there has been a physical and verbal conflict between four religious prisoners held in Gohardasht (on charges of membership in ISIL and Al-Qaeda) with a number of political prisoners . As a result, two political prisoners have been injured.

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that following a verbal conflict between a political prisoner called Houshang Rezaei (sentenced to death) and one of the religious prisoners known as Adil Salehov during the break time for prisoners of ward 10( Section 4 of Gohardasht Prison in Karajon) on Satturday evening (July 29), four of the religious prisoners of foreign nationals were attacked by several political prisoners. As a result, two political prisoners, Saeed Shirzad and Loghman Moradi, were injured.

After the conflict, Saeed Shirzad, who was injured on the scapular area, was taken to the hospital.Moreover, the other prisoner (Loghman Moradi) whose ankle was injured, was transferred to the hospital on Monday, July 30. Both the injured two political prisoners were taken back to the jail this afternoon.

All the four religious prisoners of foreign nationals, Adel Saleh (Republic of Azerbaijan national), Kamran and Osman Shafi (both Iraqi Kurdish nationals) and an Afghan religious prisoner who participated in the clash have been transferred to solitary confinement.

It should be noted that during the past few years, a number of prisoners accused of being members of religious extremist groups held in both Gohardasht prisons in Karaj and the Orumiyeh Central prison have been transferred to the political prisoners’ section. Reports indicate that there have been occasional verbal and physical conflicts between these religious prisoners and political prisoners.

Political prisoners believe that prison authorities hold religious prisoners in the political prisoners’ ward in recent years to put more pressure on them.