Journalist and children's rights activist Sarunaz Ahmad, an ill prisoner, is being held in Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran. She has been refusing to take medication for 28 days because she has not been given a medical check-up permit.

Human rights defenders stated that Sarunaz Ahmad has stopped taking her anxiety medication and refused the prison's health services.

It was also reported that Sarunaz Ahmad collapsed during the attack on the women's ward in Evin Prison and was hospitalised.

Children's rights activist and journalist Sarunaz Ahmad was detained in November 2022 during the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) demonstrations with her husband, Kamyar Fekur. Sarunaz Ahmad was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of ‘propaganda against the state’ and ‘assembly and conspiracy to undermine national security’.