Political Prisoner Ahmad Yazdanipour is currently serving his sentence in Evin Prison. He has been in prison since February 2021. He suffers from Steroid-resistant asthma and for that reason, according to his doctor, he should not be kept in confined spaces.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Political Prisoner Ahmad Yazdanipour is serving his sentence in Evin prison. This imprisonment endangers his health since he is suffering from steroid-resistant asthma.

An informed source told HRANA that “Mr. Ahmad Yazdanipour’s disease has worsened in recent years as his lungs are seriously damaged. According to his doctor, continuing his imprisonment can pose life-threatening risks for him.”

On February 21, 2020,  Ahmad Yazdanipour was arrested by IRGC’s intelligence agents in Tehran and transferred to Evin prison. One day after the arrest, intelligence agents raided and searched his house and confiscated some of his personal belongings such as books and manuscripts. They also arrested his daughter, Forouzan Yazdanipour, who is a graduate student at Tehran University. On March 18, 2020, she was released on bail of 500 million tomans from Evin Prison and later the charges were dropped.

On April 6, 2020, Ahmad Yazdanipour was released on bail of 500 million tomans as well. After a while, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced him to three years and nine months on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against national security.”

On January 26, 2021, after the appearance at Evin’s Enforcement of Judgments Unit, he was arrested and sent to Evin for his sentencing.

Ahmad Yazdanipour, age about 63, was a political prisoner in the 1980s. He lost his job due to the pressures from the Ministry of Intelligence for his non-violent civil activities. In recent years, he was researching the Quran and Iran’s history.