Narges Mohammadi's Request for Forensic Representative to Visit Evin Prison

The family of Narges Mohammadi, a imprisoned human rights activist, stated that she has requested in a letter to the head of Evin Prison for a 'forensic representative to document the injuries and bruises' she recently sustained due to the violent treatment by prison officials. Taghi Rahmani, her husband, and their two children living in France announced on Sunday, August 21, that they learned through Mohammadi's fellow inmates that she had also requested in a written letter to the prison authorities to be allowed to meet with her lawyer. The letter emphasized that Narges Mohammadi's phone has been cut off since November 29, 2023, preventing her siblings in Iran from speaking with her. Iranian judicial authorities have cut off Mohammadi's communication with her family in France for the past two years. Previously, Narges Mohammadi's family, a political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, reported that during a raid by officials on a protest against executions in the women's section of Evin Prison, she and several of her fellow inmates were injured. The 'No to Executions Tuesdays' campaign has been ongoing in the women's section of Evin Prison for about six months, with last Tuesday's protest dedicated to the execution of Reza Rasayi. This campaign coincided with Rasayi's execution on August 7, despite ambiguities in his case. Political activists reported that following protests by women prisoners in Evin, security forces attacked them, and the phones in that section were also cut off. One day after reports of Narges Mohammadi's injuries and those of other female political prisoners in Evin were published, concerns about the security situation of these political prisoners have increased. Reporters Without Borders, based in Paris, issued a statement expressing deep concern for her deteriorating condition and again called for her immediate release. They also demanded 'complete and timely information to be provided to her family.' Protests against widespread executions in Iran are increasing, and the latest protests by political prisoners were met with raids by officials. The rate of executions in Iran has risen in recent months, and according to estimates by the Iran Human Rights Organization based in Norway, at least 87 people were executed in Iranian prisons in just one month following the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as president.