{"id":6038,"date":"2009-02-12T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/6038-iran-mullahs-official-says-iran-has-no-political-prisoner"},"modified":"2023-01-13T05:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:18:49","slug":"iran-mullahs-official-says-iran-has-no-political-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-mullahs-official-says-iran-has-no-political-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Mullahs&#8217; official says Iran has no political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-33009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/02\/newspaper_shutdown_iran_150.jpg\" alt=\"Mullahs&#039; official says Iran has no political prisoner \" title=\"Mullahs&#039; official says Iran has no political prisoner \" width=\"150\" height=\"155\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &ndash; Amin Hossein Rahimi, head of the Judiciary Committee in mullahs&#039; Majlis (parliament) claimed on Wednesday that the most import achievement of the Islamic Republic was &quot;freedom of expression,&quot; reported the official news agency IRNA.&nbsp;   <\/p>\n<p>He said, &quot;Today we have no political prisoners. 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