Iran: The life of political prisoner Kamran Rezaei-Far is in danger; regime henchmen are obstructing his treatment
The henchmen of Khamenei are preventing the transfer of political prisoner Kamran Rezaei-Far, who is suffering from malignant stomach cancer, to a hospital and blocking his hospitalization. Hedayat Farzadi, the criminal head of Evin Prison, is obstructing Kamran’s access to urgent and necessary medical care. He has been grappling with death for months and is enduring debilitating pain.
Kamran Rezaei-Far had been suffering from a stomach illness since November 2024, but due to the authorities’ refusal to transfer him to a hospital, his condition worsened and developed into malignant cancer. In a delayed surgery, part of his stomach and pancreas were removed. Without receiving the necessary postoperative care and without undergoing a recovery period, he was returned to prison following the surgery. Subsequently, he developed a pulmonary embolism in prison, and he now has a blood clot in his lung.
According to specialist physicians, Kamran must undergo chemotherapy. However, the Ministry of Intelligence, the Prosecutor’s Office, and the head of Evin Prison are preventing his release or transfer to a hospital.
Sixty-year-old Kamran Rezaei-Far was arrested in September 2023 and sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by the criminal judge Iman Afshari, on charges of affiliation with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
The Iranian Resistance calls on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, and all international human rights bodies to take immediate action for the release of political prisoners, especially sick prisoners. Torturing prisoners to death by depriving them of medical care—a well-documented practice of the clerical regime—is a clear example of a crime against humanity.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
25 April 2025