Political prisoner thrown in RGC solitary cell in Gohardasht Prison because family talked with media

Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran

According to reports, political prisoner Reza Jushan was thrown in a solitary cell in the Sepah cellblock after his family gave interviews to international Farsi media about the critical condition of the mother of this family and the inhumane condition of political prisoners in this prison. This family was also threatened by Mohebi, the head interrogator of the intelligence agency.
On Monday March 29, political prisoner Reza Jushan was transferred to a solitary cell in the Sepah cellblock controlled by interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence. His transfer was ordered by Mohebi. In the 2 months that Jushan was jailed in the Sepah cellblock, he was under severe psychological and physical torture by intelligence interrogators. He was tortured with electric batons by Mohebi for a long period of time while handcuffed.
According to reports, after his family talked to the media describing the critical condition of the mother of this family, political prisoner Zahra Asadpour Gorji and the inhumane condition in which her son, Reza Jushan, was kept in, Mohebi called this family and threatened them using profane language. He told them that they will 'see the consequences of their actions'. After this threat, Mohebi transferred Jushan to solitary.
Reza Jushan, 25, was arrested on December 1, 2009 after intelligence agents raided his home. He was taken to solitary in the Sepah cellblock and was then taken to cellblock 4 after two months. On December 7, agents once again stormed his home and arrested Zahra Asadpour Gorji, his mother and transferred her to a solitary cell in the Sepah cellblock. She was taken to the women's cellblocks after weeks of interrogation and physical and psychological torture. Asadpour and her son were arrested before this for visiting their loved ones in Camp Ashraf in Iraq and were released after 16 months after serving their sentence. They were sentenced to 1 year of prison to be served in exile in Zanjan Prison and 4 years of exile to the Qeilar Village in Zanjan on February 8, 2010 by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court.