Civil rights activist Massoumeh Zia who is presently imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been deprived of having telephone contacts with her family.
Ms. Zia has been transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 241 of Evin since March 25, 2017, and does not have the permission to have any contacts with her family. She is also deprived of having a lawyer.
Massoumeh Zia was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents at a Tehran airport on January 6, 2017, when she arrived in the country from a family visit abroad.