A prosecutor in Iran opposed the temporary release on bail of Saada Khadirzadeh.
Saada Khadirzadeh is pregnant and presently detained in the Central Prison of Urmia. The warrant for her detention had been changed to temporary release on bail.
She had written two letters to the Prosecutor of Piranshahr and requested that her detention warrant be changed to release on bail. The inspector and the prosecutor turned down her request.
An informed source said, “Saada Khadirzadeh is in critical physical conditions. In addition to being pregnant, she suffers from hypertension, kidney problem, lumbar disc, and heart and nervous problems. These illnesses have made it very difficult for Ms. Khadirzadeh to endure prison conditions. According to the report of local sources, based on the certification of a specialist doctor, the lives of Saada Khadirzadeh and her 4-month fetus are in danger. The prosecutor, the inspector, and the authorities of the Central Prison of Urmia have rejected her request for conditional release even on bail, and despite medical certificate.”
Saada Khadirzadeh comes from Piranshahr, in West Azerbaijan Province. She is married with two children and was one-month pregnant at the time of the arrest.
Security forces arrested Ms. Khadirzadeh on October 14, 2021. It is so far not known why and on what charges she was arrested.
She was transferred on November 8, 2021, from the IRGC detention center to the Central Prison of Urmia. She has been deprived of having family visits or access to a lawyer throughout her detention.
The women’s ward of Urmia Central Prison has four rooms with no air conditioning. There are 36 beds in each room. More than 330 women are detained in these four rooms, with a maximum of 144 beds. They must stay in this overcrowded small environment with no air conditioning for 22 hours every day.
In this prison, political prisoners and the prisoners charged with ordinary crimes are kept together, and the principle of separation of crimes is not observed.
Prison food is very inadequate and of poor quality, and prisoners have often found mice and beetles in their food.
The Central Prison of Urmia is one of the most notorious prisons in Iran, where the number of deaths due to the Coronavirus is high among inmates.
The authorities in charge of the Central Prison of Urmia stepped up their pressure on the female detainees in October.