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Man Facing Prison Time for Peacefully Advocating Ethnic Language Rights in Iran
Facing prison time for his peaceful advocacy of Azeri ethnic rights, Asgar Akbarzadeh has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court in Ahar, 307 miles northwest of Tehran in East Azerbaijan Province, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. “This case has been dragging on since 201