Reminding Deputy Revolutionary Prosecutor of the “Law”/ Farshid Yadollahi Refused to meet Ali Tourk

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Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin prison, Farshid Yadollahi after sending a letter to the Shahid Moghaddas Office of the Prosecutor, refused to meet with the Director of this Prosecutions, Mr. Ali Tourk, due to the authorities’ insistence on wearing prison uniform.
According to Majzooban Noor, Deputy Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor and the head of Shahid Moghaddas Prosecutor’s office in Evin prison, Mr. Ali Tourk, by submitting a letter to the head of Evin Prison, had summoned jailed Dervish lawyer, Mr. Yadollahi to the court but dressed in the prison uniform, then following this unlawful order, Yadollahi by refusing to attend the hearing, in a letter addressed to Mr. Tourk, express regret for the issuing of such illegal order.

In his letter, Farshid Yadollahi has reminded Mr. Tourk that he is a prisoner of conscience and he is there because of political reasons. According to the first paragraph of Article 235 of Executive Regulation of Prison Law, political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are exempt from wearing a prison uniform, using handcuffs and footcuffs.
Based on this report, the Dervish prisoners not only are deprived of any legal privileges which political ones enjoy, but even sometimes are prohibited from simple facilities which are available to non-political prisoners. Being forced to wear prison uniforms by the officials which is against the bylaws of prison, Reza Entesari, Omid Behroozi and Farshid Yadollahi several times refused to visit their family, and also unlike other general prisoners, are not allowed to use cultural and sports facilities in order not to have any contact with each other.