Nine political prisoners in the women’s section of Tehran’s Evin Prison, including two sentenced to death, are being denied the right to meet with their families and lawyers, according to information obtained by Iran International.
The prisoners include Varisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi, whose death sentences have sparked widespread condemnation from human rights organizations.
These women, previously prohibited from family visits in the summer due to their protests against the Islamic Republic's use of death penalty to silence dissent, had been informed that the visitation ban had been lifted. However, as of Sunday, January 12 this year, they have once again been denied contact with their loved ones.
In addition to the visitation ban, two of these women—Maryam Yahyavi and fellow political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh—have also been deprived of the right to contact their families by phone.
