Urgent Action: Jailed for reporting on workers’ protests
Iranian journalists Amir Amirgholi, Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been arbitrarily detained since January 2019 without access to a lawyer. They are facing trial on spurious national security charges solely in connection with their reporting on workers’ rights protests in Khuzestan province, southern Iran. Amir Amirgholi and Sanaz Alahyari are being denied adequate medical care. All three must be released immediately and unconditionally.
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PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 14 AUGUST 2019
Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Persian to:
Prosecutor General of Tehran
Ali Alghasi Mehr
Office of the Prosecutor
Corner (Nabsh-e) of 15 Khordad Square
Tehran, Iran
Salutation: Dear Mr Alghasi Mehr
And copies to:
Prosecutor General of Tehran
Ali Alghasi Mehr
C/o Permanent Mission of Iran to the UN
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28
1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Salutation: Dear Mr Alghasi Mehr
The prosecutor general of Tehran may be reached via post at the address listed in the Urgent Action. We ask that you also send appeals to him via Iran’s diplomatic mission in Geneva.
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
HIS EXCELLENCY Hamid Baeidinejad, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 16 Princes Gate London SW7 1PT, Tel: 020 7225 4208-9 Fax: 020 7589 4440 Email: iranemb.lon@mfa.gov.ir www.london.mfa.ir
Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.