Prisoners in the women’s ward of the Evin Prison staged a sit-in on Sunday, December 4, 2016, and forced prison officials to allow political prisoner Golrokh Iraee visit her husband, Arash Sadeghi, who is also detained in Evin and is presently on hunger strike.
Arash Sadeghi has been on hunger strike for 42 days in protest to the illegal arrest and detention of his wife. He has lost 17 kilograms and is not able to speak, suffers from kidney problems, heart palpitation and asthma.