Iranian authorities denied {that a} man died in Tehran’s Evin jail on Saturday attributable to lack of medical care.
A supply advised BBC Persian that Framarz Javidzad, 60, was taken to hospital after struggling a abdomen bleed, however was later returned to jail.
They stated officers refused to switch him from the jail clinic after his blood strain dropped severely on Friday.
Preliminary experiences recognized Javaidzad as a twin US-Iranian citizen, however the USA stated he was not a citizen.
“We additionally haven’t any information indicating that he was a lawful everlasting resident,” State Division spokesman Matthew Miller advised reporters in Washington.
He added, “However I’ll say that we stay involved about experiences that he was denied medical care by the Iranian authorities… whereas of their custody.”
This information got here every week after Iran launched 5 Iranian-People as a part of a prisoner trade deal.
Mizan Information Company, affiliated with the Iranian judiciary, quoted the jail administration in Tehran Province as saying on Monday that Javidzad had been detained for 2 months in Evin Jail on varied monetary fees, and that he had been handled 5 instances for digestive system issues throughout that interval.
She added that he lately underwent abdomen surgical procedure and was discharged from the hospital “at his insistence.”
The Prisons Division stated that Javaidzad was instantly taken to hospital when his situation deteriorated on Saturday. She added that medical doctors and nurses carried out CPR, however it was not doable to save lots of his life.
Nevertheless, the account was contradicted by a supply who spoke to BBC Persian correspondent Ali Khoradpir.
They stated Javaidzade was positioned on a drip machine on the jail clinic on Friday after his blood strain dropped, although the decide gave jail authorities permission to take him to hospital.
They added {that a} nurse on the clinic knowledgeable him that night time that they have been “drowsy” and eliminated the drip.
The supply added that Javaidzad’s situation worsened on Saturday and he died whereas ready to be transferred to the hospital.