HRANA News Agency – Amanullah Mostaqim one of the imprisoned staff members of the Bahai Open University (BIHE) in Iran, has been granted a furlough of four months for medical treatment.

According to the report of Saham News, Mr. Mostaqim, a Bahai from Shiraz, is serving a 5-year sentence in Raja’i Shahr prison near Tehran.

He suffers from diabetes and heart disease. Prison doctors have determined that prison and other stressful circumstances are a danger for him.

He began serving his sentence on May 20, 2013, but he has had a number of periods in hospital during his time at Raja’i Shahr prison.

The Saham News report expresses the hope that, in view of the time he has remaining to serve, this furlough will extend to his permanent release.