According to social media reports, Sara Deldar, a former political prisoner from Rasht, has died after suffering from infections caused by pellet wounds.
Ms. Deldar was hit by pellet bullets by Iranian regime security forces during the nationwide protests in 2022 in Rasht for helping the injured.
After her arrest, she was sentenced to one year, three months, and six days in Lakan prison in Rasht. She was released on probation after serving more than six months.
In her last Instagram post on July 21, she mentioned contracting an infection in her body after being released from prison and being hospitalized. She referred to physical weakness, severe anemia, and the enlargement of her spleen, kidneys, and ovaries as some of the problems she was facing.
Ms. Deldar also stated that other prisoners released from Lakan prison in Rasht were struggling with similar illnesses after their release.
Several political prisoners have died under suspicious circumstances after being released from prison.
In another case, the lifeless body of Sara Tabrizi, a former political prisoner, was found at her parents’ home in Tehran on March 24. This 20-year-old woman had been under severe psychological pressure from security forces in the final weeks of her life. She had been summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence on March 23.
Yalda Agha Fazli, a 19-year-old girl who was arrested in late October 2022 during anti-government protests, died under suspicious circumstances after being released from prison on November 11, 2022. The Iranian regime declared her death a suicide. In Yalda’s case file, it was recorded during her detention that “the defendant did not express remorse,” and this phrase has since become a symbol among political prisoners.
