Iran: Kurdish woman may lose eyesight in prison

Zeinab Jalalian

ZeinabJalalian, a Kurdish woman imprisoned in Khuy Prison, suffers from serious eye problems and her conditions are reported as critical. The damages inflicted on her eyes has been a result of the torture and blows she has endured from interrogators.

This prisoner had suffered internal bleeding and intestine infection prior to this and after being transferred to Kermanshah’s Diesel Abad Prison (western Iran) in 2012. However, at that time prison officials and the public prosecutor refused to provide adequate medical care and send her to a hospital. Her internal bleeding began after suffering severe beatings in the Kermanshah intelligence department detention center. She has been deprived of medical leave for the past 8 years.

Iran: Kurdish political prisoner banned from visits despite severe illness

Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, imprisoned for eight years now, is suffering from severe vision problems and may lose her eyesight.

Zeinab has been under intense pressure during the past few years by agents of the notorious Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and is still deprived of her weekly visits. She has launched hunger strikes protesting her conditions, and according to prison physicians she must undergo eye surgery and may go blind if she doesn't receive treatment.

Jalalian was born in 1982 in the city of Maku, northwestern Iran, and was arrested in 2007 by agents in Kermanshah's Intelligence Department. She was first sentenced to death and then to life in prison.

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Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian

Iran: female prisoner's conditions after eight years behind bars

Zeinab Jalalian, born in 1982 in the city of Maku, was first Sentenced to execution and then Decreased to life in jail, as media reports Indicated. She was arrested in 2007 by Kermanshah Intelligence Department agents and Sentenced to execution, then life in prison by a 'revolution' based court on charges of being in contact with Kurdish parties. Jalalian HAS consistently the past years several at leg placedunder serious pressure and has gone on hunger strike protesting her conditions.