Saturday, January 23, 2016

Tehran – political prisoner under pressure for coerced confessions

Political prisoner Alireza Golipour finally underwent surgery after state agents in Iran deprived him of any such medical treatment for two years. Golipour has been suffering from chronic lung and heart illnesses and his conditions were deteriorating.
This political prisoner was placed under intense interrogation by agents of the notorious Ministry of Intelligence agents in Evin Prison while undergoing chemotherapy.
Intelligence agents in their long interrogations had demanded Golipour confess on TV to bogus charges such as measures against national security and membership in dissident organizations, or to completely denounce these organizations.

Prior to this on November 16th, 2015, a date was specified to see into the case of this political prisoner. However, the hearings were never held due to lack of any actual court case. Branch 15 of the “revolution” court chaired by judge Salavati is in charge of seeing into Golipour’s case. April 19th is the date set for his retrial.

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