On Monday, March 12, Soheil Arabi’s health condition worsened. He suffers a severe weight loss and his kidneys are in an acute condition. He goes unconscious several times a day due to severe weakness. One of the prison officials had said earlier: Even if Soheil is going to die, he will not be taken to the hospital.
In the fall of 2013, Soheil Arabi, a photographer and blogger, was first sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Guard Corps and then sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. He was arrested for publishing the photos of the 2009 uprising and a cartoon of Khamenei and was charged with “propaganda activities against the state”, “apostasy” and “sabotage and insult against the sacred”. In addition, he was sentenced to three years behind bars, a fine, and 30 lashes for insulting regime leaders. In a message, he urged all the Iranian people to protest against the mullahs’ regime and to attempt to release political prisoners.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 13, 2018