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Convicted of promoting a "soft" revolution in Iran on January 19, 2009, and sentenced to 3 years in prison. At the time of her arrest, Harotonian was an administrative officer for a maternal and child health project in Tehran for International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), a U.S. government-funded organization.
Nicholas Evan Berg (April 2, 1978 – May 7, 2004) was an American freelance radio-tower repairman [1] who went to Iraq after the United States' invasion of Iraq.He was abducted and beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants in response to the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse involving the United States Army and Iraqi prisoners.
Siamak Namazi, an American who spent eight years wrongfully detained in Iran, tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour of his painful experiences in an exclusive TV interview.
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Evin Prison (Persian: زندان اوین, romanized: Zendân-e-Evin) is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran.The prison has been the primary site for the housing of Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "Evin University" due to the high number of students and intellectuals detained there. [3]
Iran’s most prominent human rights activist and the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner has been sentenced to another year in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, her lawyer said Tuesday.
The Iranian government has accused people investigating the executions of "disclosing state secrets" and "threatening national security". [when?] According to Amnesty International, the Iranian government has engaged in an ongoing campaign to demonize victims; distort facts; and silence survivors, family members of victims, and human rights ...
Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been branded a “dangerous fool” by a judge imprisoning him for more than 14 years for escaping from prison and spying for Iran.. In a jailbreak that drew ...