Temporary End to ‘Execution Fear’; After 10 Days, Ahmadreza Jalali Transferred from Solitary Confinement to General Ward
Ahmadreza Jalali, a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death in Iran who was transferred to solitary confinement last week, has been moved to the general ward of Evin Prison.
According to reports published on social media, Ahmadreza Jalali, a physician and university professor sentenced to death in Iran, who was transferred to solitary confinement on Monday, Mordad 7 for unknown reasons, was returned to the general ward of Evin Prison on Thursday, Mordad 17.
Before his transfer to solitary confinement, this dual-national prisoner had informed his family members in some way that this transfer might be for the execution of his death sentence.
Amnesty International announced the transfer of Mr. Jalali to the general ward of the prison and stated that its human rights organization’s campaign in support of Ahmadreza Jalali will not stop until he is released from prison and returns to his family in Sweden.
This human rights organization had previously requested from the officials of the Islamic Republic to clarify “the condition and place of detention” of Jalali and to “annul his death sentence.”
Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish physician, was arrested and imprisoned approximately two years ago when he traveled to Iran at the invitation of Tehran University. The Revolutionary Court condemned Mr. Jalali to the death penalty on charges of transferring confidential information to Mossad at the height of Iran’s nuclear program activities.
The issuance of the death sentence for Jalali and the broadcast of his confessions led to criticism from human rights organizations and UN human rights experts.
According to Western analysts, the Islamic Republic uses dual-national individuals as hostages to extract money and concessions from Western governments. Currently, several American citizens such as Xiyue Wang, Siamak and Baquer Namazi, and Michael White are imprisoned in Iran.
There is also no information about the fate of Robert Levinson, another American citizen who disappeared in Iran more than twelve years ago.
The U.S. State Department has repeatedly condemned the unjustified and arbitrary detention of American citizens and citizens of other countries, including dual-national Iranians, by the Islamic Republic regime, and has called for their immediate and unconditional release.
Source: Voice of America
