11/12/2025 “Street Advocates of Gilan” have issued a statement expressing serious concern over the health and safety of Younes Azadbar, a retired citizen and a well-known figure in Gilan’s grassroots advocacy movement. Azadbar, who has been living for years with a battery-operated heart and must take fourteen medications daily to survive, was transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht on Monday, December 8, 2025, to begin serving his 15-month prison sentence. The statement emphasiz