HRANA News Agency – Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekounam was transferred for medical treatment to a hospital outside the Saheli prison in Qom. It has been said that the jailed dissident cleric in addition to sugar and high blood pressure, during the last several days had had problems in his heart, kidney and thyroid.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists New Agency in Iran (HRANA), with orders of the Special Court for the Clergy, Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekounam was transferred for medical treatment to a hospital outside the Saheli prison in Qom.
A close source to this jailed cleric announced this news and told HRANA’s reporter: “In addition to sugar and high blood pressure, during the last several days had had problems in his heart, kidney and thyroid.”
Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekonam, Shiite Marja and dissident cleric, was held in Qom prison with a sentence of 5 years imprisonment. After about 18 months imprisonment on June 23, he was transferred from prison to his home, but after a short time he was arrested at his home, on July 7, and again was transferred to Saheli prison in Qom.
In the previous reports it had not been clear if he was out of prison for furlough or on parole.In such a short time of freedom, security forces were monitoring the commuting to the house of Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekonam and imposed illegal restrictions on his ties and calls, although he was not in the prison.
Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekonam, one of teachers of Madrasah in Qom, was arrested in the wake of a critical speech and was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Special Court for the Clergy.
It should be noted that, HRANA had published the relevant documents about this Shia Cleric, his medical condition and his case, in a detailed report.
In recent weeks letters in support of Mr. Nekounam Javad were published by his pupils or students of a seminary including letter of 128 students to Javad Larijani, head of the Human Rights Council of the Judiciary.