Iran hunger striker back in prison
Tehran, Iran - Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi has been taken back to prison after receiving hospital treatment following more than 50 days on hunger strike, the judiciary said
on Tuesday. “He has been discharged from hospital after being examined by doctors and has returned to prison,” the judicary’s
Mizan Online news website reported.
Ronaghi is one of dozens of prominent rights activists, jour
nalists and lawyers arrested in a crackdown on protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the morality police, according to rights groups based outside Iran.
The judiciary meanwhile denied reports by foreign-based Persian-language media that a 19-year-old took her own life on
her release in revulsion over her abuse in prison. A Wall Street Journal contributor, Ronaghi, 37, has for years been one of the
fearless critics of the Islamic republic still living in the country.
The hunger strike he launched after his incarceration in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison had raised fears for his health as his family said he was suffering from a preexisting kidney condition.