The State Department issued a statement urging the release of an Iranian human rights activist, whose arrest was described as "a brazen violation of human rights". The statement went on to argue that "the Iranian people deserve a government that respects their rights and legitimate demands, not one that subjects them to slow deaths in degrading cells for peacefully demanding what is rightfully theirs - universal human rights".
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