Monday, August 31st marks the 19th day of the hunger strike launched by political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri, currently held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
Taheri went on hunger strike on Thursday, August 13th protesting his death sentence.
It is worth noting that a group of people protesting the death sentence issued for minority religious group leader Mohammad Ali Taheri rallied recently in a district in southern Tehran demanding this verdict be suspended.
Khamenei’s authorities had also attacked demonstrators gathering in the city of Qom as they were protesting the death sentence issued for this political prisoner. A number of Taheri’s supporters were arrested and the remaining were dispersed from the scene. Protesters had gathered in Qom from various cities.