Marzieh Farsi endures worsening cancer and heart issues in Evin Prison due to denied meds and transfers. Authorities ignore urgent pleas, risking her life.
Iran Human Rights Society, Thursday, October 30, 2025 – Marzieh Farsi battles worsening cancer and heart disease in Evin Prison. Prison officials deny her essential medications and hospital transfers. This deliberate neglect threatens her survival. Reports from October 30, 2025, reveal her severe dizziness, chronic headaches, and weakness. Doctors urge immediate action, yet authorities refuse. Human rights groups label this “white torture.” Marzieh Farsi represents countless women facing systematic abuse in Iran. Activists demand urgent intervention. Her story exposes the regime’s cruelty toward political prisoners.
Marzieh Farsi’s Critical Health Decline in Evin Prison
Marzieh Farsi suffers from a history of breast cancer and heart disease. Recent symptoms include severe dizziness and chronic headaches. General weakness plagues her daily life. Prison doctors recommend urgent transfers to specialized centers. However, Evin officials withhold permits. They leave her in the women’s ward without proper care. Sources close to her family confirm these details. Furthermore, a flu-like virus outbreak in the ward worsens her condition. She faces nausea and persistent pain. This neglect accelerates her diseases. Activists fear irreversible damage. Marzieh Farsi needs immediate medical freedom.
Process of Disease Worsening and Medication Denial
Her treating physician prescribed drugs to control cancer symptoms. These medications prevent disease progression. Yet, prison officials block their entry with flimsy excuses. As a result, her physical state deteriorates rapidly. The cancer risks full relapse without intervention. A relative shared with human rights media: “Marzieh waits weeks for basic needs. Hospital transfers demand approvals from multiple agencies. Often, they ignore requests or cancel at the last minute.” Her family dreads permanent health destruction. Moreover, she endures heart palpitations and severe dizziness. No adequate attention follows these episodes. Therefore, her suffering intensifies unchecked.
Background of Marzieh Farsi’s Arrest and Harsh Sentencing
Marzieh Farsi, born in 1967, mothers several children. Security forces first arrested her in Shahr Rey on February 20, 2020. Interrogators tortured her for months. A court then sentenced her to five years in prison. She served three years and gained release on March 21, 2023. However, authorities rearrested her on August 21, 2023. This date marked the anniversary of nationwide protests. Agents dragged her to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. Judge Iman Afshari of the Tehran Revolutionary Court imposed 15 years for “baghy” and ties to the Mujahedin-e Khalq. The appeals court reduced it to five years. Since then, her health crumbles without effective medical access. Her activism fuels this repression.
Systematic Suppression of Protesting Women in Iran
The regime targets women like Marzieh Farsi with deliberate medical neglect. Human rights defenders highlight this as part of broader suppression. Women arrested for civil activities, journalism, or protests suffer most. One prisoners’ rights advocate explains: “Evin’s female inmates lack proper facilities. Even infirmary visits become tools of pressure. Guards approve transfers selectively. Protests trigger solitary confinement.” Furthermore, this pattern isolates and breaks spirits. Marzieh Farsi’s case mirrors others. Activists call it indirect execution. Therefore, international pressure must mount to halt these abuses.
Activists’ Alarms and Urgent Calls for Marzieh Farsi’s Release
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, sound alarms. They stress that denying treatment violates Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Iran pledged to uphold this treaty. Amnesty’s recent statement declares: “Authorities must provide immediate care for Marzieh Farsi and other ill prisoners. They owe adherence to global laws.” Her family voices deep fears for her life. They urge the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran to act. Demand her transfer to a specialized hospital. End white torture in Evin now. Silence enables this cruelty. Global voices can save her.
Human Rights Violations in Marzieh Farsi’s Medical Neglect Case
Evin officials deprive Marzieh Farsi of vital treatment. Unsuitable conditions endanger her life. This breaches Iran’s international obligations on prisoners’ rights. Blocking medications and hospitals assaults her health and dignity. It constitutes white torture through slow deprivation.
- Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms: Everyone enjoys the right to life, liberty, and personal security. Denying care to a gravely ill prisoner directly defies this. Officials create lethal risks for Marzieh Farsi. Her family pleads in vain. Therefore, her survival hangs by a thread.
- Article 5 prohibits: No one faces torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. Intentional medical oversight torments political prisoners indirectly. Guards ignore Marzieh Farsi’s agony. Psychological strain compounds her physical pain. Thus, this method erodes her will to fight.
- Article 25 ensures: Everyone claims a standard of living sufficient for health and family well-being. Evin strips Marzieh Farsi of medical services. Prison confines her without remedies. This starkly opposes the principle. Her diseases spread unchecked as a result.
- Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights mandates: Detained individuals receive humane treatment with dignity respect. Evin staff flout this toward Marzieh Farsi. The judicial system shows no intent to meet basic standards. Political prisoners endure subhuman conditions. International bodies must enforce accountability.
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