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Iran: psychiatric transfers reported after protest
Kianoush Sanjari chained to a bed two weeks at Aminabad; Hengameh Shahidi sent to Aminabad instead of a medical hospital; a student transferred 16 Nov 2022 without notice to family or lawyer; Saman Yasin hospitalized 23 Jul 2023, two days after his prison audio message…
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What the record says
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 3
- Country / period
- Iran, 2016–2024
- Mechanism
- Transfer of prisoners and protesters to psychiatric hospitals (Aminabad, Razi); judicial "diagnosis" as sentence
- What is documented
- Kianoush Sanjari chained to a bed two weeks at Aminabad; Hengameh Shahidi sent to Aminabad instead of a medical hospital; a student transferred 16 Nov 2022 without notice to family or lawyer; Saman Yasin hospitalized 23 Jul 2023, two days after his prison audio message about torture; three actresses judicially "diagnosed" with mental illness in Jul 2023 for appearing unveiled; Roya Zakeri sent to Razi in Oct 2023 after filmed slogans; student Ahoo Daryaei transferred after a Nov 2024 undress protest
- Finding or status
- NGO documentation (CHRI, 4 Nov 2024; Iran International); Amnesty reports electric shocks and beatings in such transfers
- Limits
- No independent access to records; state media's "mentally ill" labeling is itself part of the mechanism
- Label
- VERIFIED (NGO)
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Reference and provenance
2022-IR-WLF-PSYCHIATRIC