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Nasser Zarafshan

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Distinguished lawyer and writer Zarafshan was arrested in 2000 after giving a speech alleging that the intelligence services had murdered five intellectuals in 1998. Though a civilian, he was tried before a military court and sentenced to five years in prison in 2002. In 2023, Zarafshan signed a public statement opposing Iran’s mandatory hijab policy.