Payman Aref Taken to Hospital Handcuffed & Shackled

Student activist, Payman Aref was taken to a Tehran hospital yesterday after he suffered a heart attack.
On Tuesday, April 6, Payamn Aref was taken to the Modarres Hospital in Tehran after he suffered a heart attack. Aref has spent the Nowrooz holiday in jail and his requests for prison leave have been turned down.

According to a RAHANA reporter, Aref was released from the hospital and taken back to Evin today, at his own request and against the advice of the staff cardiologist who recommended his hospitalization. Aref was taken to the hospital handcuffed and shackled like a dangerous convict.
His release from the hospital can be life threatening, but the student activist refused to be handcuffed and shackled to the hospital bed.