Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has visited human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is currently on leave from Evin Prison. Sotoudeh is serving a six-year sentence for “acting against national security, propaganda against the regime and membership in the Human Rights Defenders Centre.” As well, she is banned from practicing law and traveling abroad […]
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Furlough Extension Was Denied, Nasrin Sotoudeh Is Back In Prison
Following is translation of a post by Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband Reza Khandan’s on his Facebook page. You can say Nasrin has been arrested again.
Jailed lawyer allowed to attend mother’s burial
Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was permitted by Iranian prison authorities to attend the burial of her mother.