Siamak Amini, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been denied access to specialized medical treatment and required medications for over a year, despite suffering from an autoimmune disease and severe osteoporosis.
An informed source close to the prisoner’s family told HRANA that the political prisoner has not received his required therapeutic injection for more than a year, despite the medication needing to be administered every four months. According to the source, the family has scheduled appointments at specialized medical facilities at least four times during this period for diagnostic tests and the injection, but their efforts have repeatedly proved futile.
The source added that on June 22 this year, Amini was transferred to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran due to the lack of medical facilities inside the prison. However, because he refused to wear the mandatory prison uniform and submit to handcuffs and shackles, his treatment was left incomplete. Following a basic X-ray, he was returned to prison without completing his medical evaluations.
Prolonged use of corticosteroid medications and the ongoing deprivation of periodic medical checkups have led to severe osteoporosis, which recently resulted in a fracture in his lower ribs.
