With War Escalating, Iranian Political Prisoners Demand Their Release—Before It’s Too Late

With War Escalating, Iranian Political Prisoners Demand Their Release—Before It’s Too Late

As Israel’s military campaign escalates and air raid sirens sound over Tehran, prisoners like by Reza Khandan, husband of renowned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, are sounding an alarm of their own. Citing existing Iranian legal codes, they make an urgent, clear-eyed case for the immediate release of non-violent inmates—many of whom are political prisoners or behind bars for peaceful dissent. With bombs falling nearby, and prison faciliti…