Evin Prison: 4 detained union and labor activists continue to be detained and denied visits

HRANA News Agency – Hassan Saeedi, Rasoul Badaghi, Mohammad Habibi and Anisha Asadollahi, trade union and labor activists, are still being held in Evin Prison in detention and uncertainty. Today, Thursday, July 20, despite the families of these citizens visiting the Evin Prosecutor’s Office, the prosecutor’s office officials prevented these detained citizens from meeting with their families.

According to HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, Hassan Saeedi, Rasoul Badaghi, Mohammad Habibi, and Anisha Asadollahi, trade union and labor activists, are still being held in Evin Prison in detention and uncertainty.

Today, Thursday, July 20, 2022, despite the families of Hassan Saeedi, Rasoul Badaghi, Mohammad Habibi, and Anisha Asadollahi, detained union and labor activists, visiting the Evin Prosecutor's Office, the prosecutor's office officials prevented the families of these citizens from meeting with them.

Khadija Pakzamir, wife of Mohammad Habibi, wrote on her personal page: “Today, I went to Evin to visit with a number of families of imprisoned loved ones. But they said that Mohammad and other imprisoned teachers and labor activists are still banned from visiting. We took some books to give to our imprisoned loved ones, but they did not take the books from us.”

Also, Mr. Habibi's family was previously told by Evin Prosecutor's Office that his arrest warrant has been extended for the third consecutive month.