A mother whose son was previously raped while in detention told the Manoto Podcast that her 22-year-old son has regained hope for life due to public support, writing, “Mom, I don’t want to die anymore.”
According to Iran International, British couple Lindsey and Craig Foreman, imprisoned in Evin Prison, have been denied in-person and booth visits with each other for three weeks due to an interview where they discussed the difficult situation of many Iranians. Prison officials banned the visits after the couple's interview with BBC Global.
Ibrahim Dolatabadi, a prisoner linked to last year's Dideh protests, was executed in Mashhad. He was sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court and the ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court on charges of "waging war against God." Dolatabadi was arrested during the Dey protests in Mashhad's Tabarsi Square along with his two brothers and teenage son.
Reza Mohammad-Hosseini, a political prisoner held in Karaj's Rajaei Shahr Prison, marked the seventh anniversary of his arrest and his thirty-third birthday by denouncing the use of executions and security pressures in Iran as signs of fear from those in power. In a written message, he detailed his seven years of captivity, including solitary confinement and fabricated cases, and called for resistance against a repressive regime.
مادری که از تجاوز به پسرش گفته بود: «پسرم دوباره میخواهد زندگی کند» مادری که پیشتر از تعرض به پسرش در بازداشت گفته بود، در دومین تماس خود با منوتو پادکست میگوید موج حمایت مردم باعث شده پسر ۲۲ سالهاش امید به زندگی را دوباره پیدا کند و بنویسد: «مامان، دیگر نمیخواهم بمیرم.»
