Insideofiran:
There is no news on the fate of political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani after he was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison which is a cause of concern for his family.
According to reports, after Tehrani and three other political prisoners including Saleh Kohandel, Mohammad-Ali Mansouri and Farzad Madadzadeh were transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison from Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj, his family has not been able to get any information on his condition despite constantly following up this issue.
This transfer was carried out despite the fact that Mr. Javid Tehrani was serving the last year of his seven year prison term and there were no grounds for his transfer. There is no news on any the prisoners who were transferred from Rajayi Shahr Prison.
Informed sources have said that the security apparatus is looking to press new charges against a number of political prisoners in Rajayi Shahr Prison and in addition to the above mentioned political prisoners who are under interrogation in 209, three other political prisoners including Mansour Radpour, Reza Jushan and Afshin Baimani were also transferred from Rajayi Shahr Prison to Evin’s RGC Intelligence Cellblock a few days ago.
Political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani was first arrested during the 1998 student protests in Tehran. He was then arrested a number of other times including in 2004 in a gathering outside of the UN offices in Tehran in defense of political prisoners and again in 2005 for his activities to boycott the presidential elections. He has spent 10 years of his life in prison because of his beliefs and is now serving the last year of his long prison term. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jul. 7, 2011)