Iran has temporarily released a journalist for medical treatment after he became sick following a hunger strike, local media reports.
Ehsan Mazandarani, who runs reformist daily newspaper Farhikhtegan, was arrested in late 2015 and sentenced in April to seven years for “acting against national security.”
“The health of my client, due to a hunger strike he was on, turned bad and he was transferred to hospital,” his lawyer Hooshang Pourbabayi tells the ISNA news agency.
Mazandarani’s wife, Maliheh Hosseini, told local media that a doctor at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison reported concerns over the journalist’s health.
Four other journalists are thought to have been arrested around the same time as Mazandarani and have been given sentences ranging from two to 10 years.
— AFP
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