HRANA News Agency – On September 10, Afshin Baymany, political prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj was sent to Tehran Heart Hospital.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Afshin Baymany, political prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj who suffers from heart disease and Coronary Heart Disease, was sent to Tehran Heart Hospital.
HRANA previously had reported that the political prisoner who suffered from heart failure had been denied medical leave or medical treatment in a hospital out of prison.
The long term imprisonment of Afshin Baymany who is married and is father of two children in addition to physical problems such as heart disease and kidney stones, also has created serious problems for his family.
Afshin Baiymany, political prisoner in hall 12 of Rajai Shahr prison was arrested on September 5, 2000 and sentenced to death on charge of helping his brother to flee. His brother, Mehdi Baymany, was associated with the People’s Mujahedin of Iran and the sentence was confirmed on the appeal court. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after 6 years.