The political prisoner Fatemeh Ziaii Azad, who was on medical leave, was arrested again on Sunday, April 21, 2024, and transferred to Evin prison.
The PMOI political prisoner Fatemeh Ziaii Azad is 67 years old and the mother of 2 members of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
She has been arrested and imprisoned many times since the 1980s. Until September 2022, when Fatemeh Ziaii Azad was rearrested, she had spent 10 years and two months behind bars.
Fatemeh Ziaii Azad (Houri) suffers from Multiple Sclerosis MS and has been deprived of access to medical treatment during her years in prison.
On September 10, 2022, she was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion against the state” and “having contact with the PMOI.”
She was serving her time in Evin prison, when due to her dire health condition, she received medical leave in September 2023 for medical follow-up. She was hospitalized for a long time.
She was obliged to go to the Prosecutor’s Office every week and announce her presence there. On April 21, however, when she went to the Prosecutor’s Office to sign her presence, she was arrested and sent to Evin prison.
The life of political prisoner Fatemeh Ziaii Azad is in danger due to her illnesses, and she cannot bear the prison conditions. She should be released immediately.
