ICC Note: The imprisoned Iranian Christians have ended their hunger strike after receiving promises of proper medical treatment. Both men have been held without charge since August when they were arrested with three other men. Both have suffered severe health issues and have been refused proper medical treatment fueling the initial hunger strike.

02/18/2017 Iran (WWM): Two imprisoned Iranian Christians have ended their hunger strike after being promised medical care and progress in their case.

Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari, both of whom had reportedly suffered ill health and been refused medical treatment, have been in prison since August last year but have yet to be charged with any crime.

On 14 February they were visited by the Head of the Attorney General’s office, Ali Akbar Bakhtari, who promised to investigate their case and that of others imprisoned on account of their religious beliefs, reported advocacy organisation Middle East Concern.

They are the two remaining detainees from an initial group of five Christians arrested while picnicking in the Alborz Mountains north-east of Tehran last summer.

The other three – Amir Saman Dashti, Ramil Bet-Tamraz and Mohammad Dehnavi – were released late last year, after posting bail equivalent to US$33,000 each. Middle East Concern reported that Naderi and Asgari were unable to raise sufficient funds.

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