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“No one should be imprisoned for expressing their opinions. <\/p>\n

“Protest is the right of every Iranian citizen.”<\/p>\n

His death was confirmed hours later by fellow activists.<\/p>\n

Sanjari was a vocal critic of Iran’s leaders and advocate for democracy. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, he posted the ultimatum on X.<\/p>\n

“If Fateme Sepehari, Nasreen Shakrami, Tomaj Salehi and Arsham Rezaei are not released from prison by 19:00 today … I will end my life in protest against the dictatorship of Khamenei and his partners.”<\/p>\n

All four were arrested for their support and involvement in the wave of unprecedented protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in 2022 after being detained by Iran\u2019s morality police. <\/p>\n

Sanjari was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for his political activism between 1999 and 2007.<\/p>\n

He left Iran in 2007 and received asylum in Norway, before joining US broadcasting service Voice of America’s Persian service in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

He returned to Iran in 2016 to be with his parents, and was arrested and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in Evin prison, where political prisoners are often imprisoned. <\/p>\n

He was released on bail in 2019 on medical grounds, and subsequently taken to a psychiatric hospital. <\/p>\n

He told local media he was given electric shocks, chained to a bed and injected with substances. <\/p>\n

“Kianoosh Sanjeri is not just a name, it is a symbol of years of pain, resistance and struggle for freedom,” freedom of speech activist Hossein Ronaghi posted on X. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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