Khamenei critic faces 'imminent death' in Iran prison
Relentless pleas from international rights groups and members of the Iranian civil society for the release of outspoken journalist Mohammad Nourizad continue to remain unheeded by Iranian authorities.
Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based advocacy organization, joined a growing chorus of Iranians to urge the release of veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker Mohammad Nourizad.
"He is ailing and deprived from the right to treatment. His life is in danger," read a post on the organization’s official Persian Twitter account. The statement accused Iranian authorities of "arbitrarily" imprisoning the 68-year-old activist following an "unfair" trial.
Nourizad, who is known for his scathing criticism against Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has in the past 11 years repeatedly found prison to be his second home.
Last year, Nourizad and 13 other civil society leaders wrote a public letter to Khamenei, calling for him to step down and pave the way for democratic elections in Iran. Nourizad's signature cost him a 15-year sentence.
