No news on political prisoner after 40 days of arrest

According to reports, there is no information on the whereabouts of one of the managers of Tehran's metro who was arrested on Ashura (December 27, 2009).
Fifty-four year old Reza Azadi, a former engineer in the air force and a current manager in the Tehran metro, parked his car outside a supermarket in Karim Khan and entered the supermarket. After he came out, he noticed that his car had been stolen. Azadi called the police and informed them of the incident but after waiting for a long time the police did not show up and he was forced to walk home. At night, plainclothes agents stormed his home, arrested him and took him to ward 209 in Evin Prison.
This political prisoner suffers from severe heart problems and is under medication. Lack of medication or being subjected to torture can be very dangerous for his condition.
His family has gone to the Revolutionary Court and Evin Prison almost on a daily basis to get information about their loved one, but after more than 40 days, they are still in the dark and are not given any answers on his condition.
Intelligence agents have also threatened his children with arrest. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Feb. 8, 2010)

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