Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali, who was executed in Iran on spiritual charges, is in a state of emergency and near death after months of prolonged lonely suffering, UN human rights experts said Thursday.
“Djalali’s situation is absolutely horrific,” the experts said. In an appeal for Iran’s release, they said he was held in solitary confinement for more than 100 days, with prison officers shining bright lights in his cell around the clock to take him. to sleep.
“Medical issues have prevented him from eating properly, and as a result weight loss is remarkable,” said the experts, who include the DA’s special rapporteurs on the situation. in Iran, irregular execution, settlement delay and tort.
“His situation is so dire that he has had difficulty speaking. We are embarrassed and saddened by Mr Djalali’s abuse.”
Iran’s diplomatic mission in Geneva was not called for an immediate return.
Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute in the Swedish capital Stockholm, was arrested in Iran in 2016 and later convicted of treason, accused of giving Israel information to help him. by murdering nuclear scientists. Iran’s Supreme Court in 2017 upheld the death penalty.
DA experts said Djalali’s conviction and sentence based on a confession issued under torture and after a lawsuit was unfair. His treatment symbolized Iran’s use of a stand-alone defense system “to punish and put pressure on detainees, including making an emergency confession,” he said.
Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting a number of dual nationalists in an attempt to win rebates from other countries. Tehran has consistently dismissed the allegations and said its adjudication system is fair.