Escalating Pressures on Women Political Prisoners: A Report from Evin Prison

Increased Pressures Against Women Political Prisoners

In recent days, out of 61 women political-prisoners of Evin Prison, 13 women have been deprived of the right to make phone calls by the orders of security-judicial authorities.

Among the 61 women political-prisoners of  Evin Prison:

4 women are over seventy years old.

10 women are over sixty years old.

Among the 61 women political-prisoners of Evin Prison:

3 women are suffering from incurable diseases such as lupus, Parkinson, cerebral stroke, brain tumor.

2 women have a history of cancer.

4 women are suffering from acute bone and joint diseases.

7 women have heart diseases.

Among the 61 political-prisoners of Evin Prison:

19 female prisoners are under temporary detention, without a final verdict and in uncertainty. Some of them face heavy charges. Out of the 19 women, 5 have been in temporary detention for more than a year. (Parvin Miraslan, Argavan Fallahi, Farahnaz Nikkhoo, Elahe Mohammadi, and Niloufar Hamedi)

Vienna,04.01.2024

Prof. Dr. Siroos Mirzaei
Medical Professionals for Human Rights  in Iran – Austria

Dr. Behrouz Bayat
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran