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40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against Women Political Prisoners 

Center for Human Rights in Iran: In a joint letter, the Center for Human Rights in Iran and 42 fellow human rights organizations and activists have voiced their support for women political prisoners, who were subjected to a brutal attack by prison guards on August 8 in the Women’s Ward of Iran’s Evin Prison for protesting the execution of 34-year-old protester Reza Rasaei. Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was among the victims and remains behind bars despite facing severe health problems.

“This unprecedented act of repression occurred while the women were peacefully gathered in the prison courtyard, exercising their freedom of expression by chanting slogans demanding the abolition of the death penalty and an immediate halt to executions,” said the letter.

CHRI strongly echoes the letter’s calls for an immediate end to executions in Iran, the release of all political prisoners, the cessation of unlawful judicial proceedings, guarantees of physical and psychological safety for all detainees, and an independent international investigation into the violence against political prisoners in Evin Prison.

The full letter