Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has allegedly been assaulted by prison officials at Evin prison after she refused to adhere to the mandatory hijab.
An Instagram account linked to Mohammadi on September 11 detailed the incident, saying that following the second suicide attempt in three days by one of her cellmates, Mohammadi went to the prison infirmary where she encountered what was described as the "deliberate and brutal" behavior of a nurse.
SEE ALSO: 'Naked' And Defiant: Diary Of An Iranian ProtesterMohammadi, who has been classified as a political prisoner by rights groups, was allegedly threatened with "vulgar and insulting" language for not observing the mandatory hijab. The situation escalated, with prison officials resorting to violence, leaving "bruises and marks" on her body.
The post says "men from the Intelligence Ministry and prison officials" later transported her back to her cell via an ambulance.
The Evin prison -- and many other penal institutions in Iran -- has a long history of poor conditions.
In March 2022, hacktivist group Edalat-e Ali, which claims to work inside Iran to expose the "true face of the regime," released video footage highlighting inhumane conditions at the country's most-notorious prison.
The footage, provided exclusively to RFE/RL's Radio Farda by Edalat-e Ali (Ali's Justice), showed prisoners lying wall to wall on floors and stacked three-high on metal bunk beds. As the camera moves from open cell to open cell, each equipped with beds for about 30 inmates, it reveals rooms filled with up to 50 inmates.
Previous videos, which were hacked from CCTV cameras and published by Radio Farda among other media outlets in 2021, have shown prison guards assaulting detainees and inhumane conditions at the facility.
Over the past months, Mohammadi has been vocal about the prison conditions, publishing numerous letters highlighting the state of prisons, the violence against inmates, and those detained during nationwide protests.
Last year, in a letter addressed to Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Mohammadi described the "assault on women during arrest and in detention centers" as part of the Islamic republic's "suppression program" against protesting and activist women.