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Iran: A political prisoner on the brink of death in Tehran Evin Prison

Iran: A political prisoner on the brink of death in Tehran Evin Prison NCRI – A political prisoner in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, ward 209, is on the brink of death as a result of brutal physical and mental tortures. Tahereh Pour-Rostami, 44, has been on the point of death twice and at the moment she is in a critical state.

Tahereh and her husband Naser Sodagar, 46, were arrested after taking part in a gathering marking the anniversary of massacre of political prisoners in summer of 1988.

Tahereh has been tortured by one of the interrogators of the Intelligence Ministry forcing her to repent and give information.

They have been transferred to solitary confinements and after every session of interrogation which is combined with torture, the head of interrogation of the branch one of the Revolutionary Court visits them in their cells to see if they are ready to repent.