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After 4.5 Years, Vahid Afkari Transferred from Solitary to Prison Ward

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Vahid Afkari Released from Solitary Confinement After 4.5 Years Vahid Afkari, political prisoner and brother of Navid Afkari, the executed protester from the 2018 demonstrations, has been transferred to the general ward of Adelabad Prison in Shiraz after spending 1,679 days in solitary confinement. On Sunday, April 13, 2025, Saeed Afkari, Vahid’s brother, shared this news on social media, stating that Vahid was able to make a phone call to their mother for the first time in four and a half years. Background of the Afkari Case Vahid Afkari was born on June 21, 1985. He was arrested along with his two brothers, Navid and Habib, in September 2018 by security forces in Shiraz. Their arrest was connected to a case the judiciary linked to the killing of a security guard from the Shiraz Water and Wastewater Company during the protests of August 2018.
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Iran HRM broke the news in Iran, Islamic Republic of on Monday, April 14, 2025.
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