Following the End of Hunger Strike, Political Prisoner Morteza Moradpour is 'Released'

According to reports, Morteza Moradpour, who ended his hunger strike after 65 days on Wednesday, was released from prison on Friday, January 10. Meanwhile, the hunger strikes of Ali Shariati, Arash Sadeghi, Saeed Shirzad, Mohammad Reza Nokonam, Mehdi Kouhian, Nizar Zaka, and Hassan Rostegari Majd continue. According to reports from various human rights websites, including the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Morteza Moradpour was transferred to a medical center after his release due to physical weakness and issues arising from his long hunger strike. Ferdin Moradpour, Morteza's brother, had previously stated that judicial authorities had not taken action regarding his brother's request for the application of Article 134, but they promised to address his case 'through a legal process' after he broke his hunger strike. Morteza Moradpour, a 29-year-old prisoner serving a three-year sentence, had cited the rejection of his request for the application of Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code as one of the reasons for his hunger strike. According to Article 134 of the new Islamic Penal Code, although a judge issues independent punishments for each crime, only the most severe punishment should be executed at the time of enforcement. Meanwhile, the hunger strikes of several other political prisoners continue, with Arash Sadeghi on hunger strike for 67 days, Ali Shariati for 60 days, Saeed Shirzad for 23 days, and Nizar Zaka for 22 days. In this context, numerous tweets have been published recently calling for the release of Arash Sadeghi. A group of families of political prisoners in Iran also sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, published on Tuesday, January 6, demanding his intervention and efforts to save the lives of Ali Shariati and Arash Sadeghi from death. Additionally, the website Kaleme reported that Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nokonam, a professor at Qom Seminary who has been imprisoned since 2014, has been on hunger strike since January 1 in protest against 'pressures to accept the conditions of the Special Clerical Court and deprivation of treatment for his illnesses.' Various reports have been published regarding the reasons for Mr. Nokonam's arrest. Some websites link his arrest to his criticism of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi's position on high-speed internet, but the office of this religious authority has denied this issue. Meanwhile, several websites, including HRANA, have reported that Mehdi Kouhian, who managed a Telegram channel in the city of Malekan in East Azerbaijan Province, has been on hunger strike since January 1 due to 'beating' during his arrest. Hassan Rostegari Majd, an Iranian-Turkish citizen, has also been on hunger strike since November 13 in protest against his situation and has simultaneously sent a hunger strike letter to prison authorities and the Turkish consulate in Urmia. In recent years, many political prisoners in Iran have gone on hunger strikes, and some of them, including Hoda Saber and Akbar Mohammadi, have died due to lack of medical attention during their hunger strikes. In this context, a number of political and civil activists have called for the release of Morteza Moradpour, Saeed Shirzad's decision to continue his hunger strike; the arrest of several other protesters regarding Moradpour's situation; families of political prisoners urging Rouhani: save Sadeghi and Shariati's lives; Moradpour ended his hunger strike; other political prisoners remain on hunger strike; changing the playing field of 'proxy actors'; war against the people in the streets of Iran; the first paragraph; the responsibility of opponents and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society; the death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis; 1300 hours of internet outages; Witkoff: a horrific massacre occurred during the protests in Iran; the shadow of war over Tehran; 'Trump is seeking decisive military options against Iran'; the death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis; Trump emphasizing 'stopping executions in Iran': we do not know what will happen in the future; Trump says if the Islamic Republic carries out a terrorist act against him, 'it will be wiped off the face of the earth.'