Former bodybuilding champion and political prisoner Khaled Pirzadeh has been transferred from Evin jail to a hospital in Tehran.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activities News Agency (HRANA) reported that sources stated Pirzadeh was admitted to the intensive care unit as a result of a coronary heart situation, particularly an arrhythmia.
Sources near Pirzadeh’s household revealed that Pirzadeh had been affected by varied well being issues since final month and wanted pressing angioplasty.
Pirzadeh made headlines when he was launched from Ahvaz Prison on February 11, 2023, after enduring months of starvation strike and battling extreme well being issues.
However, his freedom didn’t final lengthy, as he was rearrested by safety forces in Ahvaz some seven months later in September. He was then transferred from Ward 209 of Evin Prison below the Ministry of Information to Ward 6 of the identical facility on October 15, 2023.
Former bodybuilding champion Sentenced to five years and eight months in jail Charged with “meeting and collusion and propaganda in opposition to the regime.”
Relatives say Pirzadeh’s well being has deteriorated and he’s not in a position to endure imprisonment.
Over the years, a number of political prisoners have died in jail, together with civil activist Sasan Niknafs, poet and filmmaker Bakhtash Abutin, and citizen protester Javad Rouhi. The Islamic Republic has persistently prevented accountability for these deaths, regardless of mounting proof that they’re linked to strain, torture, and insufficient medical companies.