The death of Somayeh Rashidi, a jailed laborer in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, once again highlighted the longstanding issue of medical deprivation in Iran’s prisons. Reviewing past cases shows that these deaths are not exceptional events but part of a systematic pattern that for decades has claimed the lives of political prisoners. Prisons under Iran’s … Continue reading Silent Execution of Political Prisoners in Iran: Death Under Medical Deprivation