Human Rights Activists: Denying Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners in Iran Aims to “Silence Them”

Human Rights Watch: Iran Deprives Prisoners of Medical Care to Silence and Punish Them

Human Rights Watch has issued a statement accusing Iran of systematically depriving prisoners—especially political detainees—of medical treatment as a means of punishment and coercion.

The human rights organization highlighted several political prisoners who continue to be denied adequate medical care in Iranian prisons, including:

• Zeinab Jalalian

• Fatemeh Sepehri

• Raheleh Rahimi Pour

• Motleb Ahmadian

• Werisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row

The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch condemned Iran’s deliberate neglect of prisoners’ health, warning:

“The Iranian authorities’ disgraceful policy of depriving detainees and prisoners of medical care could have fatal consequences.”