Violent Transfer of Mir Yousef Younesi to Ward 7 of Evin Prison, Designated for Criminals
9-May-2025
Category: Prisoners
8 May 2025
News Category: Prisoners
Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, 6 May, 70-year-old political prisoner Mir Yousef Younesi, previously held in Ward 4 of Evin Prison, was violently transferred by prison authorities to Ward 7, which houses inmates convicted of crimes.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the incident occurred during a family visit when Mir Yousef Younesi and his son, Ali Younesi, were meeting relatives. Under the pretext of arranging a face-to-face visit, prison officials removed them from the cabin visitation hall and then violently and threateningly transferred Mr. Younesi to Ward 7.
Aida Younesi, Mr. Younesi’s daughter, announced the news on social media, writing: “Today, the authorities of Evin Prison and the Ministry of Intelligence’s henchmen violently transferred my father, Mir Yousef Younesi, to Ward 7 during a cabin visit. During the visit between my father, my brother, and my mother, the officials separated them and moved my father without access to his belongings or medication.”
She added that her father had informed them via a phone call that he was being held under horrific conditions, lacking access to his medication, clothes, and essential items. “He is currently confined in a dungeon-like cell known as Room 3, alongside 15 inmates convicted of financial crimes. My father is over 70 years old, suffers from multiple health conditions including diabetes, deafness in one ear, arthritis, and other physical issues.”
In response to this act, political prisoners in Ward 4 gathered in protest in front of the ward’s guard office to object to the forced transfer of Younesi to a ward for criminals. That same day, other political prisoners also protested the violation of prison regulations by holding a demonstration in the prison yard.
Mir Yousef Younesi is a political prisoner from the Pahlavi era as well as the 1980s, currently facing serious health risks due to the denial of access to vital medication.