Mohammad Nazari Serving His 22nd Year without Furlough

HRANA News Agency – The demand of parole or transfer of Mohammad Nazari, political prisoner of Rajaei Shahr prison, who is serving his 22nd year, had been refused by the intelligence ministry. Also he has had no furlough and proper medical treatment for unclear bureaucratic reasons so far. In a brief note with attachment of a request letter based on being transferred to the prison of Urmia, the injustice and the lack of independence of the judiciary.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohmad Nazari, political prisoner of Rajaei Shahr prison who is suffering from heart disease and lumbar disk, has been in prison for the past 22 years without any furlough and proper medical treatment and his demand of parole or transfer has been refused so far.
In a brief note Mr. Nazari has written:
“It seems that after nearly 23 years, yet complex and hatred of the intelligence Ministry is not exhaustible who by sending a letter to the judiciary prevent my release or transfer and it is a pity that the Iranian judiciary has become another officer that has no authority of its own which leads to embarrassment and shame of Iran’s judicial authorities.”
Mohammad Nazari son of Hamdollah
Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
HRANA news agency had reported in April 2016 that Mr. Nazari in the long term of imprisonment has had no furlough and proper medical treatment for unclear bureaucratic reasons.
An informed source told HRANA’s reporter, “The court which has issued the sentence is in Mahabad and consequently his transfer or furlough needs to be ordered by this branch, whereas he is kept in Rajaei Shahr in Karaj”.
This source continued, “Even by the order of the expert physician regarding the need for angiography, prison authorities refuse to send him to a hospital. Because this is only in the competence of Mahabad court. His subrogation case in Karaj revolutionary court is only for prison, and despite the follow ups, Tehran prosecution office does not respond”.
This informed source said at the end of the interview, “This process has become so complex that even when he was transferred to the hospital for his heart disease, it was due to emergency nature of the incident and it was carried out by the order of the head of prison. Still despite the emphasis of the physician in the hospital, he was sent back to prison the same day, due to lack of permission from Mahabad court. In fact, Karaj prosecution office is just authorized for keeping this prisoner. It is irrelevant to Tehran prosecution office and Mahabad court does not do anything.”
Need to be mentioned, Mohammad Nazari, son of Hamdollah was born in 1971. He was arrested on charge of cooperation with one of the Kurdistan opposition parties in Boukan in 1994, and sentenced to life time prison, in a very ambiguous trial. Mr. Nazari previously claimed that his sentence was based on confessions under pressure and tortures.
Mr. Nazari could not use medical furlough throughout the past 22 years. He is currently serving his sentence in exile.

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