DISAPPEARANCE OF A POLITICAL PRISONER HELD IN EVIN PRISON

There Is No Information about Political Prisoner Hassan Ahmadian Who Was Detained in Ward 209 by the Intelligence Ministry.

HRANA – Prisoners’ Rights: There is no news about the fate of political prisoner Sayyed Hassan Ahmadian who was earlier held in Ward 209 of Evin prison under temporary detention by the Intelligence Ministry.

The Prisoners unit of HRA reports that Mr. Sayyed Hassan Ahmadian, head of the Public Committee of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s office, who was arrested on September 9 on charges of collaboration with the Truth Finding Committee and requires medical treatment outside of prison for kidney disease, disappeared from Evin prison yesterday morning and prison officials claim to have no information about his fate.

In an interview with HRA, one of his family members explained that he went to Evin prison this morning in order to obtain information about and have a visit with Mr. Ahmadian, at which time prison guards informed him that Mr. Ahmadian's name was not included on the list of prisoners held in Ward 209. At the same time, other prison officials also expressed their lack of knowledge about this prisoner’s fate.

It should be noted that the aforementioned, who in addition to kidney disease also suffers from nerve damage sustained during his service in the Iran-Iraq war, had previously informed his family of his possible transfer to Atiyeh Hospital for surgery on Saturday, January 23rd, in a telephonic conversation. His family’s follow-ups with hospitals such as Baghiyeh-o-Allah, Khatam Al-Anbiya and Atiyeh have also been fruitless and has caused a great deal of anxiety for this political prisoner’s family.

It should be noted that with the deterioration of this political activist’s physical condition, his family had submitted a request for his temporary release, which was denied by the judicial authorities. In addition, despite the conclusion of his trial proceedings, the office of the prosecutor of Tehran had also opposed the revision of Sayyed Hasan Ahmadian’s detention order to allow his release on bail.