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Some 350 Iranian civil activists have written an open letter expressing concern about the plight of the children of political prisoners, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

The letter -- addressed this week to Iran's Judiciary Chief, the offices of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Tehran and Jordan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch -- describes prisoners' children as "forgotten victims" and says jailing a parent does not justify punishing his/her child as well. 

One of the signatories to the letter, journalist and civil activist Fereshteh Ghazi, told Radio Farda June 8 that the Iranian authorities violate the rights of children whose parents are in prison.