Iran: Women’s Ward Inmates Protest Illegal Transfer Of Atena Daemi, Golrokh Iraee

A group of women imprisoned in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison published an open letter protesting the illegal banishment of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee to the notorious Qarchak Prison.

They expressed concern over the conditions of their fellow inmates and demanded immediate and effective measures.

Azita Rafizadeh, Nassim Bagheri, Maryam Olangi, Zahra Zehtabchi, Nigara Karim Ava, Mohammadi, Elham Farahani, Nargess Mohammadi and Maryam Akbari Monfared are among the signatories of this open letter.

Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee have started a wet hunger strike on February 3, 2018, in protest to their illegal transfer to Qarchak Prison and demand to be returned to Evin.

Detainees in the Women’s Ward of Evin wrote in their letter, “Varamin’s Qarchak Prison is place for detaining women with general crimes. There is no classification or separation of prisoners in this prison. The prison fails all standards for detention of prisoners. No drinking water, poor hygiene and no air ventilation are only a small part of the problems of detainees in this prison.”

The assistant prosecutor of Evin, Haj Moradi, had claimed that Ms. Daemi and Ms. Daemi  had been banished due to complaints from prisoners and staff in the Women’s Ward.

New MEK Secretary General Pledges Regime Change in Iran

On Wednesday September 6, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, (PMOI/MEK) held its annual Congress. The Congress elected Ms. Zahra  58, as its new Secretary General.

The MEK is the main opposition to the Iranian regime, and it has been brutally suppressed by the Iranian regime. Over 120,000 MEK members and supporters have been executed by the regime. 30,000 political prisoners, a majority of them members and supporters of the MEK, were massacred in the summer of 1988 alone. Iran kept a lid on the massacre for three decades.