TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of an Iranian human rights group jailed on security charges was sent to a local hospital after collapsing in a prison shower, his lawyer said Thursday.
Emadeddin Baghi passed out while taking a shower in prison and initially no one knew to which hospital he had been sent, his lawyer Saleh Nikbakhat told The Associated Press.
"Mr. Baghi was transferred to a local hospital after he complained about his health during a phone call from prison to his wife on Wednesday," he said.
"Doctors in hospital said he nearly broke down twice on Wednesday," Nikbakhat added. "They believe nervous pressure on Baghi led to the illness."
Nikbakhat, who visited Baghi in the hospital Thursday, said he was feeling better and will be back in prison by Friday.
Baghi, 45, was arrested in October on charges of violating national security. Authorities said that due to his ongoing activities, he had to serve the remaining year of an earlier prison sentence that had originally been suspended.
In 2003, Baghi was sentenced to three years in prison on similar charges of threatening national security, but he only served two years of the term.
Authorities have accused Baghi, who campaigns for the humane treatment of prisoners, of using his activism as a guise to cover anti-regime efforts.
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