Majid Assadi
{{Short description|Iranian prisoner}}
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Majid Assadi ({{langx|fa|مجید اسدی|translit=}}) is an Iranian political prisoner in Gohardasht Prison, Iran.{{Cite web|url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-human-rights-justice/4420857.html|title=نامه تعدادی از زندانیان سیاسی برای نقض حکم اعدام رامین حسین پناهی|website=صدای آمریکا|language=fa|access-date=2019-06-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.alhayat.com/article/4621000/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-72-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%88271-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1|title=إيران: الاحتجاجات تتواصل في 72 مدينة ..... و271 حركة احتجاجية خلال شهر|last=طهران - «الحياة»|date=2019-02-07|website=Hayat|language=Arabic|access-date=2019-06-02}} He has been arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents on February 18, 2017. On November 27, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced him to six years in prison and two years in exile in Borazjan, Bushehr Province for “propaganda against the state” and “assembly and collusion against national security.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f8--majid-assadi/28338362.html|title=کمپین حقوق بشر: بازداشت چند فعال مدنی و سیاسی و یک روزنامه‌نگار|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa|access-date=2019-06-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/12/political-prisoner-majid-assadi-denied-hospitalization-in-rajaee-shahr-prison/|title=Political Prisoner Majid Assadi Denied Hospitalization in Rajaee Shahr Prison|date=2017-12-30|website=Center for Human Rights in Iran|access-date=2019-06-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://farsi.alarabiya.net/fa/iran/2017/08/21/آخرين-وضعيت-زندانيان-سياسی-سالن-ده-بند-چهار-زندان-رجايی-شهر-.html|title=آخرين وضعيت زندانيان سياسی سالن ده بند چهار زندان رجايی شهر|last=نت|first=العربية|date=2017-08-21|website=العربية نت|language=fa|access-date=2019-06-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiozamaneh.com/376385|title=زندان رجایی شهر: وضعیت زندانیان همچنان نامناسب است|date=2018-01-12|website=رادیو زمانه|access-date=2019-06-01}}
Arrest
Assadi was previously sentenced to four years in prison in March 2010 for “assembly and collusion against national security” by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court. He completed the sentence on June 8, 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2019/01/28/political-prisoner-majid-asadi-denied-medical-access-in-rajai-shahr-prison/|title=Political Prisoner Majid Asadi Denied medical access in Raja'i Shahr Prison|date=2019-01-28|website=Iran HRM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}
Denied treatment
Assadi suffers from severe diseases such as gastrointestinal diseases, including gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, as well as liver cysts, lumbar discs and spinal rheumatism. Despite his medical needs, prison authorities have denied hospital treatment.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/12/political-prisoner-majid-assadi-denied-hospitalization-in-rajaee-shahr-prison/|title=Political Prisoner Majid Assadi Denied Hospitalization in Rajaee Shahr Prison|date=2017-12-30|website=Center for Human Rights in Iran|access-date=2019-06-02}}
See also
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Political prisoners in Iran
Category:Iranian prisoners and detainees
Category:Iranian human rights activists