Mostafa Azizi has contracted 'Shingles' and Esmail Gerami-Moghadam has become 'blind'

Mostafa Azizi's daughter, a writer and television program producer, reported that her father has contracted 'shingles' in prison and his hands and arms are 'covered with small and large blisters' but he does not have access to a 'specialist doctor'. Ismail Gerami-Moghadam's lawyer, spokesperson for the National Trust Party, also reported on Friday, October 9, that he has 'almost lost his eyesight' and forensic medicine has stated that 'he cannot endure imprisonment'. Parastoo Azizi, Mostafa Azizi's child, reported on Thursday that her father's hands and arms are 'covered with small and large blisters' and the prison's general practitioner diagnosed his illness as 'shingles', but only administered a 'cortisone' injection. In an interview with the International Human Rights Campaign website, she added: 'Unfortunately, my father does not have access to a specialist doctor. They told him... it will pass by itself and there is no need for a specialist.' Mostafa Azizi, a writer and producer of television programs, is suffering from shingles, a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Small blisters accompanied by pain and burning are characteristic of this disease. According to Mr. Azizi's family members, he suffers from diabetes, heart disease, and rheumatism, which caused him to be transferred to the prison infirmary for hours in late April. Mostafa Azizi, author of the short story collection 'I Am Raymond Carver' and producer of television programs such as the quiz show 'Knowledge and Intelligence' and the series 'Traveler', had immigrated to Canada in 2010. He was arrested shortly after returning to Iran from Canada on February 1, 2015. The World Pen Association, the Canadian Pen Association, and Amnesty International have called for Mr. Azizi's release. Reports have previously been published regarding the poor health conditions of political prisoners and their lack of access to medical services. Meanwhile, Nemat Ahmadi, the defense lawyer for Ismail Gerami-Moghadam, spokesperson for the National Trust Party, reported that his client has 'almost lost his eyesight due to illness' and forensic medicine has also stated that his client 'cannot endure imprisonment'. He expressed hope that his client would be released on bail, noting that his client's court was held on October 1. Ismail Gerami-Moghadam, a representative from Bojnourd in the seventh parliament and spokesperson for the National Trust Party, who had lived outside Iran in recent years, was arrested upon his return to Iran on July 17. The transfer of Kasra Noori, a imprisoned dervish, from the Nazim prison to Evin 'accompanied by beating'. Kasra Noori's mother reported that he was transferred on Wednesday, October 7, 'without a judicial order and prior notice' and was 'beaten' while being moved from Nazim prison in Shiraz to Evin prison. According to the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran, Shokoufeh Yadollahi, referring to a phone call with her son, said: 'The agents told him he had to go to Evin prison. Kasra asked to see the judicial order, and suddenly the agents attacked him and beat him with their shoes and hands, without allowing him to gather his belongings, taking him barefoot and in the same clothes to the airport and then to Evin prison.' She added: 'They had put the handcuffs on him so tightly that his hands swelled and were injured. Kasra said when he arrived at Evin, they bandaged his wrist in the infirmary there.' According to the 'Majzooban Noor' website, a news outlet for Gonabadi dervishes, officials from prisons in Fars province had requested in a letter to the Shiraz prosecutor to transfer Mr. Noori to another prison due to 'propagating and promoting dervish beliefs and disturbing prison order'. Kasra Noori, a rights activist for dervishes and a collaborator with the 'Majzooban Noor' website, was arrested twice in 2011 and ultimately sentenced to four years and four months in prison in 2013. Several dervishes have been arrested and imprisoned in recent years. The Human Rights Defenders Center, chaired by Shirin Ebadi, wrote in an open letter to Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, on September 21, 2014, that Gonabadi dervishes have faced 'continuous harassment such as imprisonment, deprivation of social rights, threats...' for over 15 years.