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Concern for Abdollah Momeni’s hearing and his overdue transfer to the hospital

 


Abdollah Momeni, student activist and spokesperson of the Alumni Association of Iran (Adavar-e Tahkim Vehdat) has become extremely weak. Medical personnel have diagnosed his shattered eardrum as being damaged as a result of the beatings and tortures he endured during his interrogations.

According to Kaleme website, attending doctors have disclosed that if Momeni would have been taken to a medical facility earlier, they could have halted the furthering of his ear wound and prevented Momeni from loosing his hearing. But now it is too late.
After many months, Abdollah Momeni’s wife has finally been able to see her husband. At first the security agents prevented his wife from getting anywhere near him in the hospital even to say hello to him.
A few months ago Abdollah Momeni wrote a letter to the regime leader describing a small part of the torture and ugly abuse inflicted on prisoners while being interrogated during their temporary detention. He spoke of his “severe torture to obtain false confessions during the show trials and the complete lack of judicial independence during his trial.”
11 months after writing his letter to the regime leader, Momeni who is sAccording to Kaleme website, attending doctors have disclosed that if Momeni would have been taken to a medical facility earlier, they could have halted the furthering of his ear wound and prevented Momeni from loosing his hearing. But now it is too late.
After many months, Abdollah Momeni’s wife has finally been able to see her husband. At first the security agents prevented his wife from getting anywhere near him in the hospital even to say hello to him.
A few months ago Abdollah Momeni wrote a letter to the regime leader describing a small part of the torture and ugly abuse inflicted on prisoners while being interrogated during their temporary detention. He spoke of his “severe torture to obtain false confessions during the show trials and the complete lack of judicial independence during his trial.”
11 months after writing his letter to the regime leader, Momeni who is spending his sentence behind bars in Ward 350 of Evin prison was summoned to the prison court with new charges filed against him.
After being published, Aabdollah Momeni’s letter was hailed by public opinion as one of the most important documents chronicling the mistreatment of political prisoners, particularly prisoners of the Green Movement, cognizant of the illegal behavior of the security and interrogating agents.
pending his sentence behind bars in Ward 350 of Evin prison was summoned to the prison court with new charges filed against him.
After being published, Aabdollah Momeni’s letter was hailed by public opinion as one of the most important documents chronicling the mistreatment of political prisoners, particularly prisoners of the Green Movement, cognizant of the illegal behavior of the security and interrogating agents.
Article in Persian: http://www.rahana.org/archives/43246