{"id":10831,"date":"2011-06-25T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/10831-amnesty-international-calls-for-release-of-an-iranian-political-prisoner"},"modified":"2023-01-13T23:16:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T22:16:32","slug":"amnesty-international-calls-for-release-of-an-iranian-political-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/amnesty-international-calls-for-release-of-an-iranian-political-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International calls for release of an Iranian political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"AI\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-37691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/AI.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" \/>NCRI &#8211;\u00a0 Thursday Amnesty International issued a statement calling for the release of Farzad Haghshenas, a Kurdish speaking Iranian political prisoner.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty\u2019s statement pointed out the torture and harassment of this political prisoner by the henchmen of the mullahs\u2019 regime and said:\u00a0 Farzad Haghshenas, who is 35 years old and is from Kurdestan province was arrested by the security agents of Islamic Republic of Iran without any explanations or reasons and was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry\u2019s offices in the city of Marivan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash;&nbsp; Thursday Amnesty International issued a statement calling for the release of Farzad Haghshenas, a Kurdish speaking Iranian political prisoner. 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