CSDHI – The health condition of Gholamhossein Kalbi, a political prisoner held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, Iran, has deteriorated dramatically after several months of denial of necessary medical care by prison authorities. Gholamhossein Kalbi, who suffers from various health problems, including a hernia, high cholesterol, ear infections and severe dental infections, has not received adequate medical care, leading to a critical deterioration in his health.
Gholamhossein Kalbi reportedly lost his hearing due to an untreated ear infection and is currently suffering from a fungal infection in his foot, which has caused deep wounds and blackened his toes. Despite these serious health problems, prison authorities have only provided him with basic painkillers and have repeatedly refused to transfer him to a hospital for specialist treatment, on the orders of higher authorities.
Information about Gholamhossein Kalbi
Gholamhossein Kalbi, born in 1959 and originally from Bandar Mahshahr, has been imprisoned in Iran for over 24 years. His first imprisonment took place between 1981 and 1987, during which time he was held in various prisons in southern Iran, accused of supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). He was arrested for the second time on 8 January 2001 in Dezful.
After his arrest in 2001, Gholamhossein Kalbi was detained and torture for 14 months in a detention center run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Ahvaz. He was then transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran, and then to Ward 350. In 2002, Gholamhossein Kalbi was tried by Branch 6 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran for “enmity against God” (Moharebeh) because of his alleged links to the PMOI. He was sentenced to death, a verdict that was upheld on appeal. However, his sentence was eventually commuted to life in prison.
Gholamhossein Kalbi has consistently maintained that his confession was extracted under torture and said he was denied the right to choose his own lawyer, with the court appointing a public defender instead.
Source : Iran HRM
