"In late February, a family in Tehran received a call from an imprisoned relative, Ali Asadollahi, a thirty-seven-year-old poet and dissident. He had been taken from his home in late January by security officers who were arresting suspected sympathizers of the protests that had erupted across Iran earlier that month."
"When the Asadollahis finally arrived at Evin, a crowd had formed outside, made up of hundreds of other Iranians who had similarly braved the ongoing bombardment to reach their loved ones. The Asadollahis headed toward Ward 209, a repository for political prisoners that's run by Iran's intelligence ministry."
"The Asadollahis went to the Islamic Revolutionary Court, in eastern Tehran, hoping to find someone there who could provide more information. An officer confirmed that Ali had been taken to a new location, but he wouldn't provide more details."
Families in Iran are searching for detained relatives who have been moved to undisclosed locations, facing potential abuse or execution. In February, Ali Asadollahi, a poet and dissident, was arrested without formal charges. His family attempted to locate him at Evin Prison amidst chaos from bombings. They faced obstacles as guards informed them that detainees had been transferred. Efforts to gather information from the Islamic Revolutionary Court yielded little, leaving families in distress as they seek their loved ones in a time of crisis.
Read at The New Yorker
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]