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UN rights experts call on Iran to release jailed filmmaker

The experts said Iran's denial of adequate medical care to Mohammad Nourizad may amount to torture.
An undated image of Mohammad Nourizad.

A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday called on Iran to release a jailed dissident filmmaker whose severe health complications put him at risk of death.

“We are seriously concerned at the mistreatment of Mohammad Nourizad and his continued imprisonment for expressing his opinion,” the experts said, adding that his “case is emblematic of the situation many Iranian political activists face in detention.”

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