An undated handout photo shows Sepideh Qoliyan, Fars News website/Handout via REUTERS
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - In early January, labour activist Esmail Bakhshi posted a letter on Instagram saying he had been tortured in jail, attracting support from tens of thousands of Iranians online.
Bakhshi, who said he was still in pain, also challenged the intelligence minister, a cleric, to a public debate about the religious justification for torture. Late last month, Bakhshi was rearrested.
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