White Torture: Interviews with Iranian Women Priso - Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners

Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons

With a foreword by Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner

''A must-read for anyone concerned with human rights in Iran. A gripping, moving and utterly shocking account.'' Kylie Moore-Gilbert

New introductions written by Shannon Woodcock and Nayereh Tohidi

Extended solitary confinement has been condemned as a severe violation of human rights. Yet it is still widely used in Iranian prisons. In White Torture, thirteen women, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, share their experiences of imprisonment: harassment and beatings by guards, total blindfolding and denial of medical treatment. Angry interrogators threaten their families and lie about their whereabouts. One prisoner is even told she is dead.

None of the women have committed crimes – they are prisoners of conscience or held hostage as bargaining chips. Through psychol