Said Rezai denied medical treatment

HRANA News Agency – On May 19, Said Rezai, one of the seven Yaran (national facilitators) who are now entering their seventh year in prison, was to be transferred from Raja’i Shahr prison to hospital.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he is 57 years old and suffers from a heart ailment, and recently had heart surgery.

He was shackled and dressed in prison uniform, but prison officials prevented his transfer. Five prisoners of conscience at Raja’i Shahr are known to have died due to similar problems in obtaining medical care.

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