{"id":8717,"date":"2010-08-19T02:48:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/8717-iran-political-prisoner-in-oroumieh-launches-hunger-strike"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:58:59","slug":"iran-political-prisoner-in-oroumieh-launches-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-political-prisoner-in-oroumieh-launches-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Political prisoner in Oroumieh launches hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"urmu\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-35652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/08\/urmu.jpg\" alt=\"Umru\" width=\"150\" height=\"122\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &#8211; A political prisoner in northwestern Iran launched a hunger strike on Sunday, August 15, according to obtained reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Amin Agoushi, who is being held at the central prison in Oroumieh, has been sentenced to death by the clerical regime on charges of &ldquo;moharebeh&rdquo; or &ldquo;waging war on God.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on a hunger strike in protest to pressures in prison and a decision to keep him in a ward where regular prisoners are being held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; A political prisoner in northwestern Iran launched a hunger strike on Sunday, August 15, according to obtained reports. 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