The health of Varisheh Moradi, a member of the Free Women’s Society of Eastern Kurdistan, worsened on the 16th day of her hunger strike.
In the past 16 days, Ms. Moradi has experienced severe weight loss, low blood pressure, migraines, and joint and back pain, putting her in a critical state.
Accordingly, it has been reported that Evin Prison medical staff have described her continuing hunger strike as dangerous and have urged her to end it.
News and human rights sources reported on Thursday, October 11, that the political prisoner stated her hunger strike was in protest against the increase in executions in Iran, as well as in response to the uncertainties and deprivations imposed on her, calling it an “indefinite hunger strike.”
Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner, is being held on charges of baghi (a term under Iranian regime laws that refers to someone who opposes the Islamic ruler and stands against him) due to her association with one of the regime’s opposition parties.
Her first court session was held on June 17 in Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati, with her defense attorneys present. The second session took place on October 6.
Ms. Moradi was arrested by Iranian regime intelligence agents on August 1, 2023, in the suburbs of Sanandaj, western Iran, and subsequently transferred to Tehran.
In January 2024, after completing her interrogation period, she was moved from Ward 209 of the notorious Evin Prison to the women’s ward.
Ms. Moradi spent five out of her six months in detention in solitary confinement in the intelligence detention centers of Sanandaj and Ward 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran.
