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Sianoek Pourzand .i a NI h rrcs I Iu pit a :Kayhan (London)
P1easesign•IIe:p e1:ition for his release.
Mk trave] ermission for him lo ornc to ( nada to his family members to get proper
medical and health car ,
pourzandcampaign @yahoo.ca
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Siamak Pourzand
A 74 years Id Iranian journalists in jail needs an urgeni help.
Siamak Pouirzand, 74 years old Iranian journaUst,
intellectual and manager of Majmue ye.
Farhangi-ye Honari-yeTehran (The Tehran Art and
Cultural Centre),
disappeared in Teh ran on Saturday, 24 November 2001.
On May 3, 2002 the Tehran Press Court reportedly
sentenced him to 11 years in prison on charges of
“undermining state security through his links with
monarchists and counter-revolutionaries.
Now Pourzand is in a hospital in Tehran after suffering a
heart attack in last March and lapsing to coma for few
days. He needs four different urgent surgeries on his
spinal, kidney, leg and prostate.
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daily needs. Furthermore, in October 2003, Itis medical records wcre rcvicwcrl hy-a4eretor in the US-who
concluded that if unattended, Siaenak Poureands condition wodld de eriorateard he -vrouldhe-nrade wheelchair-
depeadant It was recommended that he he urgently treated arduly equipped. anrgieal centres
Around 31 March 2004, Siamak Ponreand reportedly nuffered'a hentt.attack:that'ldTt hininu coma He-was not
treated until another prisoner, the lawyer and human righta defender Nasser Zar-afthan(l) -wetttto the pi .n e luJI
facility and intiated IIat someone eaamine him. Siamalt Poumattd woataken to 1eltr-aas Modarrcs'Hoapital- for
trcatnrent and alter 3d hours in a eo:mahe;regaised consciousrtem.
Siantak Ponruand was again admitted te Tehran's Modarres t1loqpittil on 18 April. Accordmg tuinitialreporta, he
was chained toliia bed by his feet and denied family visits. Tltree-daysl;tter, he was enuvedto the CoronarvCrae
Unit (CCU) in the hospital where he reportedly .retnained for 1.0 days:nnel-ceceived:-speciali.nr csre:Following his
return to the ordinary ward and according to information rereised by Al, Siatndl(Psor,ra*d tqpertcdty receivedu
telephone cull from Evin Prison asking him to give an interviewto n prisons' publication todeetare that he had never
been ill-treated and that his trial had been fair. Shortly after thissphonee111, Sism k Ponrzandhadto he traSdered
again to CCU.
Siantak Pont-sand is dnc to be transferred to Mnhrad Hoapitalttow.tderge.a spinal nurgery. I- Ic is-then uchedn led to
return to Modaeren 1-loapital to receive treattnetWfnr:his kidatcyaand prostate-
Other infnrmntion;
Siarttak Poursand is the husband of lawyer and hutnaneigltta ddfearduc, Meltraggie Kar whcs.continuea to foec
charges itt connection svith her participatioa at a socialand etiltural:eonferencr, .whidh was held iniBetlirieApril
2000 She is a fornsrr prisoner of-conscience (see UA 10i3 /S0,M13R13/20/00-3 Ntay2000.and.frdllow.nps)
RECOMMENDED -ACTIONS
Please send telegrnma/ telexes/ fa.xes/expreas/w-mnil letters ie FitglishorTreech:
- expressing concern that Siaretak Poutrand is a pdnoncrofeontSnm,:arzneed solelsHfertlse:peaedWl
espression of hin beliefs: and Ire should be reierasellittatnedirrtely-andsncoaditionally;
- urging the aetlsoeities to allow Sirunak P-ouraand to -receive udequate.tttedical attention andregdlar access tofamily
visits whilst Ite rernains.iit;
- expressing concern that he has been denied the tight to adegtette rtnd regritar secesa-sirlegul rqpresertation of his
choice prior to and sfnerlsia teial:
- urging the authorities 10 end the practice of solitary eonfinnnietrt,:iu litre with.tlrr'reronsmetadationsmade byIIe
UN Working Group on Arbitrary lieteetien (WGAD) following its visit-to Iran in Frhruary 2003 (UN;dtarutawatt
E/CN4 12l)04/3IAdd2), which noted that ‘such iniprisonnsettt within-imprisonmentris arbitrary-rn nature and atast
be ended;
- renainding tire aut ltorities that knIe 32 of the UN'n SrandardMieinratn Rulea for;rhe Treattneitt-nEPdsoreratstiates
that close rottftttetnent should trot depart front the peohihit ion oat cruel - inhuman or-Uegradt nppuntalitnent -
PLEASE SEND YOUR APFEALSTO
Leader of the lslamie.Rstisihlir
His Eaecllrery Ayatollah Sayed'-AliiOEnttrendi
The Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Asrrbaijan ]ttter-aectioir !Ft hratr, Etaruir Republic cifj.lmta
Telegram; Ayatollah Khantenei, Tebran,- Islamic Reptlhlie uf Iran
Fast 4-982 1 6495880 (please mark ‘Furtheat-teuriort-nf4tte Olflcestll-Iia Exeellenev,Ayatolluh alUdhnta
Khamenei, Qorm)
Email; M-ebnauater@wriayaborg ( c i i the attbjeet lime write; Fur theattetitiouoftheOLiee.oPHis :Exr lleney,
Ayutullnh ul Ud-hma Khameritij Qoirt-)
Salutation; YnurExeollenrge
lnflnettliul P.arliamenaarhtn
Gholamnli Httddad,iAslul
Majles-e Shoura-ye Eslanli: (P-arliantcat)
Itwatn Khenaeini Avenue
Tehran, Islamic Republic elf iron
Fa r - n 98 21 6463746
To show your uolidarity svith Siamak Pourzand, yort-could: scnd:him-a-repy.ul your appen l:
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