Ahmadreza Djalali is not receiving hospital care despite the heart attack that struck him in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran on Thursday.
Instead, Iranian authorities have promised that he will receive care in the prison, but treatment with ECG examinations, blood tests, and other standard care has been lacking, says Nima Rostami, his lawyer in Sweden.
There is no equipment at the prison. They promised to transport the equipment to the prison. They were supposed to do it yesterday (Sunday), but when we last spoke yesterday evening, it had not happened.
Inadequate care
During Monday afternoon, a new update comes from within Evin prison: Ahmadreza Djalali still has not received adequate care, announces Rostami.
He visited the prison's health center on Friday morning, where the heart attack was confirmed several hours after it occurred, and met a specialist on Saturday who gave him medication. However, the medication is not good enough, according to Ahmadreza Djalali himself, who is a doctor by training.
MFA: Very disturbing
"Ahmadreza Djalali's health condition is very disturbing, and in our contacts with representatives of Iran, we demand that he must immediately receive the specialized care he needs. This has also been conveyed by Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in talks on May 9 with Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi writes the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' press service to TT.
Djalali, who has researched at the Karolinska Institute, was imprisoned in Tehran in 2016 and sentenced to death for espionage charges that he has always denied.
During his nine-year stay in Evin prison, where torture often occurs, his health has deteriorated significantly.
