Zeidabadi's Sad Story

Here is another account of prisoner abuse this time of Ahmad Zeidabadi a journalist and a spokesperson for one of Iran's largest student organizations. According to this interview with his wife, Zeidabadi's treatment is driving him towards insanity. Such actions show that this regime is in fact against Islam and not repersenting the ideals of the Islamic Republic:

"Ms Zeidabadi quoted her husband and said, 'Right from the beginning of his arrest, Mr. Zeidabadi protested his unlawful arrest and the abusive behavior, thus starting a hunger strike. At the time, he was kept in a solitary cell. He was in complete isolation there, without any sound or light. Until his condition deteriorated to the point that after 17 days prison guards and agents brought in a physician. The doctor told him that many had been released from prison and that nobody outside knew that he had started a hunger strike and that by continuing his strike, he would end up dead. Anyway, the doctor convinced him to stop his hunger strike.'

As described by his wife, Zeidabadi had been kept in the solitary cell for 35 days, starting from the day of his arrest. The only person he saw during this period was the doctor who visited him and convinced him to break his hunger strike, believing that everybody had in fact been released from prison. She said that her husband told her that he had been kept in a box-type of container about 1.5 meters (4.5 feet) long.

After the 35 days, Zeidabadi exhibits the characteristics of insanity and turns to suicide. But he does not find anything to kill himself with and thus starts to scream, which is when others noticed that he was going insane. He was then transferred to another solitary cell."