Political prisoner Nejat Anvar Hamidi Karoun, a supporter of the PMOI (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran), is suffering from severe heart disease while detained in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz.
According to specialists, she needs surgery. However, despite repeated requests from her family, prison authorities have refused to send her to a hospital.
In addition to her heart condition, Mrs. Anvar Hamidi has been losing her eyesight in detention.
Nejat Anvar Hamidi, a 68-year-old teacher from Abadan with four children, has been in prison since 2019. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Branch 4 of the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz on charges of disseminating propaganda against the regime and membership in the PMOI.
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement this morning, calling for immediate action by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and other human rights defenders to help secure the release of sick prisoners like Nejat Anvar Hamidi and their transfer to hospital.