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The Regime Delays Announcing the Death of Captain Alborz Ghassemi for 6 Months!

NOTE: The article below has been translated to english from the original french version on Iran Focus. Click here for the original article.

Iran Focus: The Regime announced the death of Alborz Ghassemi, a political prisoner and sympathizer of the opposition movement, (OMPI) seven months after his death in prison after denying him medical care.

The press agency Irna cited a source who indicated that Alborz, who was believed to be connected with OMPI, died last February in hospital due to cancer.

The source stated Wednesday that Alborz and his brother Hamid were arrested by the Army Security and Information Organization accusing both of collaboration with OMPI. The same source added that during an initial ruling the tribunal condemned Alborz to capital punishment, later reducing the sentence to life imprisonment.

Captain Alborz, 51 years of age, died January 19, 2010 after surviving 20 months in prison and being tortured. He suffered from chronic pains due to stomach cancer and died at the Evan prison in Teheran. He was deprived of hospitalization and appropriate medical care. Alborz was a seasoned commander for the centre specializing in Naval Instruction in the City of Racht and also instructed the Marines' school.

Alborz was arrested May 12, 2008 and accused of providing OMPI with information. His brother Hamid, a Canadian resident, was also arrested on his return to Iran. The two political prisoners were condemned to death after being accused of waging war against God. An appeal later reduced their sentence to life imprisonment.

The torturers refused Alborz medical treatment despite his unbearable pain from the cancer, the torture he was subjected to and the atrocious conditions of his isolation cell.

Hamid his brother imprisoned for 27 months now, is also tortured and is in isolation. He is housed in section 350 of Evin prison under deplorable conditions.

There are actually a large number of political prisoners in Iran that are suffering chronic illnesses and are being denied medical care. The Regime tells the prisoners that they aren’t going to save them but rather will ensure they die a painful death.

In a publication dated this February, the CNRI the (Resistance Council of Iran) established an accurate list of current political prisoners and their medical conditions:

1. Ali Saremi suffering heart attaches is at risk for other attacks due to hypertension.
2. Dr Mohammad Maleki - former president of the University of Tehran is suffering from cancer, diabetes and hypertension.
3. Ali Moezi suffers from hydronephrose and is in critical condition.
4. Ganed Riygubehad suffers from sclerosis and is losing his sight.
5. Mansour Ossanlou suffers from several ailments the worst being problems with his sight and with vertebrates in his spine impeding him from use of his legs.
6. Mansour Radpour has severe renal failure.
7. Misaq Yazdan-Nezhad suffers from serious nervous conditions.
8. Mme Houri Fatemed Ziai suffers from sclerosis.
9. Behrouz Javid Tehrani has permanent sight damage due to constantly suffering blows to the head by large objects like extinguishers and chairs.
10. Alireza Karami Kheirabadi suffers from hepatitis.
11. Hamid Ha'eri suffers from cardiac complications.
12. Hadi (Homayoun) Abed Bakhoda, deprived of any medical care at the Racht prison, is on the verge of death. A political prisoner since 1980, he was shot by the IRGC, and a bullet hit his spinal cord. Under pressure from the ONG, the regime is forced to transfer him out of prison in order to receive proper medical care.
13. Abbas Lkhorsandi who underwent heart surgery is in critical condition.
14. Farhad Vakili has suffered a heart attack and is at risk for more.
15. Mohammad Hassa Fallahi-Zadeh suffers from hepatitis.