RFERL:

The body of a political prisoner who died while on hunger strike was buried on Friday under heavy surveillance of security forces in Qom, 127 kilometers (79 miles) south of Tehran.

Vahid Sayadi Nasiri died recently and the family was notified on Wednesday, December 12, after 60 days on hunger strike.

Several civil activists and former inmates of Sayadi Nasiri had traveled to Qom to attend his funeral.

Scores of security forces were also present at the ceremony.

Speaking to Radio Farda, Sayadi Nasiri's sister, Elahe, said, "Plainclothes security personnel were closely watching the ceremony and followed us."

Sayadi Nasiri had gone on hunger strike to protest "unbearable condition" of the prison, demanding his return to the political ward of Tehran's Evin prison.

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