Meeting with Farhad Salimi

"Meeting" is a short narrative about those whose lives are confined within the walls of a prison. In each segment of this program, we visit one of those who are referred to as 'political prisoners' by human rights organizations. He is from the city of Saqqez in Kurdistan. He was arrested in early winter of 2010, along with six other Kurdish citizens in the northwestern provinces of Iran. Farhad Salimi was accused of collaborating with radical Salafi religious groups. He initially spent his detention period with his co-defendants in local intelligence offices and then in Urmia prison, after which he, along with six other Kurdish prisoners, was transferred to Evin prison. In July 2012, Mr. Salimi and several other defendants accused of collaborating with radical Salafi religious groups went on hunger strike in protest of the uncertainty surrounding their case and their situation. *** The information in this audio file pertains to the time of its preparation, editing, and publication, and the status of the political and ideological prisoner mentioned in this report may have changed since what is heard in this program.