HRANA News Agency – Ebraham Firuzi, a Christian convert and Arash Moghadam Aslanpour, cultural activists, have gone on hunger strike since last Thursday in protest against the failure to respect the principle of separation of prisoners on the basis of their crimes.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ebrahim Firuzi and Arash Aslanpour (Arash Eshai), who are held in ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prison, along with apolitical and sometimes dangerous prisoners, after writing a letter addressed to the head of the prison and after it was neglected by him, from Thursday 20^th August went on hunger strike. They have asked the prison authorities, accordant with the law to transfer them to Hall 12, political and conscience prisoners’ ward in Rajai Shahr prison.
The letter of announcing that these two political and conscience prisoners started hunger strike, addressed to Mohammadd Mardani, the Head of Rajai Shahr prison, is as follows:
Dear honorable Mr. Mardani
Thanks to the good treat that you have had towards us since we arrived, till now. Because of so much rumors about us by various people as well as bad and uncertainty condition of our current location, that causes our severe mental persecution, please, accordant with the law based on the separation of crimes, order our transfer to Hall 12.  We are going to wait for 48 hours after this request letter until the paperwork to be done. If you do not give a positive response to our request, despite our inner desire, with the respect to you, we will officially announce our hunger strike and we will continue our mandatory hunger strike until we achieve our demands. We are sure our death will not change anything in the world, but it will be another black record on Iran’s judiciary system. We hope we were able to raise our genuine request without harming our respect to your honor.
With Best wishes
Ebraham Firuzi and Arash Moghadam Aslanpour (Arash Eshai)
 
Ebrahim Firuzi had gone on hunger strike, earlier in June this year, to protest his conditions in ward 10 of Rajaee Shahr prison that ended with achieving the part of his demands.
Ebrahim Firuzi was tried by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh, on 7^th March, on charges of acting against national security through the gathering and collusion, and for the first time he met his solicitor in the court room.
This Christian convert, was arrested on 25^th August 2013. He has a record of several detentions and previously, he had been sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and 2 years exile, by the Revolutionary Court in Robat Karim, although, his sentence ended on 13^th January, but he is still in prison until his new case will be considered.
Sometimes ago, his sentence of 5 years imprisonment, issued by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh, was notified to Ebrahim Firuzi’s lawyer.
Arash Moghadam Aslanpour, earlier had been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment on charges of blasphemy, insulting the leadership and propaganda against the regime, but a year and 4 months of it was pardoned on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
A person close to Arash Moghadam, regarding his religious affiliation, said; “For some unknown reasons it has been mentioned in some reports that Arash is Zoroastrian but it is not true and he never has been Zoroastrian.”