Mother of 3 political prisoners died of grief

mehabadMEHABAD, — Mother of three political prisoners named Eli, Hebib and Ceefer Efshari died of heart attack on 25th January, caused by grief stemming from her sons’ separation.

According to local correspondents mother of the three was taken to hospital when she realised that Hebib, one of her sons, was taken to solitary containment in the execution ward. After several days of being unconscious she lost her life.

The three prisoners were arrested by the Iranian Intelligent Service on the ground of working with one of the Kurdish political parties on 2011. After spending a year in detention, Mr Eli and Hebib were condemned to death sentence and Mr Ceefer was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.

The verdicts of the prisoners had been confirmed on 14th January by the high court and all the three are currently held in Urmiye prison.