Hussein Ronagi, a well -known Azerbaijani blogger in Iran, a politician and ardent critic of the regime, has been starving in the Tehran prison Evin for 50 days. Ronagi was arrested on September 24 for supporting the protests happening throughout Iran. In prison, the man was tortured, after which he announced a hunger strike. According to the Persian edition of the Voice of America, last Sunday the state of Ronaga worsened, and it was hospitalized. Iran’s officials say that the status of the blogger is “stable”, but family members and the international community are concerned about his fate.
According to Ronaga’s relatives, his health is at risk, since he has a kidney disease, and in prison he was tortured. The brother of the prisoner Hassan Ronaga said that both legs broke Hussein.
Nevertheless, the official information agency of the Iran of the Iran Mizan reports: “Ronagi will soon be returned from the hospital to prison, he feels good. Both of his legs are intact.”
On Saturday, Ronagi refused the water, and on Sunday he was transferred to Tehran Dey Hospital. The judicial authorities of Iran did not provide the details of what kind of medical care was provided to the man, and also did not announce the charges against him.
Hassan Ronagi published on Twitter a photograph of his brother in a hospital bed taken by the judicial authorities. He also confirmed that his parents visited a prisoner on Monday during the day and said that “Hussein feels good.”
, in the circulation published on his Twitter page, Hassan Ronagi asked his brother’s supporters to gather around the Dey Tehran Hospital and prevent Hussein’s return to the Evin prison. According to the video, common on social networks, after this post, a group of people gathered in front of the DEY hospital and chanted the slogan: “Freedom Hussein Ronagi!” The security forces used tear gas against them.
AFP reports that the 37-year-old Hossein Ronagi, an employee of Wall Street Journal, was one of the most fearless critics of the Islamic Republic of those living in the country. In his video message, recorded shortly before the arrest, the man said that “many people are ready to give their lives for Iran, and I am one of these people.” He added that the Iranians want to lead a “ordinary” life, like other people all over the world.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday that “torture and cruelty to political prisoners such as Ronagi should stop.”
Mahmoud Amiri-Moghaddam, director of the non-governmental organization “Iranian human rights”, which is based in Norway, said that Iranian leadership is responsible for the health of Ronagi.
According to the Norwegian organization, since mid -September, the Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people and arrested thousands of activists.