred to Ward 2A of the Revolutionary Guards in Evin prison. According to reports, the prisoner's family have received conflicting information about the fate of this prisoner, and even after 12 days, there is still no news about his whereabouts. Youssef Emadi has recently been charged for “propaganda against the regime” through media ties after a new case was launched against him. Youssef Emadi along with Mahdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian were arrested in their office in the...