Hossein Razzaq, a political activist currently imprisoned in Iran's Evin prison, has been sentenced to 74 lashes for an alleged "absence and failure to go to prison" in northern Amol.
This sentence comes despite Razzaq's documented imprisonment since his arrest on August 21, 2022, in Amol.
He was transferred to Evin prison and only briefly released for medical leave in March 2023 due to his deteriorating health.
Authorities returned him to prison despite a medical examiner's recommendation otherwise.
Adding to the absurdity, IranWire reports that notices regarding his absence from Amol Prison were delivered to him while he was already incarcerated in Evin.
The Tehran General and Revolutionary Court filed this case against Razzaq in February, even though he was demonstrably in prison.
His verdict states that the trial was held in absentia "due to the lack of access to the accused," resulting in the 74-lash sentence.
Razzaq had suffered a severe beating at the hands of several intelligence agents while his hands and feet were shackled behind his back, sources told IranWire.
Despite being aware of his several medical conditions, the agents left him lying for several hours in one of the units of Ward 209.
Following Razzaq's return to the general ward, the lingering effects of the assault were documented at the Evin prison clinic.
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