Jailed Gonabadi Dervish rights defender, Mostafa Daneshjou demanded his early hospital discharge and return to Evin prison to protest against breaking the law in the medical care and treatment process to the prisoners in section 350 of Evin prison especially imprisoned dervishes by judicial and security authorities.
According to Majzooban Noor, Dervish rights lawyer, Mostafa Daneshjou who had been taken to the Shohada e Tajrish hospital on an emergency basis on Aban 5, 1392 (Oct 27, 2013) and was in Coronary Care Unit (HDU/CCU), despite doctors’ opposition, sunday morning 12th Aban 1392 ( Nov 3, 2013) returned to Evin prison in very poor health by an ambulance. Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Mostafa Daneshjou sent a letter to Tajrish hospital chief asked leaving the hospital and to stop receiving medical treatment in protest against undue interference of irresponsibles in the medical care and treatment process to the political prisoners and officials’ lack of concern for the life and health of sick prisoners of conscience who require outside medical care.
On Saturday morning, Aban 11, 1392 ( Nov 2, 2013) Gonabadi Dervish, Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani, imprisoned in ward 350 of Evin Prison was again deliberately prevented from being transferred to the hospital outside of prison.
According to Majzooban Noor, Evin prison security guards forced Mr.Moradi to wear a prison uniform, use handcuffs and foot-cuffs and since this action is unlawful he refused to use them therefore he was again deprived of receiving necessary medical care.
Medical care at Iran prisons is lacking, putting the health and safety of inmates at risk, according to a report by Kaleme, four political prisoners of ward 350 of Evin prison, Abdolfattah Soltani, Amir-Khosrou Dalirsani, Saeed Madani and Mehdi Khodaee have started a hunger strike in protest over conditions in the prison and to the judicial and security authorities’ lack of attention for the life and health of ill prisoners.
Now, the 12 political prisoners from Rajai Shahr prison have also begun hunger strike to protest the lack of attention to the health of ill inmates.