Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran(enter date) June 2008
Dear Mr President
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I write to bring to your attention the urgent case of Mr Mansour Osanloo, the leader of the Vahed Bus Company drivers, who has been admitted to a coronary care unit (CCU) for treatment.
When Mansour Osanloo was recently allowed out of jail for an eye operation he was handcuffed and had his legs in chains. He was also accompanied by three armed agents. The agents wanted to handcuff him to the operating table during surgery.
Then on Monday 9 June, because of Osanloo's heart problem, his condition took a turn for the worse and he was admitted to the CCU of Labafinejad Hospital. He is still there and his condition is described as critical. Despite this, four armed agents are in the CCU keeping a 24-hour watch over him.
On Tuesday and Wednesday [10-11 June] Osanloo's elderly mother went to the office of judge Zareh-Dehnavi to ask for 'sick leave' for her son. On both occasions he was not prepared to see her.
Once Osanloo had returned from London, where he had had meetings with various labour organisations and trade unions, he was arrested and imprisoned in wing no. 209 of Evin jail. His interrogators have been hitting him on the head and other sensitive parts and have damaged the cornea of his eye. They kept asking him why he had returned from London. Because of this type of treatment he was in the prison infirmary for some time before being admitted to hospital. On top of eye and heart problems Mansour Osanloo also has a skin condition.
The beatings and hardship that Mansour Osanloo has experienced while in prison are standard practice for political prisoners and labour activists (Mahmoud Salehi was also handcuffed to the operating table when in hospital). Osanloo has always maintained that he and the Vahed Bus Company Trade Union do not have any political demands. They just want better pay and working conditions.
I therefore hope that you can use your authority and influence so that Mr Osanloo is released immediately and without any conditions. I look forward to hearing about your positive intervention in this regard in the international media.
Yours sincerely
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