Azadeh, Ahmad Reza
Ahmad Reza Azadeh (Azadeh) serves as the head of Sepidar Prison and between 2019 and 2023 served as the head of Shiban Prison, both of which are located in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province. Inmates under Azadeh’s administration include those who were arrested during the late 2022 nationwide protests following Mahsa Zhina Amini’s death. At least one is facing imminent execution for participating in these protests under spurious charges, including being responsible for the death of a child, which eyewitnesses attributed to Iranian security forces. During Azadeh’s time as head of Shiban Prison, prison guards on several occasions used live ammunition and tear gas on prisoners protesting inadequate conditions in the prison. Prisoners in Shiban Prison were subject to torture and other ill-treatment, denied medical care, and blamed for the deaths of prisoners killed by security forces.
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