Political prisoners Vahid and Habib Afkari have been held in closed-door cells in Adel Abad prison, Shiraz, for 15 months.

The two brothers are deprived of phone calls with their families and basic medical care. Vahid, Habib, and Navid Afkari were arrested in 2018 for taking part in anti-regime protests in Fars province.

Navid, a wrestling champion, was executed in 2020 under bogus charges and based on confessions extracted under torture.

Iran’s regime has put the Afkari family under enormous pressure to prevent word of their conditions to reach the world.