A jailed Iranian activist on hunger strike in protest at the detention of his writer wife has taken social media by storm.
ADVERTISEMENTA jailed Iranian activist on hunger strike in protest at the detention of his writer wife has taken social media by storm.
The hashtag #SaveArash topped Twitter trending on Friday as fellow Iranians and others showed solidarity with Arash Sadeghi.
He is said to be in a ‘very serious’ condition after almost 70 days without food.
The activist is serving a 19 year sentence for charges including “gathering and colluding with intent to harm national security”.
Over half a million a Twitter users have joined the #saveArash campaign to free Iranian activist Arash Sadeghi. pic.twitter.com/cik0P3CPBB
— Impact Iran (@impactiran) 30 décembre 2016
His wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, is serving a six-year jail term, notably for “insulting Islamic sanctities” after writing an unpublished book about a young woman enraged by stoning who burns a copy of the Koran.