{"id":13365,"date":"2013-04-12T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T11:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/13365-iran-political-prisoner-goes-on-hunger-strike"},"modified":"2023-01-14T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T07:56:27","slug":"iran-political-prisoner-goes-on-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-political-prisoner-goes-on-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Political prisoner goes on hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"jail-prison-arrest\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/jail-prison-arrest.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The Iranian regime transferred political prisoner on hunger strike to quarantine in the prison.<\/p>\n<p>He has been on hunger strike from Sunday, April 7, in protest to the lack of treatment and prevention of his transfer to a clinic center.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mehdi Kukhian suffers from kidney stones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The Iranian regime transferred political prisoner on hunger strike to quarantine in the prison. 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