Ten prisoners who suffer from severe health problems held at Urmia Central Prison have gone on hunger strike since 5 November, protesting the authorities denying their medical treatments.
They are held in prison clinic, in the worst conditions possible, sources say.
Iran Human Rights Monitor has received testimonies indicating that doctors at the prison prisoners face numerous issues of concern. Prison officials could literally care less about the inmates and are depriving them minimum necessities.
Shayan Saidpour, a juvenile offender was sentenced to death by the Branch One of the Criminal Court of Kurdistan Province, headed by judge Vafaian, on 23 October.
Iranian authorities are deliberately depriving Sufi prisoner Saeid Soltanpour from the medical care he desperately needs 65 days into his debilitating hunger strike.
According to Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, who represented two young women, whom were assaulted by the Iran’s Morality Police beating for ‘Insufficient’ head covering, their complaint was rejected.
Fifteen employees of the Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO), were sentenced to prison and flogging for attending peaceful protests.
Five out of the eight Iranian environmentalists who were arrested in January 2018, have been issued preliminary indictments.
While 160 countries across the world have either abolished the Death Penalty or at least called a moratorium on its use, the clerical regime ruling Iran remains among the world’s most brutal.
On the eve of October 10 which marks the World Day against the Death Penalty, a number of death row prisoners all over Iran announced the following statement:
The Iranian authorities have arrested at least 150 truck drivers in various provinces for participating in a nationwide strike, which has been ongoing for days in protest against the low and unpaid wages, the high cost of parts, and rising costs in the context of a deteriorating economic situation nationally.
