Iran International:

Rights abuses against women political prisoners in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison have intensified since a 12-day war with Israel, an informed source told Iran International, with an inmate's suicide attempt highlighting mounting pressure in the ward.

Around 20 political prisoners in Evin’s women ward have repeatedly gathered in the head warden’s office over the past week, demanding an end to what they describe as deliberate obstruction by prison officials, a halt to guards’ violence and proper access to medical treatment, the source said on Thursday.

The prisoners have also called for improvements in food and hygiene inside the ward, saying basic standards have sharply deteriorated since the new security team from Qarchak prison took over.

The source, herself a political prisoner, said inmates have since been sent to solitary confinement on various pretexts, while family visits and phone calls are frequently cut off as punishment.

Suicide attempt

The source said one political prisoner in the women’s ward recently attempted suicide after officials repeatedly blocked the implementation of her release order.

Cellmates intervened and saved her before asking the duty officer for help, but the guard refused to assist despite the emergency, the source said.

The prisoner, whose name Iran International is withholding for security reasons, is said to be in a deeply fragile psychological state.

According to her fellow inmates, prison authorities keep finding pretexts to prevent her release despite repeated protests over the refusal to carry out a lawful decision.

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