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Iran's minister of Social Welfare, Abdolreza Mesri in Tehran, Iran on Oct. 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 12, 2018, 9:57 am
Iran arrests ex-minister of welfare over financial fraud
Parviz Kazemi is the latest crony of ex-president Ahmadinejad to be held over alleged corruption
By AP
Reza Khandan, husband of Iranian human rights activist, on November 18, 2012. (CC BY-SA Hosseinronaghi, Wikimedia Commons)
September 5, 2018, 7:30 pm
Husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran
Reza Khandan charged with ‘conspiring against national security, propaganda against the system and campaigning against Iran’s Islamic dress code’
By AFP
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter, Gabriella, in 2016. (AFP)
August 23, 2018, 6:51 pm
British-Iranian woman let out of Tehran jail for 3 days
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned for over 2 years for sedition, not allowed to give media interviews or enter foreign embassies during furlough
By AFP
Iranian Zoroastrians gather around a giant bonfire in a ceremony celebrating their ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival in Tehran, Iran, Friday, January 30, 2015. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
January 31, 2018, 3:08 am
Iranian-American, wife sentenced to prison over Zoroastrian faith
Art dealers Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssar given 27 years and 16 years respectively, after arrest by Revolutionary Guards
By AP
Iranian pro-government protesters take part in a march held after the weekly Friday prayers in central Tehran on January 5, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
January 9, 2018, 5:46 pm
Iran probes death of man in custody as 3,700 arrested over protests
Reformist lawmaker says Sina Ghanbari jailed for involvement in recent demonstrations; judicial officials deny claim
By Agencies
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter, Gabriella, in 2016. (AFP)
November 23, 2017, 9:58 pm
British woman jailed in Iran to appear in court on Dec. 10
New charge of spreading propaganda could lengthen existing five year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
By AFP
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
September 5, 2017, 2:14 pm
Activists: Notorious Iran jail neglected reporter’s cancer
Rights group says pro-reform Alireza Rajaei lost eye, part of face after prison deliberately left disease undetected
By AP
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
August 28, 2017, 7:41 pm
Two Americans serving 10 years in Iran lose appeal — lawyer
As health deteriorates, Baquer and Siamak Namazi remain in Evin jail, where they have been ‘interrogated relentlessly, beaten, and tased’
By Jon Gambrell
Retired Iranian-Canadian professor Homa Hoodfar. (Courtesy of Amanda Ghahremani via AP)
September 26, 2016, 8:00 pm
Iran releases Canadian-Iranian professor held since June
Anthropology academic Homa Hoodfar, 65, freed on ‘humanitarian grounds’ after 4 months in notorious Evin prison
By Agencies
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
August 20, 2016, 1:48 am
Taking heat, US officials defend $400m cash payment to Iran
Administration says it made no sense not to use money as leverage to ensure that 4 American citizens were freed from prison in Islamic Republic
By Bradley Klapper
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
June 9, 2016, 4:52 am
Canadian Iranian professor is jailed in Iran
Homa Hoodfar, an anthropologist at Concordia University, has been detained at Evin prison since March
By AFP
Iranian footballer Sosha Makani (YouTube screenshot)
June 8, 2016, 6:41 pm
Iran goalie banned over wearing ‘SpongeBob pants’
Conservative nation’s football federation suspends Sosha Makani for ‘inappropriate’ conduct, including his choice of clothing
By AFP
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
February 24, 2016, 11:46 pm
80-year-old American detained in Iran, family says
Baquer Namazi, first American jailed since January prisoner swap, held in Evin prison, wife says; son also jailed in Iran
By Bradley Klapper
Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter currently in Iranian custody. (screen capture: YouTube/Washington Post)
December 26, 2015, 12:44 am
US reporter jailed in Iran allowed Christmas visit by family
Jason Rezaian, convicted of espionage, marked his 500th day in the notorious Evin prison earlier this month
By AFP
Illustrative: Mohammad Nourizad appears with a bloody face after protesting outside the home of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khaminei, October 14, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy/Abazar Noorizad)
May 6, 2015, 7:38 pm
From ally to dissident, Iran activist defies the ayatollahs
Once estranged from his father, filmmaker Abazar Noorizad wants to bring his struggle to the silver screen
By Elhanan Miller
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