Farshad Etemadifar, a political detainee, has been denied specialized medical care and transfer to medical facilities despite suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. He has been held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz for over fourteen months without trial.

A source close to Etemadifar’s family confirmed this to HRANA, stating, “Mr. Etemadi Far suffers from gastrointestinal issues, including stomach and intestinal problems, as well as shortness of breath. His family has repeatedly brought his necessary medications to the prison, but the authorities have refused to deliver them. Even when he visited the prison’s infirmary, he was not treated due to the lack of necessary medications and facilities.”

According to information obtained by HRANA, Etemadifar has previously been charged with “membership in opposition groups” and “assembly and collusion against national security.” He has been held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz for 446 days without resolution.

Etemadifar, a resident of Pichab village in the Bash Province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, was arrested along with three other citizens—Saman Hormatnejad, Davood Hormatnejad, and Mahan Sajedi—by Ministry of Intelligence agents on June 16 of last year. After completing the interrogation process, they were transferred to Yasuj Prison from a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility in Yasuj.

In December of 2023, Etemadi Far, along with Saman and Davood Hormatnejad, was transferred to Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz. Mahan Sajedi was transferred to Shiraz Prison.

In August of last year, Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC, claimed in a report that these citizens were connected to the “Monafeqin network” and intended to carry out “disruptive operations” in the provinces of Khuzestan, Fars, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

In the terminology of the Islamic Republic, the terms “Monafeqin” and “Monafeqin network” refer to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an opposition group.