Political Prisoners In Iran Are Being Deprived Of Medical Treatment
The husband of a female political prisoner in Evin Prison has revealed that his wife is being denied emergency medical treatment despite ongoing pressure from hospitals.
The husband of a female political prisoner in Evin Prison has revealed that his wife is being denied emergency medical treatment despite ongoing pressure from hospitals.
Saeed Parsaie, the husband of Elaheh Mohammadi, has reported that despite the insistence of the Evin Prison physician to conduct emergency tests over the past two months, she is yet to receive medical attention.
"It's been nearly two months since the Evin Prison physician registered Elaheh for an emergency ultrasound. During this time, despite five family-hospital coordination efforts, the doctor refrained from examining Elaheh,” Parsaie wrote on his social media accounts.
Mohammadi, a journalist who was one of the first to report the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 was arrested and jailed along with Niloufar Hamedi. The pair, who worked for the reformist Iranian newspapers Shargh and Ham-Mihan, were detained for 300 days because the regime held them responsible for the nationwide protests that erupted after Amini’s death.
Last week, the Workers' Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company reported that Reza Shahabi, a labor activist imprisoned in Evin, has also been deprived of medical treatment. According to the report, Shahabi's medical case was referred to the medical commission and his treating physician emphasized that he "definitely needs surgery."
Several other female prisoners who have been released from Evin have spoken out about the mistreatment by prison authorities and said they had also faced health issues and were denied access to medical facilities. They also complained about being deprived of contacting their families
Parsaie also referred to this in his social media posts, saying that the women's ward telephone in Evin Prison was disconnected during the weekends. He said that there are only three telephone lines for over 40 women in the women's ward of Evin Prison, all of which are of poor quality. This is just another way that the regime chooses to harass and mistreat political prisoners in Iran.
