{"id":9829,"date":"2011-02-08T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T11:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/9829-two-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-13T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:45:19","slug":"two-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/two-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Two political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"zendan\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/zendan.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/zendan.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/zendan-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>NCRI \u2013 Two political prisoners at Karaj\u2019s Gohardasht prison near Tehran are continuing with their hunger strike while being held in solitary confinement in protest to the inhumane treatment of regime agents in prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Students Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners, Arjang Davoudi and Afshin Baymani are being held in Ward 1 of Gohardasht prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Davoudi\u2019s physical condition has deteriorated after a number of other hunger strikes and enduring beatings and torture. 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