Asadullah Asadi Released on The Bail

HRANA News Agency – Asadullah Asadi, political activist, was released on the bail from Tabriz prison on January 31. Mr. Asadi was arrested when he had carried and displayed banners of protest around Tabriz bazaar to protest against what he expressed as “violation of his rights by the department of education”

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the Turkish (Azeri) political activist has been charged with ”disobeying police’s orders”, “propaganda against the system”, “disturbing public order” and “slogans and writings against the authorities” and is scheduled to be tried next week.

Asadullah Asadi said HRANA’s reporter that his arrest had been with violence and being beaten by three officers and after the arrest he was transferred to the police station 16 of Tabriz in Amin street and then to the security police in Saeb street.

Mr. Asadi said about prison conditions: “Even half of the bread that was given to the prisoners was rationed and central Prison of Tabriz does not have the suitable conditions for prisoners.”

Asadullah Asadi also said about the violence by the police: “I was beaten severely by three officers and I complained and was transferred to the forensics but the soldiers found a dagger inside my car and threatened me that ‘if you don’t take back your complaint we will address this issue.’ So I had to withdraw my complaint.”

The political activist said that his car was forfeited by officers and he had not received it back yet.

Mr. Asadi was released from Evin prison when he was on medical furlough about four months ago by the end of his five-year and six-month sentence.

Dr. Asadullah Asadi, 51, lives in Tabriz. He is a retired employee of education and medical practitioner.

Previously, He was arrested on the way to his workplace by Tabriz intelligence officers on 12th July 2010 and after months of solitary confinement in Tabriz intelligence and ward 209 of Evin prison in Tehran, he was sentenced to ten years and six months imprisonment by 28th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran, presided by Judge Moghayeseh. This sentence was reduced to five years and six months, later.

Mr. Asadi was charged with cooperation with enemy states and membership in the Muslim People party.

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.”