A group of female political prisoners supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, detained in Qarchak Prison, sent out a statement condemning the Iranian regime’s efforts to forcibly transfer Saeed Masouri—one of the longest-serving political prisoners in Iran, from Ghezel Hessar Prison to the Prison of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran.
They warned of what they described as an escalating campaign of repression targeting political prisoners.
According to the statement, written on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, agents from Ghezel Hesar Prison, acting on orders from the Ministry of Intelligence, stormed the ward where Saeed Masouri is held in a bid to transfer him to an undisclosed location.
The move was temporarily halted due to the resistance of fellow political prisoners in the ward. The signatories argue that this attempted transfer is part of a broader and increasingly aggressive pattern of unlawful relocations and intensified pressure against political prisoners in recent months.
In another part of the statement, the female political prisoners at Qarchak Prison highlighted the recent cases of forced abduction and secretive transfers of other political detainees, including Behrouz Ehsani, Mehdi Hassani, Ali Younesi, and Mir Yousef Younesi. They warned that the mounting pressure on political prisoners is part of a calculated strategy aimed at instilling fear, suppressing dissent, and weakening the spirit of resistance.
The statement condemns the plan to exile Saeed Masouri and calls on international human rights organizations not to remain silent in the face of such unlawful actions. The authors emphasize: “Resistance is rooted in the blood of the martyrs and the suffering of the imprisoned across our homeland. You cannot exile it!”
In the meantime, PMOI political prisoners detained in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary have also issued a statement condemning the clerical regime’s efforts to forcibly relocate political prisoner Saeed Masouri to exile.
Saeed Masouri: 25 Years Behind Bars Without a Single Day of Leave
Born in 1965 in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, Saeed Masouri has spent more than 25 years imprisoned by the Iranian regime.
A former medical student in Germany and Norway, he was arrested in December 2000 in Dezful upon returning to Iran, accused of being affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Following 14 months of interrogation in solitary confinement—first at the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention centers and then in Ward 209 of Evin Prison—he was initially sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment.
Since then, Masouri has remained behind bars without a single day of furlough and has endured continuous security harassment, systematic discrimination, and denial of basic rights.
He has repeatedly gone on hunger strike to protest inhumane treatment and the broader conditions faced by political prisoners. He has been denied access to medical care, family contact, higher education, and the right to temporary leave.
The latest attempt to secretly transfer him to exile has sparked widespread concern for his safety and well-being, once again drawing attention to the Iranian regime’s brutal and repressive policies toward political prisoners.
