Some political prisoners infected with coronavirus in Evin Prison

Some political prisoners in Evin Prison have been infected with the coronavirus.

According to HRANA News Agency, Jafar Azimzadeh, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Free Workers Union, Esmaeil Abdi, member of the Teachers' Union, Amirsalar Davari, lawyer, Majid Azarpay, and Mohammad Davoudi are among the prisoners who have contracted the coronavirus.

Munir Abdi, Ismail Abdi's wife, said in this regard that these people "have been transferred to the Evin Prison health facility and are all being kept in one room."

On Friday morning, August 3, Amnesty International published some correspondence between the Iranian Prisons Organization and Ministry of Health officials, revealing that the government of the Islamic Republic has not taken any action to send medical equipment and supplies to the country's prisons to contain the coronavirus.

In recent months, numerous calls have been made by international human rights organizations for the release of political prisoners during the coronavirus outbreak, which have been largely ignored by the Iranian judiciary.

Source: Radio Farda