Health deterioration, denial of treatment in Iran’s Qarchak Prison

The “Voice of Kurdish and Iranian Detainees” website reported a serious decline in the health condition of 74-year-old political activist Raheleh Rahemi-Pour.

According to a detailed report published by the website and cited by ROJ News Agency, Raheleh is being completely denied access to specialized medical care, which has caused her condition to worsen alarmingly.

Raheleh had previously sustained injuries during a missile attack on Evin Prison in Tehran, which left her suffering from chronic headaches and severe pain due to kidney stones. She continues to suffer from these conditions without receiving any effective treatment. She was later transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison, where her suffering has intensified under harsh detention conditions.

Despite her family’s persistent efforts to secure her conditional release on medical grounds, prison authorities have rejected the requests, claiming that such a decision requires the prosecutor's approval, an approval that has not yet been issued, with no signs of possible release on the horizon.

Raheleh, a civil society activist, was first arrested on November 12, 2019, and later released temporarily. On June 17, 2020, Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced her to prison again. In September 2024, she was re-arrested and transferred to Evin Prison, then later to Qarchak Prison, where she now faces a dire humanitarian and medical situation amid official indifference to calls for her compassionate release.

Qarchak Women’s Prison, located in the desert east of Tehran, is known as one of the most dangerous and notorious prisons in Iran due to the widespread use of torture and the harsh physical and psychological conditions imposed on female detainees.

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