{"id":15316,"date":"2013-11-22T22:04:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/15316-iran-sunni-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-evin-prison"},"modified":"2023-01-14T16:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T15:26:41","slug":"iran-sunni-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-evin-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-sunni-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-evin-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Sunni Prisoners on hunger strike in Evin Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"evin\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-41081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/evin.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"294\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Six on death row prisoners of conscience pass their day 15 of their hunger strike while in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunni prisoners are identified as Mamusta Kaveh Veisi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Kaveh Sharifi, Behrouz Shahnazari, Taleb Maleki and Shahram Ahmadi.<\/p>\n<p>The prison officials have cut off their communications after they had reported of their critical situation in prison and all have so far been prohibited of any visits.<\/p>\n<p>Their families worry that they will be executed after the month of Muharram passes.<\/p>\n<p>Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. 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