Vrisheh Moradi Ends Hunger Strike 'In Respect to the Demands of Human Rights Activists and Fellow Inmates'

Human rights media reported on Tuesday, November 8, that Vrisheh Moradi, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, ended his hunger strike after 20 days 'in respect to the demands of many activists.' He had been on hunger strike since October 11, protesting his indefinite detention, deprivation of family and lawyer visits ordered by Judge Abolqasem Salavati since mid-May, and the increase in death sentences in Iran. Kaveh Kermanshahi, an official from the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, wrote on social media platform X on Tuesday: 'According to one of the relatives of this political prisoner, he ended his hunger strike to respect the requests of political and civil activists and institutions inside and outside the country, as well as his fellow inmates in the women's section of Evin Prison.' More than a hundred civil and political activists had called for the end of his hunger strike on Friday, November 4, coinciding with the sixteenth day of Vrisheh Moradi's hunger strike. Vrisheh Moradi was arrested on July 31, 2023, in the suburbs of Sanandaj and was transferred to the women's section of Evin Prison on December 26, 2023, after completing the interrogation stages at the Ministry of Intelligence detention center known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison. The first court session to address the charges against this political activist was held on June 17 of this year at Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati, where he was accused of membership in one of the opposition groups and charged with 'baghi' (rebellion). On August 7 of this year, following protests by female inmates in Evin after learning about the execution of Reza Rasayi and clashes with prison guards, he was sentenced to six months of punitive imprisonment in a joint legal case with four other prisoners. More than a hundred civil activists called for the end of Vrisheh Moradi's hunger strike in Evin Prison, and his health deteriorated on the fifteenth day of the hunger strike in Evin Prison. The threat of Israel over the Islamic Republic; officials increased the prison sentences of five protesting women. The eighth day of the hunger strike in Evin Prison; Vrisheh Moradi's physical condition is critical. A letter from Vrisheh Moradi from Evin: 'Let us not allow the massacres of the 1980s to be repeated.'