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Hojjatoleslam Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari

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Outspoken critic of Iran's theocracy Eshkevari was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2000 upon return from a conference at which Iranian social and political reform was debated. He was released in 2005 and continues to advocate for secular government.