UK – IranWire, June 09, 2025
An Iranian-American journalist imprisoned in Iran began a hunger strike on Saturday to protest authorities’ refusal to return his identification documents.
Reza Valizadeh started the hunger strike after security officials refused to hand over his personal belongings, including his birth certificate, despite a final court ruling.
Valizadeh, who worked for more than a decade at Radio Farda, needs the identification documents urgently to appoint a lawyer and handle banking and legal matters abroad.
Sources close to the journalist told Radio Farda that the obstruction has created serious disruptions to his legal and banking affairs in the Czech Republic.
Repeated bank warnings in Prague have significantly increased the possibility of seizure and sale of his house.
