Iranian political prisoner Narges Mansouri banned from family visits

Narges Mansouri, Iranian labor rights activist and political prisoner held in Evin prison, has been banned from family visits.

News Center- Iranian political prisoner Narges Mansouri has been banned from family visits by the authorities of Evin prison, announced her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, announced on his X (former Twitter) accounti

“The authorities of Evin prison did not allow the family of Narges Mansouri to visit and they were told that they would not be allowed to visit her until the first of February. The main reason for the ban is her deteriorating health condition because she has been on a hunger strike since December 25, 2023,” wrote her lawyer.

Narges Mansouri , a member of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Workers' Union and one of 14 activists who signed the “Statement of 14,” calling for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was arrested amid a wave of arrests of labor and political activists in Iran in May 2022. On December 25, 2023, she started a hunger strike in Evin prison to protest the pressures imposed on her family.