August 18th
Voteforiran.com by Shervin Nekuee
News from Iran’s most notorious political prison, Evin-Tehran
Mousavi’s brother-in-law hostage in Evin
Today in an interview with the Persian broadcasting of Deutsche Welle, Ms. Shirin Ebadi – Noble Peace Prize winner – declared that the brother-in-law of Mr, Mousavi has been kept in Evin already for several weeks. According to Ebadi, Mousavi’s nearly 70 year-old brother-in-law, Shahpour Kazemi, an engineer without any political or activist background, has been taken hostage. He was not arrested during a demonstration or at a political gathering. Instead, he was picked up in Tehran from his car more than eight weeks ago and has been imprisoned without charges ever since. The only reason for his arrest is to put Mousavi under pressure in order to silence him, Ebadi stated. Therefore, Mousavi’s brother-in-law is not a ordinary political prisoner but a hostage in Evin, concludes Ebadi.
Some political prisoners on hunger strike
Last Monday (August 16th), in a short note, a group of political prisoners in Evin announced their intention to begin a hunger strike to protest the false accusations against them and the unfair process and brutal manner in which they have been treated in jail.
Forced to stop hunger strike
Tehran August 18th – Today it was reported that Ahmad Zeydabadi, a former student leader and a key figure within the campaign team of reformist candidate Karroubi, has been forced to end his hunger strike. He has been transported to a hospital due to his emergency health situation. He was one the arrested activists who was slated to go on trial later this week.
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