Iranian political prisoner Mehdi Khazali was released after going on a hunger strike for 24 days. The news of his release was reported on the Facebook page of his son, Mohammad Saleh Khazali. Mehdi Khazali was reportedly released on the night of Sunday July 13. Khazali was arrested early last month and immediately began […]
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Ailing jailed activist transferred to hospital
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, Mohammad Saleh Khazali, the son of Iranian political activist Mehdi Khazali, says his father’s health has deteriorated so severely in prison that he has been transferred to hospital. On his Facebook page, the son of the jailed activist reports that his father is currently at Imam Khomeini […]
Activist begins hunger strike upon latest arrest
According to Radio Zamaneh, Iranian activist Mehdi Khazali has been arrested again by Islamic Republic authorities. The Kaleme opposition website reports that Khazali announced the beginning of a hunger strike immediately upon his transfer to Evin Prison. He also said that this is the thirteenth time that charges have been brought against him. His […]
Reporters Club chief summoned to court for “falsehoods”
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, the head of the Javan Reporters Club, Ebrahim Zadegan, has been summoned to court for “the publication of falsehoods”, activist Mehdi Khazali reports. Mehdi Khazali, a reformist political activist, wrote on his Facebook page: “After about two years of the Javan Reporters Club publishing falsehoods, and my […]
Iran sentences blogger to six years in prison
Dr. Mahdi Khazali was released in early June after seven months in prison; he is accused of spreading ‘propaganda’ against the government.A well-known Iranian blogger and veteran activist says a court has sentenced him to six years in prison over security charges. Mahdi Khazali told The Associated Press the sentence was for spreading “propaganda” […]
Political prisoner released after weight, health plummet
Iranian political prisoner Mehdi Khazali was released from Evin Prison on the night of Monday June 3. Kaleme reports that Khazali began another hunger strike after Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who had been the top reformist candidate seeking the Iranian presidency, was disqualified from the race. According to the reports, Khazali was in critical condition, […]
Prisoner resumes hunger strike over election
Mehdi Khazali, the Iranian political prisoner who had ended his hunger strike following the announcement that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has registered as a presidential candidate, has resumed his hunger strike. The Neday-e Sabz Azadi website reports that Khazali is once again refusing food after the Guardian Council disqualified the moderate cleric Ayatollah Rafsanjani from […]