Hassan Mumtaz, a Baha'i citizen, was returned to prison from the hospital in handcuffs and handcuffs.
Hassan Mumtaz Sarvestani, a Baha'i citizen prisoner who had been transferred to a hospital outside Evin Prison for medical tests, was returned to Evin Prison without completing his treatment.
According to the Human Rights in Iran website, Hassan Mumtaz Sarvestani, a Baha'i citizen in prison, was transferred to a hospital outside the prison on Tuesday, May 14, due to his poor physical condition. However, despite the fact that the attending physician at the hospital had emphasized that he should be under intensive medical care for at least 48 hours after the angiography and that he should be prepared for immediate stenting (heart valve) placement due to severe vascular occlusion, he was returned to Evin Prison in handcuffs and shackles before completing the treatment.
Hassan Mumtaz Sarvestani, who was sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 36 of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals for teaching Persian literature to students deprived of Baha'i education at the Virtual University in December 2014, and was transferred to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz on January 27, 2017 to serve his sentence, was transferred from Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz to Evin Prison on Tuesday, March 28, 2018, under the pretext of medical treatment, even though he and his family live in Shiraz.
The US State Department's Special Advisor on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, South and Central Asia has criticized the continued persecution of minorities in Iran and called on the Islamic Republic to immediately release all prisoners of conscience and respect religious freedom.
Source: Voice of America
