28 , January , 2011
Human rights activist and journalist Saied Matinpour has been in detention for the past 2 years and has been continously denied prison leave.
Matinpour, 35, has been denied prison leave despite the medical certification indicating his poor health. According to Human Rights House of Iran, he was a philosophy student at Tehran University who is suffering from severe back pain and has been diagnosed with lung infection in prison and his condition has worsened due to lack of medical care. His family who has to travel to Tehran from Zanjan in order to visit him has not requested that he would be transferred to Zanjan since they believe that the conditions in Zanjan are even worse than Evin Prison. Matinpour was arrested before the elections and was released on bail after 9 months of detention. He was once again arrested after the disputed elections.