An Iranian lawyer was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday following an apparent heart-related emergency during a family visit at Tehran’s Evin Prison.
While meeting his family, Mohammad Najafi displayed symptoms of a heart attack. Prison authorities initially took him to the prison clinic before transferring him to Loghman Hakim Hospital under tight security.
According to HRANA, the human rights news agency, Najafi arrived at the hospital “under heavy restraints.”
Najafi, who has faced multiple prosecutions, was briefly released in 2019 but was re-arrested four days later on new charges. He was transferred to Evin Prison from Arak Prison in May 2023.
Najafi currently faces over 21 years in prison across various cases involving 14 separate charges.
His most severe sentence, initially 10 years but reduced to four years and six months, was imposed for “assisting a hostile government through interviews with foreign media.”
Since his imprisonment, authorities have filed at least five additional cases against him.
Source: Iran Wire