Detained Telegram channel admins go on hunger strike in Iran

Their case is being tried at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran presided by Judge Abolqasem Salavati

Six administrators of channels on the Telegram messaging application have gone on hunger strike in Iran's Evin Prison to protest their prolonged detention without access to legal counsel. The six men were arrested in the run-up to Iran’s May 2017 presidential election.

An informed source told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that no charges have been issued against the detainees—who supported President Rouhani’s recent re-election bid—more than three months after their arrests by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in March 2017.

“Lawyers have come forward to defend them, but the prosecutor’s office