Call to save the life of a political prisoner on fifth day of his dry hunger strike

NCRI
Hamid Haeri, a relative of Ashraf residents, is in critical stateThe state of Mr. Hamid Haeri’s, a 60-year-old political prisoner, has deteriorated on his fifth day of dry hunger strike. He went on hunger strike when he was transferred to solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin prison. His transfer took place for refusing to yield to inhumane pressures and demands of the regime.



Hamid Haeri, a relative of Ashraf residents, is in critical state

The state of Mr. Hamid Haeri’s, a 60-year-old political prisoner, has deteriorated on his fifth day of dry hunger strike. He went on hunger strike when he was transferred to solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin prison. His transfer took place for refusing to yield to inhumane pressures and demands of the regime.


Mr. Haeri, who served a prison term in 1980s, suffers from various ailments and has had two heart attacks. Not taking his medications and being on a dry hunger strike seriously threatens his life.

In December 2009, while bedridden due to an auto accident injury, was arrested for visiting his brother and his son at camp Ashraf in Iraq. In March, during a sham trial, he was accused of waging war on God, (Moharebeh), supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, ongoing political activities, and engaged in propaganda activities against the clerical regime.

The Iranian Resistance warns against the threat to Mr. Haeri’s life and calls on the United Nations Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, relevant UN rapporteurs and working groups, and international human rights organizations to condemn the Iranian regime’s crimes and take urgent and binding measures to save the life of Mr. Haeri and ensure the freedom of all political prisoners.