Asadullah Asadi Arrested In Tabriz

HRANA News Agency – The security forces arrested Asadullah Asadi, who had recently been released from prison, in Tabriz.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Asadullah Assadi in protest against the “violation of his rights by the Department of Education”, attempted to carry some banners and show his objection around a shopping center in Tabriz.

It is believed that his arrest was with violence and he was beaten because of resistance and demanding an arrest warrant. He was transferred to Tabriz Intelligence Office.

Mr. Asadi was recently released from Evin prison.

Doctor Asadullah Asadi, 51, is a resident of the city of Tabriz, retired employee of Education Ministry and general practitioner (Health Doctor).

He had been arrested by Tabriz intelligence officers in his way to work, on 12th July 2010, and after several months lack of connection with his family and being held in the solitary confinement, in detention centers of Tabriz Intelligence office and ward 209 of Tehran Intelligence Office, he was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months imprisonment by Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh. The sentence was later reduced to five years and six months.

Mr. Asadi’s charges were announced as; cooperation with hostile governments and being a member of the MPRP.

One of the relatives of Asadullah Asadi, earlier had told HRANA’s reporter; “the pressure and torture during 5 months of solitary confinement and interrogation in prison, made him suffer from imbalanced mental health and serious problems, so that they agreed with his early freedom from the prison. This prisoner had attempted suicide, due to the increasing pressure in March 2011 in Evin prison but was rescued by the help of other inmates.”