Canadian Resident in Evin Prison Writes of Torture

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Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
06-Nov-2010
 


Read Saeed Malekpour’s letter recounting the tortures he has endured in Evin prison: //persian2english.com/?p=8921

 

EXCERPT |  One of those very days, as a result of being kicked, punched, and lashed with cables on my head and face, my face became very swollen. I lost consciousness several times, but each time they would wake me up by splashing water on my face [and continued with the torture]. That night, they returned me to my cell. At the end of the night, I realized my ear was bleeding. I banged on the door of my cell, but nobody came. The next day, while half of my body was paralyzed, and I was unable to move, they took me to the Evin prison clinic. The doctor, after seeing my condition, emphasized that I should be transferred to a hospital. However, I was returned to my cell instead, and I was left on my own until 9:00pm. Three guards eventually transferred me to Baghiatollah hospital.

On our way to the hospital, the guards told me I was not allowed to give my real name, and ordered me to use the alias Mohammad Saeedi. They threatened me with severe torture if I did not follow their orders.

Before I was able to be examined by the doctor, one of the guards met with the doctor on duty in the emergency room, then I entered a few minutes later. 

 

The doctor, without performing any examinations, radiography, or tests simply stated that my problem was stress related. He wrote his diagnosis on the medical report and prescribed a few pills. When I asked him to at least wash my ear the doctor said it was not necessary. 

I was returned to the detention centre with the blood clot remaining in my ear. For 20 days, the left side of my body was paralyzed, and I had little control over my left arm and leg muscles. I also had difficulty walking.

 

 

TAKE ACTION: Danger for Canadian Resident Saeed Malekpour in Iran: 
//persian2english.com/?p=15785

 

 

TAKE ACTION NOW! WRITE Letter to WIRED Magazine Asking for Coverage on Saeed Malekpour

 

SIGN THE PETITION: //www.gopetition.com/petition/40162.html

SEND E-LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS TO HIGHLIGHT CASE OF SAEED MALEKPOUR: //org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6160/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4449

 

BACKGROUND: Saeed Malekpour is a 35-year-old web designer who has permanent residence status in Canada, the country he moved to from the USA in 2005 to earn his Master’s from the University of Victoria. He holds a Metallurgy degree from Sharif Industrial University in Tehran and has worked for the companies Iran Khodro, Garma Felez, and the Razi Research Center.

Saeed Malekpour was arrested on October 4, 2008 on Vanak Square (in northern Tehran) by plainclothes agents who did not present an arrest warrant or identification. He was severely beaten and tortured throughout the course of his arrest and interrogation sessions. Malekpour was in Iran visiting. In a letter he wrote from prison, he said the arrest resembled an abduction.

In a 15 minute trial, Saeed Malekpour was charged multiple times under bogus pretexts. According to his spouse Fatemeh Eftekhari, the charges against Saeed are not clear since new charges are added each time he is seen by authorities. According to Eftekhari, at one point the judge told Saeed that he had been in contact with 10 to 12 groups inimical to the regime. And when Saeed asked which groups, the judge replied, “You know better.” 

 

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eroonman

Torture in Evin???? Nah Baba!

by eroonman on

30 years of the reporting the same thing makes it lunacy. What is your call to action? Asking foreigners to sign petitions ad include "coverage" in their magazines? Really! I did not know that the prison guards at Evin subscribe to Wired magazine!

Are you that afraid to confront the prison and the guards and Iran? Even from all the way over here? Wow! They must be very intimidating to scare you off that much!

Here's one idea:

Fax, and mail and email your article to the prison, to every Iranian official, to every newspaper inside Iran, and every editor with an email address and a fax number and a mailing address. Including the President.

Then make sure you cc the appropriate UN commission as well as any group that works for human rights in the world.

Posting it as blog here, is utterly useless except to get this advice.

You Can't Always Get What You want


Shazde Asdola Mirza

"my problem was stress related"

by Shazde Asdola Mirza on

Yes, the whole country's problems are stress related ... the stress of 30 years of torture and murder!