She should imagine thousands of people in the court room, standing next to her and demanding: #FreeNahid That’s what Mariam Claren told her imprisoned mother, a 66-year-old, dual German-Iranian citizen and women’s rights activist, before her first Iranian court appearance on April 28. As the world’s attention concerning Iran largely focuses on the nuclear negotiations More

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