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Iranwire – Iranian authorities have transferred female political prisoners from Qarchak Prison back to Evin Prison’s Ward 6 after weeks of protests over conditions at the detention center, former prisoners and activists said.
Elahe Mohammadi, a journalist and former political prisoner, and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a women’s rights activist, announced the transfer on social media platform X.
“Female political prisoners have finally been returned from Qarchak Prison to Evin, to Ward 6, not the women’s ward,” Mohammadi wrote.
She added, “Prisoners endure tremendous psychological pressure with every transfer and lose whatever minimal peace they had.”
The prisoners were moved to Qarchak’s quarantine ward following an Israeli attack on Evin Prison which killed dozens of prisoners.
The transfer was accompanied by threats and intimidation, according to activists.
Conditions at Qarchak Prison have deteriorated despite years of warnings from prisoners and civil activists.
The prison, which previously was a burial site and cattle farm, is Iran’s only all-women prison.
A source familiar with conditions at Qarchak told IranWire the prison suffers from severe shortages of sanitary facilities, clean drinking water, medication, and proper ventilation.
“Qarchak didn’t have suitable conditions from the beginning, but now with repeated water and electricity outages and unbearable heat, it has turned into hell,” the source said.
Prison officials have severely restricted non-political prisoners’ communication with others to prevent information about conditions from spreading, according to the source.
