Iran political prisoner’s health deteriorates on Day 26 of hunger strike

rights activist and political prisoner Jafar Azimzadeh is on Day 26 of an indefinite hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison against the regime's clampdown on union activities in Iran.

Mr. Azimzadeh's health is reported to have deteriorated significantly and he is under pressure by the mullahs' regime to end his protest.
On Saturday Mr. Azimzadeh was temporarily taken to hospital after complaining of kidney problems. He refused to be administratored liquid serum and was transferred back to prison in his current state after midnight.

The Tehran prosecutor's office on May 17 demanded that he end his hunger strike. On May 17 he had to be transferred by car to the visitor's hall to see his wife as he was unable to walk after becoming frail due to his hunger strike.
the accusation of acting against national security. I will therefore continue with my indefinite hunger strike." Mr. Azimzadeh, who was arrested last November, is currently serving a six-year prison sentence for engaging in peaceful and legitimate trade union activities.
Mr. Azimzadeh last week protested his detention in Evin Prison while the mullahs' kangaroo court in Saveh, south-west of Tehran, considers his case. He has demanded that he be allowed to properly defend himself in the court.
A key demand of Mr. Azimzadeh and other workers’ union activists is for the authorities to drop the charge of “gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security” and other national security charges in cases of union activities.
Mr. Azimzadeh sent a statement out of Evin Prison following the release on bail of fellow political prisoner Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA).
The following is the text of the statement by Jafar Azimzadeh:
My dear friend and resistant cellmate Ismail Abdi was released on three 3 billion Rials bail (U.S. $100,000). He had spent 11 months in prison without a judicial verdict and solely based on the will of the security apparatus. Abdi’s release, while exciting and gratifying, does not mean that even a small step was being taken to realize our demands and the demands of millions of teachers and workers.