Behnam
Ebrahim Zadeh the labour and children’s rights activist and a member of the “Committee
to Follow-up on formation of Free Trade unions in Iran” were taken to hospital
to visit his son. His son is suffering leukemia and is under treatment in
Tehran city.
Nima
is the only child of Behnam and at the age of fourteen; he was admitted to
Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Tehran about eleven days ago. The physicians
advise that the presence of his Father can help him through the chemotherapy
phase.
After
Behnam was informed by his wife about the illness of his son, he applied to be released
on parole and his family provided as requested by the authorities some
certificate of title as bail in the amount of 200 Million Toman, but the judiciary
authorities postpone his case from day to day.
After
all he was today taken to the hospital to visit his son for half an hour
and returned to prison immediately afterwards.
Behnam
was arrested in June 2010 and is sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
