Jaafar Ebrahimi, Imprisoned Teacher in Qazal Hesar, Transferred to Hospital Due to Deteriorating Health

Human rights sources and teachers' unions reported on the deteriorating health of Jaafar Ebrahimi, a teacher imprisoned in Qazal Hesar prison, and his transfer to Rajai Hospital in Karaj. According to the report from the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations on Wednesday, September 13, Jaafar Ebrahimi, who was recently transferred from Evin Prison to Qazal Hesar, was sent to the hospital due to 'worsening illness in a state of unconsciousness.' Jaafar Ebrahimi, a board member of the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations, who suffers from intestinal diseases and diabetes, is currently on a hunger strike. Several human rights organizations had announced in recent days that thirteen prisoners transferred from Evin Prison to Qazal Hesar, including Jaafar Ebrahimi, have been on hunger strike since September 3 in protest of their conditions. The Human Rights Defenders Center recently wrote in a letter to Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, about the detention of thirteen political prisoners in the 'dangerous prisoners' section of Qazal Hesar without the slightest sanitary and nutritional facilities, adding that they have gone on hunger strike in protest against this 'illegal' action. This human rights organization emphasized the 'unannounced' transfer of prisoners on September 3 from Evin Prison to Qazal Hesar and warned about the life-threatening consequences for them. The names of the prisoners transferred to Qazal Hesar include Jaafar Ebrahimi, Kamyar Fakour, Loqman Aminpour, Saeed Masouri, Afshin Baymani, Sepehr Imam Jom'e, Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb, Mohammad Shafaei, Saman Saidi (Yasin), Hamzeh Savari, Ahmadreza Haeri, Reza Salmanzadeh, and Masoudreza Ebrahimi Nejad. Some of them, including Saeed Masouri, Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb, Hamzeh Savari, and Reza Salmanzadeh, described their transfer from Evin Prison to Qazal Hesar as 'kidnapping' and referred to Qazal Hesar prison as a 'black hole' and a 'terrifying slaughterhouse,' warning of the occurrence of a 'humanitarian catastrophe.' The International Education Organization, the largest educational organization in the world, also recently wrote a letter to Ali Khamenei demanding immediate medical leave and the saving of the lives of imprisoned teachers, Jaafar Ebrahimi and Ismail Abdi. The judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic and prison officials have not yet responded to these reports.