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A US citizen, who is not allowed by the state from leaving Iran, risks death unless he has surgery within days, his family said Monday.

Iran’s judiciary on Thursday confirmed the death of prisoner Shahin Naseri, who was known for his horrifying account of torture against executed wrestler and political prisoner Navid Afkari.

Family of Kurdish political activist Yasser Mangouri said he has died after being summoned by members of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, Human rights groups reported.

Qader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, is in critical health condition after being on hunger strike for 36 days, a human rights group said.

Haydar Ghorbani, a 48-year-old Kurdish political prisoner on the verge of execution in Iran, was tortured and forced to confess that he assisted the killing of three forces, his former cellmate Ebrahim Yousefi has revealed to Avatoday.

Footages leaked from Iran’s notorious Evin prison, known for holding political prisoners, show a grim world faced by inmates. 

Swedish public prosecutors on Tuesday said they have charged an Iranian citizen with participating in mass executions and war crimes during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Euronews reported.

Islamic Republic of Iran has executed three Kurdish detainees in Urmia Prison on Sunday morning, shows information received by Avatoday.

In a Seminar held by Avatoday in the United States’ Capital of Washington, prominent Iran-based dissidents have asked the US to do more to hold Iranian officials accountable for its human right violations.<

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch expressed their concern over Ebrahim Raisi's appointment as Iran's new president and called for him to be investigated over his role in what the rights groups have called the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political pr