Evin Political Prisoners End Hunger Strike

HRANA- The political prisoners from ward 350 of Evin Prison who were on hunger strike protesting inhumane treatment by prison guards have ended their hunger strike after sixteen days.

Websites close to the reformists report that the seventeen political prisoners spent sixteen days on hunger strike and in solitary confinement. Their strike began on July 26th in protest to the inhuman treatment and conditions in the prison.

During the final days, three of the political prisoners, Majid Tavakoli, Keyvan Samimi, and Bahman Ahmadi Amooei began a dry hunger strike. As a result prominent student activist, Majid Tavakoli, was transferred to the prison medical facility yesterday.

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