The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported on December 23 that the oppressive mullahs’ regime has intensified pressure on political prisoner Ali Moezi in Evin prison’s 4th ward. His medical treatment is obstructed, and access to the hospital is denied. Authorities require him to wear prison clothes for hospital transfer, a demand he, as a political prisoner, adamantly rejects.
Ali Moezi, 70, a political prisoner since the 1980s, faced imprisonment in the 2000s and 2010s, recently arrested in the September 2022 uprising. Despite undergoing cancer surgery a month before his arrest, he is consistently denied medical care and necessary medication.
Facing baseless charges in Evin Prison, on August 6, 2023, Judge Salavati unjustly sentenced Ali Moezi to six years and three months. Fabricated charges include “Upholding his beliefs,” “his children’s presence in Ashraf-3,” and “issuing a statement against the regime.” Salavati callously declared, “Welcome to Ward 209!”
The Iranian Resistance holds the clerical regime and Ali Khamenei accountable for Ali Moezi’s life. Urging the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and other organizations, they stress the need for close monitoring of his medical condition and urgent action to secure hospital access, a specialist doctor, and necessary medication.
These new measures against Moezi coincide with the regime’s increased pressure on political prisoners and PMOI relatives. On December 2, the regime’s judiciary sentenced political prisoners Zahra Safaei, 61, and her children, Parastoo Moeini, 23, and Mohammad Masoud Moeini, 24, as well as Kamran Rezaei-Far, 58, each to five years in prison.
Charges against them include collaborating and communicating with the PMOI, undermining national security, and participating in activities against the regime. The regime used private conversations, online activities, and reports of the Intelligence Ministry and interrogators as evidence.
Also on December 2, political prisoner Maysam Dehbanzadeh was transferred to Evin Prison to serve a six-year prison sentence. He’s banned from residing in Tehran and neighboring provinces and leaving the country, charged with “assembly and conspiracy with the intent to commit a crime against national security” and communicating with the PMOI.
The regime, alarmed by growing support for the PMOI and Iranian Resistance, resorts to repressive measures, including a sham trial against 104 PMOI and NCRI members. Publicizing the trial aims to instill fear among Iranian youths and deter them from joining the Resistance Units, an organized network supporting the PMOI.
Despite these measures, the Iranian people’s march toward freedom continues to gain momentum, undeterred by the regime’s attempts to suppress it.
