08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Amir Saran, member of the National Unity Front, arrested during Students Day 2002, beaten and sentenced to 8 years in prison ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46058],  [ID 18603]

"Amir Saran, a member of the "National Unity Front," has been in and out of prison since 2003, after being severely beaten during Students Day 2002. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, a decision upheld by the appeals court. At year's end he was in Rajai'i Shahr prison."

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