The political prisoner Nejat Anvar Hamidi has been denied medical treatment on the orders of the authorities at Sepidar prison in Ahvaz. Nejat Anvar Hamidi, who suffers from thyroid dysfunction, high blood pressure, elevated blood lipids, and chronic headaches, also has cataracts in both eyes. Due to the lack of medical attention, she has experienced bleeding from her eyes.
Despite her heart disease necessitating medical treatment and surgery, prison authorities deliberately prevent her from obtaining sick leave as a form of torture. Nejat Anvar Hamidi, who is nearly 70 years old and also suffers from back and knee arthritis, attributes her heart and eye problems to the harsh prison conditions. She is currently held at Sepidar prison in Ahvaz.
Expert doctors have recommended that she undergo surgery outside the prison under the care of experienced medical staff. However, both the prison authorities and the judiciary have opposed her receiving treatment and surgery outside the prison.
Political prisoner Nejat Anvar Hamidi is 69 and married with a daughter.
She was imprisoned for 28 months during the 1980s for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the main Iranian opposition force.
She and her husband and daughter were arrested for the second time in 2017. She was interrogated and sentenced to five years for “membership in dissident groups on the internet” and “propaganda against the state.”
In March 2019, she was called to serve her jail time in the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz among ordinary prisoners violating the principle of separation of crimes.
Ms. Anvar Hamidi was later informed that she and her husband, Akbar Mohammadi, had been sentenced to another 15 years in prison for “membership in the PMOI/MEK” and “propaganda against the state” by the 4th Branch of the Justice Department of Ahvaz, while no new charges had been leveled against them.
