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TEHRAN PRISONERS AT RISK AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES

Iran UA 64.25

Hundreds of prisoners, including those arbitrarily detained, from Tehran’s Evin prison are being subjected to cruel and inhuman conditions. They were moved to overcrowded prisons after Israeli air strikes destroyed parts of Evin prison on June 23. The Iranian authorities are concealing the fate or whereabouts of dozens of other prisoners, which may amount to enforced disappearance, a crime under international law. These prisoners are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Urge Iran's Head of Judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, to release all arbitrarily detained and reveal the fate of those held in sections 2A, 209, 240 & 241 - send your email to Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN using our email-writing tool.

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Supreme Leader

‘Ali

Khamenei

Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations

Dear Mr. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei,

Hundreds of prisoners from Tehran’s Evin prison have been displaced to other prisons with cruel and inhuman conditions in Tehran province after the Israeli military’s deliberate air strikes destroyed large parts of Evin prison on June 23. Direct attacks on civilian objects, such as prisons, are serious violations of international humanitarian law.

The authorities are also refusing to disclose the fate or whereabouts of dozens of other prisoners who were held in sections 2A, 209, 240, and 241 of Evin prison at the time of the air strikes, which may amount to enforced disappearance, a crime under international law. This has raised fears among families that the prisoners may have been killed or injured by the Israeli air strikes or are at heightened risk of torture and other ill treatment.

I urge you to immediately release all prisoners arbitrarily detained and consider releasing other prisoners, especially pre-trial detainees and those eligible for conditional release. I further urge you to immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of all prisoners who were held in sections 2A, 209, 240, and 241 of Evin prison at the time of the Israeli air strikes on June 23. I call on you to grant all prisoners access to their families and lawyers, protect them from torture and other ill-treatment, and to take all measures to protect the right to life and health of all prisoners, ensuring that different categories of prisoners are held separately, and all are given adequate medical care and are treated humanely in line with international standards. Finally, I urge you to allow international monitors to conduct prison inspection visits.

Yours sincerely,

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