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Iran: Blogger Moved to Isolation Cell

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Human Rights

Several sites are reporting that jailed Iranian blogger, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki [1], has been moved to an isolation cell in Tabriz prison. Nehzatsabz blog says [2] [fa] Hossein's health condition is worsening (he has a serious kidney condition). Hossein was arrested in August 2012 after traveling to the East Azerbaijan province to assist earthquake victims. Only weeks before, in July, he had been released from jail on $500,000 bail.