A number of political prisoners protest the beating of Narges Mohammadi

In a letter addressed to the judiciary, a number of political prisoners condemned the treatment of political prisoners, especially Narges Mohammadi, in recent days and warned against the continuation of violence against political prisoners.

A letter from a number of political prisoners imprisoned in Evin Prison was published on the evening of Saturday, December 28, on some Telegram channels, including the "New Society" channel.

The letter states: "During the five months that have passed since Ziaei became the head of Evin Prison, we have witnessed many problems for political prisoners and the emergence of some tensions within the prison. The latest example is the brutal treatment of Ms. Narges Mohammadi by the head of Evin Prison, who beat her and exiled her to Zanjan Prison."

According to the authors of the letter, "Before this, the current management of this prison has tried to impose an iron fist on this prison by ignoring the requests of political prisoners and failing to pursue their legitimate demands. The disregard for the medical condition of some political prisoners and the deportation of Farhad Meysami to Rajai Shahr Prison following a protest against the way the prison is run are among them."

The letter continues: "We, a group of political prisoners in Evin Prison, condemn the acts of violence against political prisoners, especially the brutal treatment of Ms. Narges Mohammadi, and warn the judiciary officials that Ziaei's continued management of Evin Prison has led to further tensions in this prison and they are responsible for the consequences."

This letter was signed by Majid Azarpay, Mohammad Habibi, Soheil Arabi, Saeed Sharafinasab, Mohammad Reza Moradi, Hamed Ayinehvand, Mohammad Karimi, Mohsen Hajimohammadi, Meysam Abbasi, Hamid Kashani, Yousef Arianmehr, and Mohammad Reza Memarsadeghi.

Narges Mohammadi, along with seven other female political prisoners, had been on strike since Saturday, December 20, in solidarity with the victims of the November protests until their 40th. Evin Prison officials transferred Narges Mohammadi to Zanjan Prison to break up the strike. After being transferred to Zanjan, she published a letter stating that during the transfer, the warden of Evin Prison, accompanied by other people, had beaten her.

In addition to Narges Mohammadi, Evin Prison officials have also transferred another political prisoner, Atena Daemi, to solitary confinement. Atena Daemi, along with Narges Mohammadi, Monireh Arabshahi, Yasman Ariani, Saba Kordafshari, Mojgan Keshavarz, Soheila Hijab, and Samaneh Norouzmoradi, participated in the strike in solidarity with the victims of the November protests.

Narges Mohammadi's presence in forensic medicine

Yesterday (Saturday, January 27), Evin Prison officials denied that Narges Mohammadi was beaten during her transfer to Zanjan Prison. Narges Mohammadi's brother reported that following Gholamreza Ziaei's denial that Narges was beaten, his sister registered the injuries on her body with the forensic medicine department on Saturday, January 27.

In a note from Narges Mohammadi's brother, which was published on social media, including Ms. Shirin Ebadi's Telegram channel, it is stated:

"Yesterday, Evin Prison's public relations denied the beating and illegal deportation of Narges to Zanjan Prison, saying that this was done by judicial notification. Apparently, by judicial notification they mean the grabbing of Narges' throat and the threat to strangle her by the prison director Ziaei. The marks of their judicial notification are still on my sister's body. Bruises, cuts, and even nail marks on her chest and throat, and the marks of their fingers and fists on her body."