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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-08-12 and was most recently seen on 2026-08-12.
Afshin Sheikholeslami Vatani is an Iranian Kurdish political activist, a civil engineer, and environmentalist. Vatani is also a US resident who had immigrated to America in 2015. Vatani was first detained in 2003 by Intelligence Ministry officials in Sanandaj and sentenced to one year in prison for "propaganda against the state." He was captured again two years later and served the remainder of his sentence. On 17 February 2019, he was detained with his other co-members of the National Unity Party for “spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran”. He was released on 5 billion Rial bail after one month of imprisonment.
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