Mohammad Jarahi is being diagnosed
with cancer of thyroid. About a month ago a part of his thyroid gland was removed
during a surgery in Imam Reza hospital in the city of Tabriz. The biopsy test results
now confirm that his thyroid cancer is malignant.
He now needs to be hospitalized
immediately and undergo an iodine treatment. For this reason his family arranged
his admission at the nuclear medicine center Dabiri in the city of Tabriz. They
requested for medical leave one week ago, but have so far received no response
from the prison authorities or from the judge.
Even according to the current Iranian
law, judicial authorities are bound to release the prisoners with acute illness
immediately for treatment.
Jarahi, the imprisoned workers
is since two years in prison in city of Tabriz. Jarahi is member of the
Committee to pursue the establishment of Workers Organizations, a group
campaigning for the foundation of independent trade unions in Iran.
Mohammad Jarahi and Shahrokh
Zamani were sentenced to long prison terms in a trial behind closed doors; he
is currently serving the 5 years prison sentences in Tabriz prison in
north-west of Iran.
