Reports from Evin Prison indicate that following an attack by the prison guards on female political prisoners protesting the execution of Reza Rassai, at least 17 prisoners were injured or fainted. According to this information, Hadi Mohammadi, the deputy officer of Evin Prison, was the main perpetrator and commander of the assault on these prisoners.
Varisheh Moradi, Samaneh Asghari, Reyhaneh Ansari-Nejad, Sarina Jahani, Mahboubeh Rezaei, Narges Mohammadi, and Pariyoush Moslemi are some of the prisoners who were injured on Tuesday, August 6th, in the attack by prison protection guards.
According to received information, Nasrin Khezri Javad, Rana Korkor, Narges Mohammadi, Sornaz Ahmadi, and Houra Nikbakht are also among the prisoners who lost consciousness due to the psychological pressure from the guards’ attack.
Prisoners’ Protest Against the Execution of Reza Rasaei
Reza Rasaei was arrested during the 2022 protests in the city of Sahneh, Kermanshah, and was executed on the morning of Tuesday, August 6th, in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah on charges of killing a member of the IRGC Intelligence.
Following the protest by female prisoners in Evin Prison against Rasaei’s execution and the ensuing attack by the prison guards, several prisoners were injured and transferred to the infirmary.
Prison officials cut off the prisoners’ phone calls, leaving their families unaware of their situation.
After the news of Rasaei’s execution reached Evin Prison, female political prisoners gathered in the women’s ward courtyard and chanted slogans against the death penalty.
They then proceeded towards the women’s ward guard room, and after encountering a locked door, they continued to chant slogans against the death sentences and the execution of Rasaei.
Prison Guard Attack on Protesting Women
After the prisoners’ protest began, Rana Korkor, the sister of Mojahed Korkor, a protester sentenced to death, fainted upon hearing the confirmation of Rasaei’s execution.
When prison officials refused to open the door to transfer Korkor to the infirmary, the female prisoners pounded on the door with their fists and feet to get Korkor to an ambulance waiting in the prison yard.
After the door was opened and the female prisoners entered the area outside the ward, the prison guards, who were trying to close the door, push them back, and prevent Korkor’s transfer to the infirmary, clashed with the prisoners and severely beat them.
Hadi Mohammadi, the deputy officer of Evin Prison, was the main perpetrator of the assault on the women protesting Rasaei’s execution.
Mohammadi attacked the female prisoners with kicks and punches and ordered the beating of all the protesting prisoners.
According to a source close to the prisoners’ families, Mohammadi treated the female prisoners brutally, kicking them in the stomach, thighs, hands, chest, and head.
Mohammadi insulted the protesting prisoners with obscene language, spat on them, and shouted at the women who stood firm in their beliefs and risked their lives for justice and freedom, saying, “You were paid to shout here, and you must say who you are working for.”
In previous years, Mohammadi, as the deputy officer of the prison, also had a history of violent behavior and violating the rights of political prisoners.
Currently, at least 15 female prisoners in Evin’s women’s ward, despite injuries in various parts of their bodies, are still deprived of proper medical care and access to hospital.
In recent weeks, this ward has repeatedly witnessed protest actions, including sit-ins and hunger strikes by prisoners protesting the issuance and execution of death sentences.
