Activists Continue to Be Targeted by Iranian Authorities
Activists Continue to Be Targeted by Iranian Authorities The imprisoned activists - Sanaz Allahyari, Asal Mohammadi, Marzieh Amiri, and Neda Naji said: "Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court issued heavy sentences of 10.5 to 18 years of imprisonment for them" 02 OCTOBER 2019 EMPTY By Pooya Stone The Iranian government has been cracking down on dissent more and moreover the past few years. Activists across the country are doing all they can to make their cause known but the Iranian authorities are trying to silence them. Several student and labor activists that are currently locked up in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran have denounced the Iranian authorities’ treatment of prisoners in an open letter. The imprisoned activists - are Sanaz Allahyari, Asal Mohammadi, Marzieh Amiri, and Neda Naji. They denounced the intelligence forces for their unfair and cruel treatment of activists and journalists and called the government out for issuing such tough sentences...