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One of Iran's most prominent female activists has described how confessions are forced out of prisoners, in a letter written inside a notorious jail. Sepideh Qolian has been serving a five-year sentence since 2018 after being convicted of acting
LONDON: In a letter written inside Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, Sepideh Qolian, a prominent female Iranian activist, revealed how prisoners are tortured to extract confessions, the BBC reported. Qolian was arrested in 2018 and convicted of acting “against national security” for her support of a strike and protest by workers at a sugar factory in Iran’s Khuzestan province.
Sepideh Qolian tells how confessions are extracted from detainees, in a rare letter from Evin prison.
TEHRAN—The chants of “Death to the Supreme Leader” and “Death to Khamenei” which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks are reminiscent of the cries of “Death to the Shah” that resonated throughout 1977 and 1978, in a movement that eventually led to the overthrow of the Shah’s p...
TEHRAN—The chants of “Death to the Supreme Leader” and “Death to Khamenei” which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks are reminiscent of the cries of “Death to the Shah” that resonated throughout 1977 and 1978, in a movement that eventually led to the overthrow of the Shah’s p...