Iranian Christian Maryam Naghash Zargaran has for the second time been sent back to prison before her medical treatment could be completed, after the prosecutor’s office refused to extend her medical leave.
On 6th June, she had been granted temporary release from prison, but on 19th June the authorities demanded she return.
Her family applied for an extension, but their appeal was refused and she returned to prison on 27th June. Zargaran was also granted medical treatment in October 2015 and forced to return before it could be completed.
Ms Zargaran, who is serving a four-year jail term for “acting against national security”, had previously gone on hunger strike to protest against the prison’s refusal to allow her to receive treatment for long-standing health issues.
A convert from Islam, she was originally arrested in January, 2013, in connection with her work at an orphanage alongside Saeed Abedini, who was also imprisoned, but eventually released in January this year.
