Iran: Majid Asadi deprived of medical care
Iran authorities in Rajai Shahr prison, in Karaj, west of Tehran, depriving Majid Asadi from the medical care that he needs by not permitting his transfer to a hospital. This prisoner is suffering from various illnesses, including his glands and digesting system, eyes and spinal cord. Prison authorities are demanding that he wear prison... Read More
Iran: Long Term Prisoner Denied Hospital Treatment
Political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, held at Urmia Prison, has been denied medical tests for a tumour in his stomach, according to his lawyer. According to Mohammad Nazari’s lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, after getting an MRI and some tests in a hospital, one and a half months ago, the doctor discovered a tumour in his stomach. He... Read More
Iran: 21 Year Old Political Prisoner Murdered In Greater Tehran Prison
Political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali, 21, was stabbed to death by two prisoners of serious crimes in the notorious Greater Tehran’s Penitentiary on Monday, 10 June, 2019. Alireza Shir-Mohammad-Ali was from Tehran’s Naziabad area in south Tehran. He had been arrested and detained in July 2018. He had been sentenced to 8... Read More
Ali Moezzi was released from prison
Ali Moezzi, a political prisoner detained in Tehran's Grand Prison, was released at the end of his sentence, on Tuesday 24 July. Ali Moezzi was supposed to be released in June last year, at the end of his imprisonment sentence, but he was faced with a new case during his detention on charges of “propaganda against the regime” from... Read More