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What is going on inside Iran's jail?

International amnesty revealed some mail proving Iranian officials concealed the dangerous situation of Corona inside Iranian prisons.

Based on four letters found by international amnesty, the Islamic Republic authorities have disseminated some erroneous information about what happens inside Iranian prisons and kept the dangerous and inhumane situations existing inside Iranian jails secret since the beginning of coronavirus spread. Based on the content of these letters leaked out to the International amnesty, the authorities of prisons wrote some letters and spoke off the record with the officials of the ministry of health and medical education about the potential danger of overcrowded prisons deprived of adequate facilities. The Iran health ministry did not respond to these letters.

International amnesty settled in London said in a statement that the letters contradicted the official accounts of Asghar Jahangir, the former head of the prisons, and the current adviser to the head of the judiciary, who denied "the poor and unsanitary conditions of prisoners in Corona." Prison officials are "unique" in preventing the disease and can serve as an "international indicator." Amnesty International says it has startling evidence that "cruel and inhumane" conditions in prisons continue and that judicial authorities are deliberately depriving political prisoners of their right to health care to punish and intimidate them.

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer (noble peace prize winner), says that the family of Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Zanjan, reported that she had contracted Covid-19 disease due to the Coronavirus. According to Mrs. Mohammadi's family, her health condition, which has been plagued by lung disease for years, has "worsened and become more dangerous than before" due to coronary heart disease. According to the report: "Prison officials and the Zanjan prosecutor also deprived her of the right to obtain a test result and kept her completely unaware. Narges, who has been suffering from pulmonary embolism since July 30, has not received any medication or treatment. Twelve people Patients, including Narges, have been quarantined this morning, and healthy people have been released from prison. What Nages received as an answer when she aired the grievance to the deputy director of prison about this unfair situation, was that you could choose not to be guilty and imprisoned!

Narges was sentenced to six years in prison eight years ago for propaganda against the regime. She was later released but was arrested again in 2015 and was given a sentence of 16 years in prison. Mrs. Mohammadi wrote in a note after the bloody crackdown on riots that broke out across Iran after the overnight increase in gasoline prices that over the past 40 years, we have sought independence, freedom, and republic in the most civil and peaceful ways but tyranny has risen.

Transfer of a female Australian citizen imprisoned in Iran to Qarchak Prison

Moore-Gilbert was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Human rights activists say this university professor was sent to Qarchak for punishment. Ms. Moore-Gilbert has been sentenced to ten years in prison in Iran without any evidence for espionage. Iran's Human Rights Campaign announced the transfer of Kylie Moore-Gilbert to Qarchak Prison. "The treatment mete out to Kylie Moore-Gilbert shows complete disrespect for the law with unbelievable cruelty," said Hadi Ghaemi, the campaign's executive director. Moore-Gilbert protested her innocence and refused to cooperate with the IRGC (The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps). The transfer of this political prisoner to Qarchak prison is against Iranian law and international treaties. Qarchak prison suffering from a dearth of necessary facilities such as purified drinking water is a place for dangerous criminals.