Iran inmates sew lips shut in mass hunger strike at notorious US-sanctioned jail: report

Over 1,000 inmates at Ghezel Hesar Prison enter a third week of hunger strike against Iran's executions, with some sewing their lips shut in protest.

Prisoners in Iran's largest jail have sewn their lips shut in defiance of the regime as hundreds take part in a hunger strike over the surge in executions of anti-government protesters.

At least 1,500 protest after six men on drug-related charges put in solitary confinement before possible execution Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail have sewn their lips shut as hundreds of prisoners joined a mass hunger strike amid a surge in executions over drug offences and charges linked to anti-government protests.