As Iran gears up for a presidential election in June, the conditions in which prisoners of conscience are held in some of the country’s most notorious prisons have worsened. Below are some of the activists, students, journalists, women’s rights campaigners, lawyers, artists, former politicians and members of Iran’s religious and ethnic minorities who have been jailed or convicted in recent years. Information comes from a variety of sources and is the most recent we have access to

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/may/21/iran-prisoners-of-conscience-interactive

 Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Anita Hunt

Source: The Guardian