Marzieh Farsi, a political prisoner suffering from cancer and heart disease, is reportedly in critical condition in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she has been systematically denied access to essential medical care.
In recent weeks, Marzieh Farsi’s symptoms have worsened significantly, with persistent dizziness, severe headaches, and general weakness. Prison doctors have repeatedly emphasized the urgent need for her transfer to specialized medical facilities. However, prison authorities have refused to issue the required permit, keeping her confined in the women’s ward without adequate medical supervision.
Medications prescribed by her oncologist to control cancer symptoms and prevent the disease’s progression have also been withheld by prison officials under various pretexts. As a result, her condition has deteriorated further, and there is now a serious risk of recurrence of full cancer.
According to a source close to her “Marzieh must wait weeks even for the most basic medical services. Hospital transfers require approval from multiple security agencies and are often canceled at the last minute. Her family fears that these deliberate delays may cause irreversible damage to her health.”
In recent months, Marzieh Farsi has suffered several episodes of severe heart palpitations and dangerous dizziness, yet she has received no effective medical attention.
The deliberate denial of medical care to Marzieh Farsi and other female political prisoners is part of a broader systematic policy by the Iranian regime, one that uses illness and pain as tools of silent execution, replacing the noose with slow death.
Background and Legal Case of Marzieh Farsi
Born in 1965 and a resident of Tehran, Marzieh Farsi is a mother of two children. She was arrested on August 21, 2023, just before the anniversary of Iran’s 2022 nationwide protests, and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced her to 15 years in prison on charges of “armed rebellion” (Baghy-e) and “connections with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”
This is not her first experience with imprisonment. She was previously arrested on February 18, 2020, in Shahr-e Rey, subjected to torture and interrogation, and ultimately sentenced to five years in prison. After serving three years, she was released on February 22, 2023, only to be rearrested less than a year later.
